THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE, 



them singly in small pots. Keep the plants in cool quarters during the winter ; about 

 a fortnight prior to shifting them into their flowering pots, top the shoots somewhat 

 severely, this causing them to branch strongly. During the summer, shallow frames 

 and pits are the best positions for them, drawing the lights off in August, or after the 

 growths arc well matured. During the winter they should be stored thinly on stages 

 in cool, light houses. Dwarf florifcrous cytisuses are very beautiful in the spring, and 



Fig. 177. Cytisus Atleeanus. 

 (Cuttings inserted ; plant potted, topped and branching ; flowering plant.) 



should be more generally grown in private gardens. Some of the plants may be for- 

 warded in gentle heat. 



EUCHARIS AND PANCRATIUM. 



There is a good sale for flowers of these two kinds of tropical plants. Eucharises 

 are most in demand for memorial emblems, and pancratiums are employed for similar 

 purposes ; also fur bouquets. They are associated because the plants of both succeed well 

 under nearly identical treatment. A stock of Eucharis amazonica (Fig. 178) can be 

 worked up in a few years, starting with dry bulbs, if established plants cannot be 

 "picked up" cheaply. Pancratium fragrans is rather slow to increase, and, as a rule, 

 it takes five or six years to get together a good stock of plants. 



The start may either be made by placing three good bulbs of eucharis, or one strong 

 bulb of pancratium in a 5-inch pot, and as these crowd the pots with roots, shifting 

 into larger sizes. Eoot-bound plants produce flowers the most freely, but every second 



