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fertilizer such as cow manure or a good ‘liquid fertilizer prove 
beneficial. Plants should be kept reasonably moist but not wet, 
however water should be permitted to stand in the funnels of those 
types which naturally collect it in their native state. 
We have a large supply of fine specimens of many of the Bromeliads 
listed below, arranged in wire baskets and worked into the hollows 
of small logs, etc,, which we offer at prices ranging from $7.50 to 
$15.00. Suspended in the air or against wall posts or trees these 
create a beautiful effect when covered with flowers, and indeed are 
interesting and attractive even when not in flower. 
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Pr AE AECHMEA BRACTEATA (Syn. Aechmea 
By |S Barleei). A particularly fine spe- 
gy 6nd cies with very long flower spathes 
> eat with deep rose bracts and yellow 
flowers. Flowers of this species 
will hold their color and beauty for 
as much as five to six months. Should 
be in every collection, as should all 
the Aechmeas we list. 
Pots, $3.50 up. 

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AECHMEA BRACTEATA 
AECHMEA CALYCULATA. Flowers bright 
yellow with red bracts. A beautiful 
plant for conservatory or glass porch 
use. Pots $2.50 up. 
AECHMEA CAUDATA. A strong grower with 
attractive variegated foliage. Large 
heads of orange red flowers on stems 
as much as three feet long. 
Pots, $2.50 up. 

AECHMEA CAUDATA 
