PROTEA 



shows for many successive seasons, is as certain as that 

 tliey were once the glories of the old flue-heated houses 

 that our forefathers called stoves, in which orchids 

 quickly perished, and n"nki.i..c o.,^ p,-^fono thi-^^i-o 

 magnificently. " Over 40 c lore i 1 1 it s of 1 1 teas ha^t 

 been published, of which ' i ai pe irc 1 m Ai Irews Bot 

 Rep. between 1797 and Ibll 



The iiitirest in proteiceous plints is growing in 

 southern California. Hrotea Is htm. a r i it ti n for 

 being diflicult to culti ate h a\ fr m the C q c bi t 

 Hooker's statement seen s to i 1 at that the r o ilture 

 is not so nuK-h difficult a i 1 I n kr ^lass tht\ are 

 said to require a cooll i l 1 1 airj and s ini \ 

 "The one great danger t It t i 1 rotca Is s i\ 



guard against this it is f in 1 to U a {.o 1 

 l^lan, in the case of delicate sj tci s t 

 place the pot in which the l lai t is gro 

 ing inside a larger one till 1 1, up tl 

 space between with sil- is 1 11 It 

 ter is always kept moi t '\I t I 



species need staking, ; s tl e I t 

 quick to break off at lie b t i | 



ported. 



The family ProteaceaD tonti i s 14 j, i 

 era, of which 10 are t; [ ical of soutl in 

 Africa and 4 of Austn In Accor linf, to 

 Hentham and Hooker, the f uuilj is as dib 

 tinct as possible and has nc\tr I een con 

 fused by any one with anjthinfe else The 

 most popular member of tl e family f< r 

 greenhouse culture in America at presei t 

 is the Silk Oak, or Gre' illea It o th rn 

 California the intere.st in the fai 1 1 i i v 

 centered on the Silvei Iree I i 1 i 



PROTOPLASM 



1439 



is separated from rapidly growing stems is mainly pro- 

 toplasm, and is a good illustration of its condition in 

 young tissues and of its appearance in quantity. 



hv nf, plants protoplasm is a ii i ila>,ii i r | 1 t c 



n imerous fane 



ts 



^, ^ 



kinl ofmctioi It f 11 \tr\ joung 

 ing otlls ccmpktth fill like thm 

 k H f as cr wtl i tii ues bi bbles 



1 tody 

 trings 

 tar ce 

 tl ese 



PROTEADS. 



PROTECTION, as „-. 1 1 



agencies, as animals, h r 1 



ing fungi and weeds) - or it 



the weather, — heat, col i r 



however, the gardener nie | 



protection, which again c 



.Most Cape bulbs, for inst 



frozen; tulips are not. 'i et 



be wintered outdoors il tl e 



ing heavy enough to keel i 



the contrary, are coven d after fi t tl 



which is designed men !j to kc p tl e pi it t> 



heaved by alternate free/mg and tlawint. 



the main objects of v inter j lit 



least with herbs. In tl e p 



also need protection fr( m tl 



mer and from sun-seal 1 \ 1 



considerations with ea: ten I 



Protection. Allied topics ire r < 



/loii.ie, Coldframes and Ifotbeds Jniecti Insecticide' 



Fungicides and Weeds li tnsplantii j 



PROTOPLASM. A - 1 11 1 1 



from 



, Ul t 11 



:s from lei) 



These a i 



fori 1 1 1 h I 



In li „ 11 ut all plants ( \eei t i ilajs cert 

 ilf,8e mi fuuf,i) there is a specialize! ai 1 \er> im] c 

 t mt portion t the c 11 protoplasm usualh sj heroidal 



e witl ut 

 ■ 1} cni wed 

 I le nlarge 



ment f cell 

 out tl ei 1 ( 

 alreadv cti t 

 suits 1 s 

 halves of on 

 repeat the cl 

 sueh tr msn 

 tion there is 



proportional ainoui 

 fluid to a firm soli 

 constantlv changing 

 tivc activitv. The ; 



rved when bark 



t les 11 I I t, tl 

 down I lit tl pre is i 

 cell becomes half and 1 



