ABIES, ABUTILON, ACACIA 



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take many years for them to develop into nice specimens. Abies 

 Nordmanniana is another fine sort and Abies peciinata, the European 

 Silver Fir, is one of the fastest growers, with dark green, glossy needles, 

 silvery underneath. 



ABUTILON 



With very little trouble one can grow an Abutilon in about six 

 months from a rooted cutting, and have it in full bloom by Christmas. 

 A plant with good foUage and full of pink, bell-shaped flowers such 

 as Day Dawn wiU give you, is beautiful, but can hardly be compared 

 with a Cyclamen or Cincinnati Begonia. Of interest to the florist of 

 today are sorts such as Savitzii or Souvenir de Bonn, both of which, 

 on account of their beautifuUy variegated leaves, make ideal border 

 plants for a Canna bed; or they may be used to good advantage in 

 bedding, as weU as in window boxes. Take cuttings that are not too 

 soft, and in Septem- 

 ber root them along 

 with yom- other bed- 

 ding plants, or lift a 

 few plants, cut them 

 back after they are 

 potted up, carry 

 along in a 52-deg. 

 house, and, during 

 February, use the 

 young growth to 

 propagate from. 

 Whfle Fall-taken 

 cuttings may remain 

 in the sand for three 

 months before root- 

 ing, those taken in 

 February and placed 

 in sand with bottom 

 heat wfll root in 

 three weeks. 



ACACIA 



You cannot 

 help but admire 

 Acacia armata, A. 

 Riceana, A. para- 

 doxa and A. pubes- 

 cens when in full 

 bloom. They form 

 a grand genus of 

 broad-leaved ever- 



Fig. 83.— Abies concoloh. The handsome, vigorous, 



popular White, SUver or Colorado Fir is one of the best 



conifers the retail grower can handle 



