
CULTURE OF BROMELIADS 
Bromeliads can get along in almost any climatic 
condition, from near freezing to highest room tem- 
perature. They prefer filtered sunlight, especially 
the highly colored types. For a growing medium, 
almost any light and porous material rich in humus 
will be found satisfactory, and peatmoss or leaf- 
mold with broken pots, sand, charcoal and some 
rough manure added, or Orchid fibre (Osmunda) 
will be ideal. Plants should be kept moist but not 
wet, and fresh water should be permitted to stand in 
their funnels. Occasional feeding with cowmanure 
or liquid fertilizer will prove beneficial. Scale may 
develop, but sponging with soap and nicotine fol- 
lowed by forceful syringing with water, will keep 
them clean. 
Bromeliads are relatively little known, but it is 
safe to predict that on better acquaintance they will 
make one of our most satisfactory as well as attrac- 
tive house plants. 
ROEHRS Delivery Wagons Fifty Years Ago 



