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A Catalogue of 
Bromeliads 
Travellers in Mexico and Central and South America are always struck 
by the color and brilliance of the various Bromeliads, Billbergias, 
Aechmeas, etc. -- seen growing in the foothills and mountains of 
these regions. In this group can be found plants for every conceiv- 
able situation, from the hardy Dyckias that will fit into the small- 
est rock garden, to the magnificent Puya, than which there are few 
plants more spectacular when in bloom. 
Among these semi-epiphytal plants can be found several varieties 
well suited to house or patio culture, while most can be included in 
the choicest conservatory collection, giving color and form hardly 
surpassed even among the Orchids. Many make excellent pot and hang- 
ing basket subjects. 
The Evans & Reeves Nurseries are pleased to present one of the larg- 
est collections of Bromeliads in the United States, numbering scores 
of species and varieties. For purposes of the present catalogue, we 
have confined our listing to approximately twenty principal types, 
comprising the major items offered by ourselves in quantity. For 
collectors we have in addition a great many Pitcairnias, Tillandsias, 
Billbergias, etc., which we have not taken space to describe. 
The cultute of these exotic plants is very simple. They like partial 
or filtered sunlight, such as is afforded by a lath house or the 
branches of trees, and they can be grown in the ground, in pots, in 
baskets, or on logs or blocks of wood. The soil should be light, in 
fact most of these plants will do well in a compost of leaf mold, or 
a light soil mixture. They are also well grown in osmundine (orchid 
peat). They flower irregularly almost the year ‘round, and some of 
the individual flowers of species such as the Aechmeas will remain 
in good condition for almost six months, 
It has been found that most of these plants, especially the Billberg- 
ias, can be stimulated to bloom by the application of a small quan- 
tity of calcium carbide, following which treatment a flower spike 
will frequently appear in about six to eight weeks, particularly if 
this procedure is followed in late fall. Occasional applications of 
