. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. PROFIT IN PLUMOSUS GROWN UNDER GLASS Northern florists, in general, have the impression that Asparai/iis plumosns cannot he grown profildhlif itnder glass. Hence, the hulk of the country's supply of the cut sprays is ohtahicd fro)n lath hnvses iu Florida and California. This writer reconnnends phonosus as a greenhouse SPA RAG US pliuiiosus ?^^ iKuius, the most popular / » I jrreen now used by florists in (Iccoratiiii,' and dosign- injj, was orii,'inally found in Houth Africa. It is easy 1o iniajiinc tliis l)eautil'ul, t'crn-liko i)lant twini
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. PROFIT IN PLUMOSUS GROWN UNDER GLASS Northern florists, in general, have the impression that Asparai/iis plumosns cannot he grown profildhlif itnder glass. Hence, the hulk of the country's supply of the cut sprays is ohtahicd fro)n lath hnvses iu Florida and California. This writer reconnnends phonosus as a greenhouse SPA RAG US pliuiiosus ?^^ iKuius, the most popular / » I jrreen now used by florists in (Iccoratiiii,' and dosign- injj, was orii,'inally found in Houth Africa. It is easy 1o iniajiinc tliis l)eautil'ul, t'crn-liko i)lant twining its fluffy vinos among tlic l)ranchcs of the trees whicli _row in tliat warm, humid climate. II I ems that originally there was a dwarf orm, wliich lias since been lost track • f, besides our ])reseiit vining variety, svhich often sends its shoots to a height ? f twenty feet. As a commercial gicen, it is undouht- ?lly more extensively used in the art of li'corating an-d designing and in the ar- ;:ingement of loose flow(>rs than any 'I her. Its flufliness, combined with its ili'cp, rich color, only enhances the ' rauty of the flowers with which it is .issociated. Why the Crop Is Profitable. As grown in the lath houses of Florida • iiid California, iK^wcver, it lacks that 'ineness and good culcir wliicli are so ? :isily distinguishalile in stock grown in .1 greenhouse, where temperature and noistun' can be controlled at all times. \ it hough it is sometimes grown i" ?Mings, the great demand is for cut prays from eight to thirty six inches "Ug, for which a good can be "und at all times. After about ten years of ex]ierimeiita iin, during which our beds have grown i extent from 100 square feet to over ne-third of an acre, we have jirovcd 'iiat Aspar.'igus plumosus can be both • iccessfully ami profitably grown under -lass. Although the ])eriod between ?' cii sowing and the cutting of m:iture I'lays seems a long time, yet the pro- ductiveness of th
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