242 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Fig. 84. — ^Abutilon Thompsonii. One of the 

 many fine Abutilons that make desirable Mid- 

 winter flowering pot plants. It has orange- 

 colored flowers and the leaves are mottled yellow 

 and green 



half-ripened wood, in either Summer 

 the florist to grow them on from small 

 well-estabhshed plants in 6-in. pots or 

 house, and allow them to 

 come along slowly during 

 February. Cut sprays of 

 Acacias are now being 

 shipped successfully by ex- 

 press from the Coast in 

 January and later, and 

 arrive almost anywhere in 

 good shape. It pays even 

 the little florist in the 

 small town to have his 

 wholesaler in the large city 

 send him some, and there- 

 by let his patrons know 

 he is thoroughly uptodate. 



Or, if you have a 

 coldhouse with enough 

 headroom, plant out a 

 few good-sized plants of 

 Acacia pubescens; you will 

 find good use for the cut 

 sprays. Left-over plants 



greens; but even the sorts 

 we grow on in pots, no 

 matter how well done, do 

 not compare with the 

 beauty of Acacia trees and 

 shrubs in flower as seen 

 outdoors in California. 

 To the lover of flowers 

 having a chance to behold 

 them there during Winter, 

 it is worth the price of a 

 trip, no matter how ex- 

 tensive. 



Acacias are strictly 



coldhouse plants. They 



can even stand a light 



frost and never during 



the Winter months should 



they be exposed to a high 



temperature. While the 



cuttings root easily from 



or Winter, it hardly pays 



plants. Let him buy a few 



over, keep them in a cold- 



Fig. 85. — ^Acacia HARPOPHYii-i. One of many 

 beautiful Acacias adapted for pot culture and 

 early Spring flowering 



