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FLORICULTURE AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE 



1126. Anonymous. A project for planting eighty-eight thousand miles of trees. Amer. 

 Nurseryman 34^: 31-32. 1921. — The writer digests the opinions of various interested parties 

 on the desirability of road-side planting of trees. — J. H. Gourley. 



1127. Anonymous. A promising hardy privet. Florists' Exchange 50: 665. 1 fig. 1920. 

 — According to all reports the new Ibolium privet {Ligustrurn ovalifolium X L. Ibota) win- 

 tered perfectly as far north as the Arnold Arboretum, though the common California species 

 (L. ovalifolium) was in many cases killed to the ground considerably south of Massachusetts. 

 The new privet is said to be vigorously bushy in habit, quickly responsive to pruning and 

 shaping, of graceful form if left unpruned, flowers profusely, is easily propagated, and endures 

 transplanting at practically any season. The writer's experience with a single test plant in 

 northern New Jersey indicates that it is beyond question hardy, vigorous, and thrifty. — Lmo 

 A. Minns. 



1128. Anonymous. Alonsoa Warscewiczii. Florists' Exchange 50: 1231. 1920. — At- 

 tention is called to Alonsoa as a brilliant flowered, easily grown annual, suitable for planting 

 out in summer and for pot culture in winter; directions for propagating are given. The plant 

 is related to the snapdragon, scarlet in color, the individual flowers in form not unlike those of 

 Nemesia. — Lua A. Minns. 



1129. Anonymous. National Rose Society's select list of roses, and instructions for 

 pruning. 121 p., illus. National Rose Society: London, 1921. 



1130. Anonymous. Nerines. Florists' Exchange 50: 1070. 1920. — Flowers of these 

 interesting and highly decorative plants (Amaryllidaceae), in red hues and appearing like 

 miniature amaryllis, are becoming a feature in some markets. Nerines are autumn bloomers, 

 many of them flowering before the foliage appears; there are a number of South African species. 

 European growers have raised many hybrids, some of the most striking by the firm of Peter 

 Barr. — Cultural directions are given, followed by a short list of good species and hybrids. — 

 Lua A. Minns. 



1131. Anonymous. New foxgloves. Florists' Exchange 50: 159. 1920. — A new strain 

 of foxglove (Digitalis) was exhibited at a recent meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 The strain was originated by the Rev. W. Wilkes of Shirley Poppy fame. Some of the spikes 

 were 7 feet high, with flowers proportionately large, all beautifully blotched or spotted. At 

 present it does not appear to be in commerce, but the writer thinks that it will prove of real 

 commercial value. — Lua A. Minns. 



1132. Anonymous. Rapid cyclamen culture and raising of hybrids. Florists' Exchange 

 50: 1070. 1920. — Wollrath & Sons, Waltham, Massachusetts, are credited with having good 

 plants in November from a March sowing, due probably to a combination of favorable con- 

 ditions. — There are many strains of cyclamen which vary considerably in rate and continuity 

 of growth, size at flowering time, and yield of flowers. Seed has been scarce in the market in 

 recent years, and many growers are saving their own seed. — According to the writer no cycla- 

 men hybrids are recorded. Efforts to cross the persicum type and the hardy Neapolitan and 

 others have failed. The greenhouse cyclamen is conceded to have been derived from C. 

 perstcum, sporting or gradual development being responsible for the new colors. Bulbs of 

 C. rohlfsianum, from Tripoli — supposedly a native of the grottoes — have recently been sent 

 to Washington by Dr. 0. Fenzi, who expresses the hope that cyclamen specialists will succeed 

 in evolving a new type combining the characters of Cyclamen and Dodecatheon. While Cycla- 

 men species apparently will not cross, it is thought possible that either the greenhouse cycla- 

 men or one of the hardy species may hybridize with Dodecatheon, despite the fact that the 

 latter is not tuberous rooted. — Lua A. Minns. 



1133. Anonymous. Thalictrum dipterocarpum. Florists' Exchange 50: 385. 1920. — 

 Thalictrums, though attractive, readily grow from seed, and easily cultured, are seldom seen 



