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MONSTERA 



banana. Tlie fruit grows about G 

 like a long pine cone, the rind beii 

 gonal plates, as shown in Pig. 1 II 

 satisfactory greenhouse subjeit, . 

 and being a great curiosity, e.vcii' 

 visitors. It is generally kept in a 1. 

 in a coolhoiise also. It is conini-.n 

 a spreading rather than climbiL 



. long, and looks grow in two i 



vcrlap one another. Wh 

 Bull, it was shown growing o 

 .aiMviti.- fiishion, and emitlin 

 iii"-t like a Alarcgravia. bii 

 itr,l ihc lirst name was foiin 



the 



developed when III' !• i i' I :. ii !i. i . ..im:; 



stage the plant i- ^ -lil;. .iII-a, ,1 m ,■ ..,.■,■ a 



dead log or tree-ft-ru trunk, in tin- njanni-r of I'liiludrn- 

 dron, which see for culture, llonstera is a genus of i;t 

 tropical American climbers, with ivs. more or less 

 densely 2-ranked. Engler in DC. Mon. Pban. Vol. 2. 

 (1879). 



delicidsa, Liebm. Ceriman. Figs. 1416, 1417. Young 

 Ivs. 1-2 ft. long, leatherv, pinnately cut, perforated. A .F. 

 7:253. G. 11.41:329. Gn. 21, p. 39 (poor). 



acuminata, C. Koch (31. tenuis, C. Koch. MarcqrA- 

 ' ' /"i/-./(/o.ra.. Bull). Shingle 1'lant. Young Ivs. a' few 

 entire. Gn. 29, p. 290 (both kinds of 



1417. Monstera deliciosa, climbing i 



Pittvl 



specimen of this kind cuiti 



by Wm. Falconer in A. P. 7:253. 



As a conservatory plant it does best when planted out 

 in a bed of rich soil, where It can be kept within bounds 

 by .iudicious pruning. It is not particular as to soil, as 

 it fills the pots in which it is planted with thick, succu- 

 lent roots in a very short time. It is one of the best 

 plants for enduring the varying conditions of tempera- 

 ture in a dwelling house, as nothing short of a freeze 



to hurt it. PropnLTM 

 with part of the leaf attrirln ,1 \\ ' 

 In the American trojii. ^ j/i,. 

 a very warm, moist clim.iir I't i 

 Although it naturally gi^^vs Ijy 

 and creeping up, it appears to b 

 pelled to grow on the ground 



:ion of the stem, 

 ilr n.oting. 



. r f :h hciosa requires 

 ,■■ |ir>.iluction of fruit. 

 Hr..liing itself to trees 

 more fruitful if com- 

 nthout climbing. The 

 'fruit is green in color until it ripens, when there is ;just 

 a tinge of yellow, and the outer rind comes off in bits at 

 a touch. 



Monstera acuminata is the correct name of the as- 

 tonishing plant known to the trade as Marcgruvia para- 

 ftoxa. The adult Ivs. are something like those of M. 

 deliciosa, being now and then prrfm-itril. tut L'rnnrnlly 

 pinnately cut. The young Ivs. ;ir •:• • '- ' •■ r. m. br- 

 ing much smaller, entire and 1i':n I i|i i 1 II i-.inr 

 of the most striking cases of ilin; I ; I:: ;,. : laiid in 

 horticultural annals, though thai il /',',r. ;-/.. »s is 

 more familiar, and similar ones occur in I'hilnck-nriron. 

 In its young stage M. acuminata is a very handsome 

 hothouse climber, with thick, roundish, waxy Ivs., which 



■ C. II. 



:13. 

 Fawcett, G. W. Oliver i 



MONTANA, HORTICULTURE OF. Fig. 1418. Mon- 

 tana, from all standpoints, is nothing if not unique. 

 The third largest state in the Union (Texas and Califor- 

 nia being first and second respectively), there is added 

 to the natural capacity for great local variation found 

 in a state covering 145,310 square miles, the additional 

 feature of its being traversed by the main range of the 

 Rockies. The eastern portion of the state is plains 

 I'ountry, with a mean average altitude of 2,800 feet above 

 sea level. 



Miinf 111!' sr.ntlifrn luniiidarv. p.-rbaps 125 miles west 



' i:.i . ■• i.| ,|||.: ■ 'i. I '■ ..'■ I ... , I'aiii-, I M IV' a I'd the north- 

 I I I Hm -law line are the 



laiMr i;ii. 1,1..-. ",11 1-1 111. -i. Hm- \:,:<r Taws, while dot- 

 t.il over the cast.-rn central i)c,rtii)n of the state are the 

 Moccasins, the Big and Little Snowies, the Belts, the 

 Highwoods and the Crazies. These, with the exception 

 of the Belts, are isolated from other mountains, or 

 iletached spurs from the main raiiL'.-. aial aliound in the 

 exceptional advantages wlii.h aii-r lii.ni good soil, 

 favorable exposure and emu i ni. nt m. aii^ t.u- irrigation. 



About the center of the scutlu in siai.- line the main 

 range of the Rockies is euLountcri-d. Tliis range tra- 

 verses the state from this point in a northwesterly 

 direction, and after entering this range and proceeding 

 westward one is never out of sight of mountains until 

 reaching the western confines of the state. 



The summits of the main range vary from 7,500 to 

 10,000 feet above sea level, and present mighty barriers 

 to the winter storms which sweep madly over the coun- 

 try to the east and south of Jluntana, ipften bringing 

 intensely cold weather in th. ii i .il . , Tlit-n, too, the 

 climate of the state is s. n : l.y chinooks, 



those much raisunderstoc.l . , im . i inn air which 



rob winter of all its terror- ^ .i- ,,-ii.al by thiin. 



The botanist and horticultnn.^L l.a\i nun h to learn, as 

 yet, concerning the effect of altitude upon plant growth. 

 In a general way, it is supposed that 9,000 feet is the so- 

 called limit of timber, though, as amatter of fact, it often 

 happens that above tliis point the crowns of the moun- 

 tains are <'uinin>srd of living rock devoid of soil and 

 other nei.1.,1 a.ljMii.t^ i.. tree growth. Illustrations of 

 the unwilliiiuiics^ ot' plant growth to be circumsoi-ibed 

 by altitnilin.il Ihm - af found in the city of n.-nvcr, 



which lio- -. li . I 111 • -.a ]■;.]. TIl.Ti, ii,al.> Irros 



have br.ai ,',|','| , I ,':■ : i i' ..'•,1 I, ,' fi ,,i,| ' 1 I I I ,iliiial 



habitat ai • , , ■ i ■ , . ■ -, nni lo 



in- in .Minn.sofa, 5, .-.tin f.et n.-ar.T to s,a l.vel. Another 

 point in instance is found in the sugar beet chart of the 

 Department of Agriculture. This is designed to show 

 the belt of country in the United States best adapted to 



