The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 145
that plants under culti- vation in conservatories blossom much later inlife than those in their natural surroundings. Onthe table-lands of Mexico, where they are exten-sively grown, they flower when they are fromseven to ten years old. Century-plants die afterflowering. On warm, sunny days, the… … ,,,J II rlLmMLiilli ■*/ * THE CENTURY-PLANT IN BLOOM.After blooming it dies. of a long, branched scape, where they cluster toform a panicle, of which the lower branches comeinto bloom first. Century-plants are commonly regarded as cacti.This mistake originated from the fact that theyhave thick,…
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