. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. r .) .l.^^l/, i'.V/.V Ol- PLANTS. shaded nooks; Festuca c<eca, which is a fine ornamental grass for pots or vases, and con- trasts well with the Holcus lanatus, or Velvet-Grass, which is of a silvery appearance and not unlike the common ribbon-grass of our gardens, but of finer texture. These four Grasses which we have singled out form a neat little collection for indoor culture when grown together, even without any admixture with other plants. A generally acceptable soil for the growth of nearly all Grasses, is made
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. r .) .l.^^l/, i'.V/.V Ol- PLANTS. shaded nooks; Festuca c<eca, which is a fine ornamental grass for pots or vases, and con- trasts well with the Holcus lanatus, or Velvet-Grass, which is of a silvery appearance and not unlike the common ribbon-grass of our gardens, but of finer texture. These four Grasses which we have singled out form a neat little collection for indoor culture when grown together, even without any admixture with other plants. A generally acceptable soil for the growth of nearly all Grasses, is made up of equal parts of cow-manure, leaf- mold, loam and sand well mixed; and all Grasses like water, but not stagnant i:iiELL known tooi; widely spread in the Heaths ha\ c although it is nc natives of this count II t: A T US. ;i the counti terature, because indigenous and lere that literature had its rise, •nltivated in the United States, It twenty-six of the genera are s scientificallv called Ericaceje, The ordt from Erica, the Heath proper, the accepted type of the family. There are five or more suborders, perhaps seventy genera, and about eleven hiuidred species, besides uncounted varieties. Erica carnea, fleshy Heath, so called on account of its flesh-colored bloom, and Erica Mediterranea, or Heath of the Mediterranean, whose bloom is of a somewhat darker flesh-color, are cultivated florists and others, and are much valued as exotics. They make desir- able window plants if plentifully supplied with moisture and protected from excessive heat, whether artificial or natural. The more common indigenous sorts are the Kalmia, or .Sheep Laurel; the Azalea arborescens (Tree-like Azalea), or False Honey- suckle; the Rhododendron, or Rosebay; the Rhodora Canadensis, or Canadian Rhodora; the Ledum latifolium, or Broad-leaved Labrador Tea; the Andromeda in several species; the Vaccinium in a large number of species, known in the vernacular as Blueberry, Cran- berry,
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