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Title: Cassell's popular gardening
Identifier: cassellspopularg00fish (find matches)
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London ; New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 25 G. gracillima—of this species its introducer says, "It is one of the grandest and most remarkable flowering plants of recent introduction." The leaves are linear- lanceolate, toothed at the edges and deep green; the flowers are pr oduced from the axils of the leaves, com- posed of eight large petals, and measuring four inches across, the colour being a rich rose, the tube yel- low, and the numerous anthers deep purple. Sum- mer months. Columbia. G. pterocarpa —leaves ob- ovate acumi - nate, slightly toothed at the edges, deep green; flowers large and pure white. Sum- mer months. French Gui- ana. G. urceolata— Leaves ob- ovatelanceo- late and acu- minate, deep greeu ; flow- ers about six inches in diameter; pe- tals creamy- white ; the interior of the flowers suffused with rose anthers yel low. Sum mer months French Gui ana. Guzman- ilia. — A small family of the Pine- apple order, requiring the same general treatment as JEchmea— which see (page 57, Vol. III.). Besides the one here descrihed, other good kinds are erythro- lepis, grandis, Reyince, &c. Stove. G. tricolor.—Leaves arranged in a rosulate manner, sheathing at the "base, "bright light green, the whole plant having a beautiful vase-like appearance; the spike rises from the centre of the plant a foot or
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MlTBIOSTIGMA AXILLARE (GARDENIA CITRI0D0RA) more high ; flowers pure white, enveloped in bracts, with scarlet apex, the lower ones pale green, streaked with purplish-black, and tipped with red. Summer months. West Indies, &c. Helico- nia.— These are extremely- ornamental plants either in or out of flower; they belong to the order Musa- cece, and re- quire con- siderable space to de- velop their beauties. Pot in loam, peat, and well- decomposed manure, in about equal parts, drain well, and wa- ter freely. Stove. H. aureo- striata—hav- ing somewhat the habit of Musa chinen- sis; the broad leaves are deep green, transversely veined from midrib to margin with orange - yel- low. South Sea Islands. H. humilis. — Bold and hand some, the petioles and blade of the leaf reaching from four to six feet high; the blade, oblong-lanceolate and pale green, is about two feet long; the scape shorter than the petioles, and bearing numerous distichous boat - shaped bracts of a brilliant crimson-scarlet, which last for several weeks in full beauty ; the flowers small, and hidden

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