POINSETTIA  . The Poinsettia pulcherrima of gardens (See also:

• EUPHORBIA

Euphorbia pulcherrima of botanists), a native of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and Central See also:

• AMERICA

America, with its brilliant See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet bracts, stands unrivalled amongst decorative See also:

• PLANTS

plants . The See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white-bracted sort, See also:

• VAR

var. See also:

• ALBA

alba, is not so effective, but the See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double-flowered, var. plenissima, in which the brilliant inflorescence is branched, is as brilliant as the type, and keeps See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long in See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower . They are increased by cuttings in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, which when taken off with a See also:

• HEEL

heel strike freely in brisk See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat . They require See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good turfy See also:

• LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam, with an addition of one-See also:

• SIXTH

sixth of See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-See also:

• MOULD

mould and a little See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, and should be kept in a heat of from 65° to 70° at See also:

• NIGHT

night, with a rise of 10 by See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . To prevent their growing lanky, they should be kept with their heads almost touching the See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass; and as the pots get filled with roots they must be shifted into others, 7 or 8 in. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter . About See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August they may be inured to a heat of 50° at night, and should be brought to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air night and day whilst the See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather is warm, or they may be placed out of doors for a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month under a See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall in the full See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun . This treatment matures and pre-pares them for flowering . In autumn they must be removed to a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house where the temperature is 50° at night, and by the end of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September some of them may be put in the See also:

• STOVE

stove, where they will come into flower, the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder being placed under heat later for See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . When in See also:

• BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom they may be kept at about 55° by night, and sb placed will last longer than if kept in a higher temperature .