THE TILLANDSIAS AND THEIR ALLIES.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7573, 9 June 1890, Page 2

THE TILLANDSIAS AND THEIR ALLIES.

The exhibition at tho late Bartl«i___. Society's show of a Tillaadsla tTSi will naturally have drawn Utsa&X? ot mahyof our amateur gSKteaflTZ are possessed of a raised to what Is khown as««w&m_ this beautiful but much ne?ktd eSmS plants.* Although much Continent of Europe, in EagtoM fC have-not met with Possibly the recent publication oi a "Handbook of the Brocuslta.," fe?Mi Baker, of Kew, will bo tho cause ftlth.ii more extensive cultivatloa, It. Ifoajj liads form a lare:o order-Xtr Ma enumerates over BQO species- and toites a number of plants as beastlfiu la te and colour as they are singular, _a4»© t rule, easy to manage. Most prominent of all the gardsajhsst. contained in this ordei* is tha -rnever yet, as far as we krjow„ trtiwk New Zealand, oor do wo to.'be to.any exteat~Sha. being so easily procurable aad •_. *_jgjj will ever render Its growth as nafete able, article totally unpeofikblo 'la. fc.* S' ?uuta;y. Thera are a few other Aft&nti&m csides the Pineapple, but theydaffistprs sent qny very sferiHag fsatarss, ■. * . Tillft'udßii f contains sacral very hand* some species. The blue T illandaia(T.li. deal Rcßeliana) is one of the te?e__.# all stove plants, elegant lo foliage m&m tremely brilliant in flower. Thei«?ng &n4 narrow leaves recur? _ on all ntdM so as _ make a compact tuft, and of the centra rise the flower-stalks about two feot,b©as» ing ou the upper part the dense.nma bracts. These bracts overlap closaiyi erf are pinkish," aud out ot them eofae, obi a two at a time, large flowers of _l brightest cobalt-blue with virhltfl -eye. When these, which last several days, ills off, other Aowers come out of the brads, and this goes in or -weeks, so thattiu Slant remains beauty for a long period '; Tessellata is shaped like a w» with beautifully variegated leavds, % jsiphioldes has large pure wmfef and fragrant flowers, while the Furwl TUl&ndsla (T. pslttaclaa) is glorto_. it scarlet and gold. Tbe smaller uposi 88 m said to succeed best whoa gro wa o_ wcca suspended from the root JSchmea is possibly tho best Juum genus of the order, and contains s 'larff* number of vase shaped pi. w beautiful. gem has clusters of scarlet enot-THO flowers. M. WeHbaohl has sapal. wtej, chameleon-like, tura from blue to MM purple to bronze:, and thea to soot)' W*A 'Almost all tho ifichmeaa.havei ttg leaves more or less va*.egated, •»"*« panicles of flowers of the most glows"! C °A°hbther genu. worthy oi! nog* fi> g bergia. A new species, B. SwjMJJ latelyfloweaed at K«w, "the leaves being broadly bMBt»JJ{ margins with black spines, in the usual vasiform piaMtt m flowerspike would bo tall it «S but It hangs over the aide of ttegf gj It has long papery bracts of»*%gJ pink: white the long (tow»J "*S arrange themselves in a the end of the spike, are« tipped with blue-purple/ AlW«Jfj£ the noble B. vlttata. which like cluster of leaves do»JSSS versely banded with silvery WR was in bloom at the same jjtt*. flower-spikes droop, and are adorn"JV, crimson bracts, blue aud red colour. Some oMM cairnias are also very gf* ce %* kt. age being long and „ spikes slender. Among the found most curlouaiy-Uiarked loiws« s erect scapes of brilliantpowers• ": rf . are many other genera, aU worw «* tivatioo. »__*•-„__■•&*-» The ifromeliads are all »«£?!- 8 origin, and-are all capable-rfWJgJ hot dry atmosphere, witnoa; «* with the earth. The smaller » firmWfastened to a Mock some Sphagnum give "ttla mg» »» ff beyond Watering and sy" a O* v ]*» stronger growing sorts ar* fljj #ja , grown in pots. They W»» *"JJL «* Sge, and a soil of two p«t» #*$# ol loam and one of *«■;»: nt efr so many other* plants,' :&"£'&*& tion of water in the ▼»**»"» cw is beneficial tdthtem, hence they 6fl rf always be watered Awerhea(L them like a strong heat and faU^P 1^ to sunlights -• p ' „ n(1 TUlandsias, Vriesias, Bromeliaceotts planes can . a certain extent by means of by detaching sockera, but of' sjne aref occaslonaUy obtained, ond is the case they can be unlimited quantity, for *«»«*££„,,»-« kinda are very mlautq. and gw' „j well. Acoatributorto »• have raised a larae quantity of tne ( ful iEchmea fulgeos, of **"&£: *& every seed 'us*9 was sown as soon aa ripe la P**2l,kM>WfO peat, tbe top portion Tfine sieve, while the boWwow* fee rather rougher and mora g»«*i ««f surface being well watered t«o «g» fc v at once sown thmly thereon, to the wetness of the soilpg « t adhered^ thereto. ■A«l^.<^K lp £d. ? sand belog »p»i*oWfd °™LiJ_f S » r . pane of glass was laW.oa ««b g5| fS a allowed to remain on SiU made their appearaiice. A J* 0 !*: *& could be convenfentiy 0 * pricked off In much the same W» as before, and some placed to • t S2»o. that were kept in theord»B ar y RS,ww of the stove.'

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