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Plantaginaceae: Digitalis, Penstemon, Bacopa Monnieri, Philcoxia, Digitalis Purpurea, Linaria, Linaria Vulgaris, Russelia
$14.14 Plantaginaceae: Digitalis, Penstemon, Bacopa Monnieri, Philcoxia, Digitalis Purpurea, Linaria, Linaria Vulgaris, Russelia |
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Plant Culture : 0217532071
$14.73 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 90 Vase and Basket Plants. When vases have to be filled with only one kind of plant, hardly anything will be found more appropriate than the Russelias. The branches are erect in a young state, eventually becoming drooping. If the plants are put in a light, rich soil, with abundance of water during the growing period, they will be in bloom most of the time. Only one-year-old plants should be used for large vases; that is, plants in 6 or 7-inch pots, as when of that size they soon become furnished with good-sized branches. The old and well-known Russelia juucea is the best for the purpose, although R. sarmentosa and R. Lemoinei are both good, giving a greater number of flowers, which, however, are smaller]than thoseof R. juncea. Among those plants needed for the center of vases, Pandanus Veitchii and the numerous varieties of the grassy- leaved species of Cordyline, such as C. australis and C. indivisa, are aim mg the best. Last year's seedlings of the Cordylines, if they have been liberally treated, will be large enough by the beginning of the sea- eon for all ordinary purposes. They stand the hot sun well. Pandanus Veitchii colors well under full sunshine, but needs more water ttan the Cordylines. P. Baptistli, of which much was expected as an outdoor Summer plant, is rather disappointing, as its foliage is too tender for exposed places. Other good things for vases and baskets, in the shape of flowering and trailing plants, are the three species of Torenia, two purple and oue yellow, besides the so-called white variety, and Mau- raudya Barclayana, all of which may be got under way from seed in a short time; Mesembryanthemum cordifolium, Germany Ivy; all the trailing Vlncas and Abutilon vexillarium are indispensable. The variegated ground Ivy will stand the sun well in expose... |
