BROMELIADS OR PINEAPPLES. 
An interesting family found throughout the West Indies 
and American tropics where they are apparently equally at 
home, clinging to the branches of trees or springing from the soil. 
But it is in Brazil and Central America that Bromeliads occur 
in greatest abundance, festooning the highest trees with brilliant 
red, orange or blue flowers. 
An interesting member of this family is the Spanish Moss 
(Tillandsia usneoides) which drapes the trees of the Southern 
States. Ananas sativus the commercial pineapple may usually 
be seen fruiting in our tropical house. 
BROMELIADS. 
Aechraea fulgens. French Guiana. 
" leopardina. 
" miniata. 
" Nicolai. 
" panicuUgera. Tropical America. 
" pineUana. Brazil. 
" Weilbachii. Brazil. 
" " var. leodiense. 
Ananas. {True Pineapples). 
" sativus. 
var. Charles Rothschild, 
var. Red Spanish. 
var. Porto Rico, 
var. Smooth Cayenne, 
var. Sugar Loaf. 
Billbergia chloristicha. 
excarpa. 
liboniana. Brazil. 
macrocalyx. 
miniata. 
nobilis. 
