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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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finest of all the kinds, none of the hybrids approach-ing it in the gorgeous markings of the foliage. Culture. Sarracenias are best grown in a cool, sunny house.The potting material should be the same as recommended forNepenthes. (See page 137.) Propagation. Sow seeds in chopped sphagnum moss. SKIMMIA. S. japonica and S. Fortunei are handsome plantswhen in fruit. We import them from Japan, but they are usuallyunsatisfactory when they arrive in America, owing to many of theberries having dropped. It should be an easy matter to have thisplant grown in some of the Southern States as there is nothing partic-ularly difficult in its propagation and cultivation. It is one of ourprettiest berried plants. Those grown in the northern part of Japanare the hardiest. They sometimes survive the Winters at Wash-ington, D. C. The sexes are on separate plants, therefore both sexesshould be grown together to produce fruit. Without the brightcolored fruit they are not very ornamental. 154 PLANT CULTURE
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Sarracenia. Small Picture on Left Shows Germination GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY PLANTS 155 Culture. They are of rather slow growth and a sandy, loamysoil suits them best. A partly shaded position is preferable. Propagation. By seeds sown in Fall and stratified and bycuttings. SMILAX. (See Asparagus, page 63.) SOLANUM. The Jerusalem Cherry or Solanum capsicastrumand the ornamental Peppers (S. pseudo-capsicum) are worth whileChristmas plants, especially admired because of their dwarf habitand abundance of bright scarlet fruits. The variety Cleveland ismost grown at present as it has larger and more fruit than the type. Culture. Many growers set them in the field during the Sum-mer, but they are severely checked by taking them up and crowdinginto a practical sized pot. It seems best, therefore, to Summer themin frames. Wet conditions cause the foliage to become yellow anddrop. Propagation. Seed is sown from January to March in flats.It germinates readily. The seedlings are potted in smal

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