New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-11
pEMINDERS OF THE TROPICS.
,,,,,o REDS OF INTERESTING PLANTS IN
CENTRAL PARK.

70 REFRESHING TO LOOK on
r.,,r cAcrs-AN EMULATION WHICH
,s FATAL TO FISH
rso-s "a q small patch In Cen'fa' la," ",,...'s
,.ass hot days a man can almost 49,, .,do =,
-. 10 60 IN the tropics. III Is OH ~" ~.
thai ne 10 -, or McGowns Pass Tavern. here
sio"" ..asr, Parsons has two BEDS OF pants wa.
supe' ,.,, ,rcplcal They have Deeh e"''e''ea
- many countries Rouna '"e So 1T a.,
49,. Mods can be seen the ice-p""'' -. a..
$50 from the Canary ISLANDS, anu ~ - 49,
- from its leaves glistenins me 'S' VI '
name "'"' a.. Then there is the sempre VIVA.
test SUNNI Ven can take leaf OF THIS pant anu
OF his p,. tho wall and soon ltte s"o"'' WI
p. f,om all parts Of H. Here a'e ' ,,', -.
'p Pr, -. he found in sunny chmes' W s.I,
o''y ,ha, make the slender nau'e s,a -.
49,. their heads IN silent ooe'san-e ,,a,n.v ruch
DO" . Tho tropical grasses are cer,ai'' "'SA
e.r hut for a carpet the q"'e'
or,. grass Is much TO De p'e'e'. IT., lang n,nnat
~. 70 aoes OF all kinds, WIN ''''' , 80 90,
-, leaves and mult!colored some -. a.. leave.
a hut the strangest Is the one 10 49, csc,urx
.s,"aod with long white hairs III. 80 h.,,n, ,h.,
rinse 10, nopular name owing 10 the o'''' '
pa s.sor,es only in 100 years ln"ee, " 80 -
II ooS'0 -. ,,.ars before this plant blossoms a''A
80 .ves ND It's life to the sra''' i'o " -.
.hat n shoots up into the ar Ia so.,d
ra,a. The sides of the hills III III. w - 81.
Nth great towering masses u 49,, ,,.,. .iso
IT,, emblem OF the aloe. 1t - use,"' P -
49, :, gives a fibre that the Ceh''a' , 49,.
ior e - ealing his hammock and the Me"cA"
ian uses " .,ora, drink puIque, from this sans
makes his natioha' ~
plant. ..u ,snresented In this bed.
The cactus family is wei fePi n,oh IN
ne saveral varieties Of the cereus "h.cn -
,h.,r own home send cut wohoe'iu' ~ - a. q,
'he" ~ 80. mat blossoms at sunset ana alss az
pure, Jare too IL the pricKIy pehi IN ,hs
sunrise, FAMILY It's fruit is much pr,%e- ~
tropes prickly pear In this bed tnere - J'y IN
towering plant that Is 10 sa S thai is Eupnorbla
spicuous TOT h,nb originally came from Madagascer
II has punches OF deep-pink nov ,tn sharp prckles
Of the plant are thickiy des milky fluid when cut
h,ob curious to say is most fatai 70 .'n, We
smith IN his Dictionary OF Ecoho !, NAV be- mem
this: AS p,a ae vears ago the Victoria Lay
Aonarium at Kew became overcao ~ la,ves ~ the
fish, and it was found tney a ~ Get rid OF them
Victoria ac, This few pieces OF r. Tirncaii were
thrown into the tank in the evening ,o,i ns Cow
SSer sS. One bed 1sins sa
tna Hercules cactus, a giant plant tnat gfoms ~
tne height Of thirty feet, and ~ much use1 IN .as
Vest Indies and Africa as hedge olah't roas
No better for separating pastures ana ehs ".
~ ssr,ca use II as stOckade around their Villages
II il a most effective one . ,o- ,,.r,s Half
The second bed is given up 10 larger plants. mas
. dn,en tree ferns throw out their fronds over =
numher of different -coored members OF the pan.
danus family. breac-frut tree rnro~ and ths
gray Theophrasta mperias gives oo.o,,ns ~ ~
This small tropical forest with its coffee pants ah@
,rhe gardener In charge OF these beds Edwaro'
smith complains bitterly Of the depredatlons maoe
By the public. As soon as cactus .nlVm i,oTs {,
new shoot some vanda comes along ana piucks =, -
ny In the case OF the Hercules cactus. the knite
has been freely used steal shoots, ana one cao
see similar wounds on the different species u 'Hs