FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



AcROCLiNiuM HOSEUM (page 245). 



Ammobium alatum (page 252). 



GoMPHRBNA GLOBOSA (Globe Ama- 

 ranth) (page 388). 



Gypsophila paniculata (Baby s 

 Breath) (page 390), 



Hblichrysum bracteatum (page 394.). 

 Rhodanthb atrosanguinea (page 492). 

 Staticb latifolia (page 525). 

 Statice sinuata (page 525). 

 Staticb Suworowii (page 525). 

 Xbranthemum annuum (page 553). 



FALSE DRAGON HEAD 



See Physostegia 



FAN PALM 

 See Latania 



FERNS 



Next to flowering pot plants, fems in pots are of most importance to 

 the florist. He has use for them every day in the year, and especially 

 aromid the hoUdays, when, no matter how grand his display of flower- 

 ing plants may be, some will want a Fern. With all the fine new sorts 

 which have evolved from the old Sword Fern {Nephrolepis exaltata), 

 it usually isn't hard to please all tastes, yet the "Bostons" are as popu- 

 lar as ever, largely on account of their famous keeping qualities. 

 If there is any one sort of more value than all the rest, it is that 

 which we know as the Boston Fern. We use the plants in one 



Fig. 165.— Nephrolepis elegantissima. One of a long list of Nephrolepis 

 sports that we grow today— and to which new names are being added every day 



