592 FLORIDA 



desiral Ip varieties we tl l common natn e g m^ a Wl ite 

 Winter L attley and Chinese The natn e vai leties \ leld 

 the bulk of the fruit used The Cattley and Chinese do 

 well n central and southern Florida while the White 

 Wintei 11 1 native viritties feiow t f,r tt- t i eifeetion 

 in southern Florida 



Man joes h%\ e n t 1 north 



ern mirkcts The Ihat of 



secuii K tr of 1 out a 



gr ^ tl 1 1 ng and 



bu 1 1 1 w 11 multiply 



ra| II I I 1 I 1 maikets have 



del I I I up] lied them 



Well 1 1 II 1 I ind fertile hith 



hamm k t irni hy 1 1 t i n „oes \pri t i 1 

 No U fApple) are favoiite varieties Theyaie t, 

 raostlj in southern Florida though fruited in s i 1 

 portions of central Florida 



Co ")AViTb are confined to southern Honda and al ng 

 the lea ■ist While the trees continue to grow \\ hen 

 transpl ii t 1 to the higher lands they need the low 

 ni 1st lin Is of the coast for fruiting and for highest 

 de^ el i ment 



The A^ o ado Peau has entered the markets to some 

 extent The soil should be like that for mangoes Their 

 cultivition IS conhne 1 to central an 1 southern Florida 



Ve FTiBii'S -Tl r aes nl 1 1 ses of soils upon 

 wh 1 I ly VIZ ham 



mil 111 II 1 the coast and 



th I 1 111 I I I 1 immocks espe 



cull 1 1 I 1 I ely of cabbage 



palm tt I r 1 I e tl lii^^ t ci j and probablj the 

 largest prohts while fiat woods Ian i is probablj more 

 extensively cultivated than any other In a general 

 way all the cl f 1 i 1 n i ti i 1 1 i \ 



He of gr w t 11 t 1 1 



ling in the 

 pietcience 



FLORIDA ARROW BOOT. Zami 



FLORIDA SWAMP LILY. See Cr 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS This t, 



used in En„l -id 



ber their hciiii n 



which the oi i^ n i 



piototvpes 1 hi lisi II 

 even less In Amei i. . 

 tie used, and is most I 

 of greit iniportiTu * 



tioHers IS ht 

 im cut flowei s 

 ■nt regard to 



con-i II I l.ut they 



ail 1! 1 1 1 111 I I I II in IN II III iiiti h IS the 



cut flii«( r tl nil h IS III I n f,n Iter th m tin pi mt trade 

 in America, the American florist hardly thinks of the 

 following plants as floiists' flowers azalea, calceo- 

 laria, cineraria, fuchsia, geranium, gloxinia, pelargo- 

 nium, primula, nor such old-fashioned favorites as 

 Anemone coronaria, auricula, camellia, polyanthus and 

 ranunculus. The English writers often speak of the 

 dahlia as a florists' flower, and sometimes also the 

 other very variable summer bulbs, as cannas, gladiolus. 



FLOWER 



and perhaps lilies, though the American florists sell 

 comparatively few flowers cut from these plants in sum- 

 mer. Of hardy border plants, the following are very 

 rich in horticultural varieties : China asters, poppies, 

 stocks, sweet peas, tropasolum and verbena (all of 

 which are annuals), and the 

 following perennials : hcdly- 

 hocks, pansies, peonies, phlox, 

 pyrethrum. Others of great im- 

 portance are aquilegia, cam- 

 panula and eschscholzia, but 

 these are mostly less rich in 

 horticultural varieties. It has 

 been said that florists' flowers 

 :iri' always propagated by cut- 

 line's or other asexual parts, 

 lint this definition would ex- 

 iluilo calceolarias and cinera- 

 rias. which come fairly true from 

 seed. In America the four most 

 important cut-flowers' are the 

 riolet and chrv- 

 Consult Floricul- 



FLOWER : 



chnically. 



specialized leaves which bear 

 sporangia. The word is com- 

 monly applied to those flowers 

 whose sporangial ' leaves 

 protected and made consf 

 ous by colored leaves. It is also 

 popularly applied 1 

 ters of colored leav 



nwballs, chrysanthemums and 



Winn ni-i-i .i.niili ti ly developed, a flower consists of 

 tin- II iitial shnit Nil ni, the ^ones, to which the other 

 pints (leaves) .are attached. The leaves, passing from 

 l.iliiw upwards, are distinguishable into floral leaves, or 

 the SI pills and petals; and the sporangial leaves, or the 

 .■.7.1 mom and carpels. The numberof these parts is vari- 

 able. When " double " flowers are produced, the floral 

 leaves usually are multiplied at the expense of the 

 sporangial ones. In Fig. 825 all these parts are shown. 

 The ovary, showing six ovules, sits on the tonis or 

 receptacle. On the ovary are three styles. Stamens are 

 at the side. The sepals rise above the petals. 



Bracts.— The leaves growing on or near the branches 

 of the flower cluster are usually difT'erent in form and 

 size from the foliage; thev nve .viii.-.I in-nfts. X.ite the 

 bracts on the carnation li. ■ r [i :,■; '-.ni. times 

 they are bright-colored tm npiile- 



ment to the flower, beiin; i : ii n as a 



part of the flower, as in smili t ~,i _■. , il. ■ . nn- .l-i-wood 

 (Pig. 558) and poinsettia (Fig. TllTi. In tin- .-u-uni family 

 (Pig. 79, 137, U6, 318, 734) a single huge bniet envelops 



826 Flower of the 



Strawberry 



Showing the high tonis ii 



the center 



the entire flower cluster When the bracts grow very 

 close to the torus they are almost indistinguishable from 

 the outer floral leaves, as in the strawberry (Fig. 827) 

 and hepatica (Fig. 834). 



Torn s . —The torus is the short stem or axis on which 

 flower leaves are borne. It differs from other parts of 

 the stem chiefly in that, after the rudiments of the flower 



