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Heliopsis Pitcherianus. 



after Mr. Graham's foreman, is "the 

 best so far." by which one may natu- 

 rally expect something. Daybreak and 

 .Jubilee are here, also Evelina and 

 White Cloud on trial. 



Chrysanthemums are the crowning 

 attraction of this place, the home of 

 Philadelphia and of Pennsylvania. 

 Here, too, something is evidently likely 

 to happen it one may judge from the 

 cordiality of the invitation to come 

 and see the plants in the fall. Frank 

 Hardy. Autumn Glory. Ivory, Major 

 Bonnaffon and Golden Wedding are 

 grown besides the above seedlings of 

 the place. 



Orchids include Cattleyas, phalaen- 

 opsis and cypripediums. Ferns are 

 chiefly small for ferneries. There is 

 one house of Asparagus plumosus. Lil- 

 ies are forced extensively, Harrisii for 

 early. (Culture is believed to have 

 kept disease in check here.) Japanese 

 longiflorum for late. Azaleas are 

 grown to the large sizes for decora- 

 tions; also hydrangeas, genistas, cin- 

 erarias and some daffodils and Ro- 

 mans. J. W. Y. 

 (To he continued.) 



copses, and flowering from July to Oc- 

 tober. 



The variety illustrated is more 

 dwarf than the one just mentioned, 

 growing about three feet high, and 

 flowering nearly all summer. The flow- 

 ers are of a deep orange yellow, pro- 

 duced very freely on long stems, and 

 are extremely useful for cutting. Be- 

 ing a hardy perennial, and asking only 

 for a fairly rich soil and full sun, it 

 presents many features to recommend 

 it for cultivation by florists in their 

 home grounds. BELLEROPHON. 



HELIOPSIS PITCHERIANUS. 



There is but very little difference 

 between the sunflower (helianthus) 

 and the heliopsis. The compound word 

 sun-flower is a literal translation of 

 its botanical name, while heliopsis 

 means "like the sun." The most com- 

 mon form of this species, H. laevis, 

 known as the false sunflower, and also 

 as the "Ox-eye." is indigenous to 

 Cook County, Illinois, and elsewhere 

 throughout the United States, growing 

 generally on dry banks, fields and 



AMONG BOSTON GROWERS. 

 W. W. Edgar's. 



Ferns everywhere is what we found 

 at the establishment of W. W. Edgar, 

 of Waverly. and they were grand, be- 

 ing elegant in color, and showed supe- 

 rior cultivation. Mr. Edgar grows very 

 few flowers, his trade being principal- 

 ly for cut fronds of adiantum and pot 

 plants. He has one house. iMxlJ-'i feet, 

 planted to chrysanthemums, which 

 crop he follows with Easter stuff, such 

 as lilies, genistas and azaleas. He also 

 devotes one house. 12.")x3u, to carna- 

 tions, Scotts and Daybreaks being his 

 choice of varieties, although he is add- 

 ing the new red Wellesley for next 

 season's growing. 



A house of l(H>x2(> is planted to Adi- 

 antum Roenbeckii to cut from, and 

 looks very promising. It is planted in 

 solid bed, which he prefers to pots or 

 benches. He has also in the same 

 house an elegant lot of Adiantum ten- 

 erum. which he will handle in the pots. 

 In another house he has additional 

 adiantum for cutting, but of a different 

 variety, which is a grand success with 



him; Adiantum decorum also planted 

 in a solid bed. This house also con- 

 tains an elegant lot of Adiantum Far- 

 leyense. which he sells in .l and (i-inch 

 pots. Another house is devoted entire- 

 ly to seedling ferns, of which Mr. Ed- 

 gar is making a specialty, and has a 

 lot of the newer varieties, including 

 the flowering fern, Aenemii CoUina, 

 about four thousand of this variety. 

 Another house contains more small 

 ferns, and a nice bench of Nephrolep- 

 is Bostoniensis. to pot up later on. 

 He has also in this house about a thou- 

 sand of that queen of begonias, Gloire 

 de Lorraine, and he proposes to make 

 this and the seedling ferns his leaders, 

 and will have enough to supply every- 

 body. He is also growing quite a few 

 of Begonia Louise Closson, which he 

 uses in connection with ferns for 

 planting in pans and fancy fern dishes. 

 Out of doors there is a nice clean lot of 

 Dracaena terminalis in a deep frame, 

 while plunged in the open is an ele- 

 gant lot of Ficus elastic^ in (>-inch 

 pots. There are also a fine collection 

 of genistas and other p:antB. designed 

 for Easter forcing. 



Mr. Edgar has about two acres of 

 land devoted to his business, and 

 makes it a study to have every facility 

 that is necessary to handle large quan- 

 tities of perishable plants, and his 

 packing room, wherein he can load his 

 goods right on to his team without ex- 

 posure to the weather, is a model of its 

 kind. Connected with this he has a 

 large cold storage room, which he uses 

 to carry over such plants as bay trees 

 and hydrangeas. He has a finely fur- 

 nished stable, over which he has con- 

 structed rooms for the use of his men, 

 of which he has six the year around. 

 The p'.ace is a model of neatness and 

 worth a visit from anybody interested 

 in the florist's business. 



L. H. Foster's. 



L. H. Foster, of Dorchester, still be- 

 lieves in the future of Nephrolepis 

 Bostoniensis and has devoted his en- 

 tire plant to them. The majority are 

 planted in benches and run in size 

 from a ;J to a 6-inch pot. He has a nice 

 lot of specimens in pots, but they do 

 not seem to be in demand like small 

 plants which he is continuously ship- 

 ping to all parts of the country. 



Whitten's, 

 At Whitten's we found the genial 

 manager, Lawrence Cotter, surv'eying, 

 with a satisfied look, a fine house of 

 Beauties, which he is carrying over, 

 and which have just begun to break 

 elegantly and bid fair to bring him in 

 lots of shekels. Mr. Cotter is an enthu- 

 siast over roses, and every house is de- 

 voted to the queen of flowers. He has 

 a house 1S(>xl'.">. one KHxlSto, and one 

 !H)x2<l planted to Bridesmaids — about 

 4,0(Ki plants, all told. There are also 

 three houses of Brides, one KUxS'/-;, 

 one lH»xl4, about -!,(HXi plants: these 

 are in benches. He has also a house, 

 l.H»x20, with 1,(k:m:> plants, planted in a 

 solid bed, and he proposes to keep an 



