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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



69 



INDURATED FIBER. 



Indurated fiber, wliich is simply wood 

 jmlp hardened by chemical process, is 

 used for a multitude of things, but in 

 no line has this material been more 

 successful than in its application to the 

 making of plant tubs, vases and various 

 other florists' supplies. As a material 

 for pots and tubs for growing plants, 

 it is unexcelled. It has just the quali- 

 ties required for this service: hardness, 

 toughness, cleanliness and neatness. It 

 is, besides, very light, and is of strik- 

 ingly rich and handsome appearance. 

 Add to this that indurated fiber tubs 

 are inexpensive, being cheaper than 

 wood tubs, even in first cost, and practi- 

 cally indestructible, and the superiority 

 of this material over wood and earth- 

 enware at once becomes apparent. 



Indurated fiber makes the most serv- 

 iceable vases for exhibiting cut flowers 

 on the counter, and is also made up into 

 a variety of things useful to the florist, 

 such as saucers, handy dishes, etc. 



Cordley & Hayes, New York, who 

 originated the application of indurated 

 fiber to florists' furniture, registered the 

 trade mark Fibrotta, under which name 

 indurated fiber ware is catalogued by 

 many supply houses. The rolling stand 

 of this ware should be under every large 

 specimen in every flower store. It con- 

 sist of two steel crosspieces mounted on 

 casters and carrying an indurated fiber 

 saucer. The tqb is placed in this, and 

 the whole thing can then be rolled around 

 safely and easily, without injury to floor 

 or carpets. 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



[Conclusion of a paper by W. 11. Tapllii, 

 beBun in the Review of November 14.] 



Among the ferns that are grown into 

 larger-sized plants for house and store 

 decoration we find a variety, there being 

 some of the maidenhairs or adiantums, 

 a number of nephrolepis, some pterises 

 and an occasional representative of the 

 tree ferns, among the most notable and 

 satisfactory of the latter being Cibo- 

 tium Schiedei. 



Cultute of Ferns. 



These ferns are all grown in moder- 

 ately rich earth, but are given just as 

 ranch fresh air and light as they will 

 stand, this resulting in a sturdy growth 

 of fronds that will endure much more 

 abuse than those that are grown in close- 

 ly shaded houses and potted in light soil. 



The methods of propagation vary with 

 the species, some being gotten from divi- 

 sions of the crowns, others from runners, 

 and those used in the small sizes for table 

 ferneries being produced from spores al- 

 most exclusively. 



As a business proposition, the fern de- 

 partment offers some inducements to the 

 expert grower, but stock of this charac- 

 ter must be of first-class quality to en- 

 sure a prompt and profitable sale. 



rhc mam crop of small ferns for fern- 

 eries 18 sown during the preceding au- 

 tumn, the time required from the sowing 

 ot the spores until the seedlings are laree 

 enough for potting varying between six 

 and nine months, the practice being to 

 HOW the spores while fresh, as some spe 

 e.os lose their vitality by long keeping^ 



The supply of spores is usually a home 

 product and requires the exercise of S- 



S'n Thf ?'"°^ ^1!^ preservation. Palm 

 igin, the howeas being brought from 



In A w ' ^ ™^«* «°«^«ly of foreign T- 

 Lord Howe's Island, arecas from Brazil 

 and Cocos Weddelliana from the same 



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country. Livistona Chinensis is some- 

 times home-grown, and is also sent from 

 Cuba and Soutli America, phoenix arc 

 rather widely spread, and Livistona ro- 

 tundifolia is grown in Hawaii, though a 

 native of countries farther south. 



Other Oroamental Plants. 



Ficus elastica and F. pandurata are 

 both grown extensively in the florists' 

 trade, and both are admirably decorative 

 for the dwelling, besides being most en- 

 during in foliage. 



Dracaenas in several species and varie- 

 ties are also grown in quantity, the 

 brightly colored varieties being especial- 

 ly in favor at Christmas time. 



Crotons in many varieties find a ready 

 sale during the holidays, those with high- 

 ly colored leaves in which red, orange 

 and yellow predominate being quite 

 largely used in window decorations and 

 plant baskets at that season. 



Pandanus Veitchii is still grown ex- 

 tensively, and is more used than any 

 other member of its family. 



The dracsenas, crotons and pandanus 

 are all heat-loving plants, and -with a rich 

 soil and plenty of sun and moisture make 

 rapid growth and develop rich coloring. 



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at Christmas, and for this purpose those 

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