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Title: Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Oliver, George Watson, 1858-1923 Hottes, Alfred Carl, 1891- joint author
Subjects: Gardening Greenhouses
Publisher: New York, A. T. De La Mare co., inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ommon as they might be, and Daisies in Winterare very desirable flowers with some people. Large plants are usefulabout Easter time. Left over plants in Spring can be planted outto furnish cuttings for Fall propagation, to give medium sizedplants in flower for early Spring sales. PAULLINIA. P. thalictrijolia is an elegant plant for clothingthe tops of unsightly tubs in which Palms and other plants are grow-ing, and is also useful for large vases. It stands the sun well. Thefoliage somewhat resembles the leaves of Adiantums. Culture. Pinch the tops to make young plants branch out.Propagation. Cuttings root best in September in the warmpropagating bed. PELARGONIUM (See page 288.) 146 PLANT CULTURE PEPEROMIA. Useful little plants with peltate leaves, finelymarked with bands of white between the principal veins. PeperomiaSafidersii is grown either for filling shallow pans, mixed with otherplants, or as specimen plants for the window. P. maculosa and P.marmorata are also well worth growing.
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Fig. 16.—Leaf cuttings of Peperomia. A, Simple cutting of Peperomia SandersU.B, A leaf properly cut prepared for making a leaf cutting. C, The growth from such a■cutting as B. The young plantlet starts from a callus at the base of the leaf stem, or petiole. Culture. Give plenty of water in Summer, but water carefullyin Winter. They are best in a warm, shaded greenhouse. Propagation. Propagation is effected at any time of the year byl^lacing entire leaves edgewise or flat in sand. PERESKTA. These are seldom grown for their value as deco-rative subjects. The flowers of several of the species are of a ratherpleasing appearance, but they last only a short time and are notfreely produced. Two of the species, P. aculeata and P. grandijolia,are common in cultivation, and are used chiefly as stocks for thegaudy flowered Epiphyllums. Culture. (See Epiphyllum, page IL3.) Propagation. (See Epiphyllum.) GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY PLANTS 147 PHALi^NOPSIS. This genus of Orchids is characterize

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