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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



will do. The principal point is 



no bottom growth 01 lateral growl b gel 



a start: pinch n ofl a 



\ ,-, N soon, if the lateral grov, I h 

 pinched off, yon will get lowers 

 and if your house is light and yon keep 

 a night temperature of f>n to :.:> i 

 you will pick flowers bj Christmas. We 

 in a and leai a. I-Vw are piom en in 

 progress, mosilv all copyists; but. he 

 thai will not loam will soon be a bai s 

 Dumber. William Si ott. 



STOKESIA CYANEA. 



Stokesia cyanea is a plant that has 

 rapidly eonie' to the front the last two 

 or three years, and deserved!} so, says 



Herbert Greensmith, of D r's EUverton 



nurseries. Although an American plant 

 introduced or discovered in 1706, it .loos 

 not appear to have been generally culti- 

 vated. In this plant the mosl wonderfu 



developments ha\. I n ami. ,i- i.g.uo- 



the size of flower. Nicholson's D I 

 of Gardening describes it as being one 

 inch across, few or solitary: some Eng- 

 lish catalogues say two or three indies 

 and must be lifted in the fall anc 

 placed in the greenhouse to see it bloom. 

 Horsford describes it <"• "a plant of 

 the aster family, with blue flowers an 

 inch or so wide';'' and A - Ponx "•''>*• 

 "A sweetly pretty autumn-flowering 

 perennial of great merit; habit erect, 

 two feet, large lavender blue flowers with 

 a reddish center, fully two inches 

 across. ' ' 



A great deal of surprise and rejoicing 

 has been occasioned the last two or three 

 years, Mr. Greensmith told the Florists' 



Club of Philadelphia, over what is de- 

 scribed as an early flowering form which 

 some want to name Praecox in or. lor to 



indicate that it is an early flowering 

 variety. "I have noticed, I believe, 

 what purports to be tins very same 

 thing in 14, lino or 15,000 plants grown 



plants 



set 



died down, that is, the tops died down. 

 While the majority of the plants came 

 into I. loom later and so continued until 

 late frosts complete!} cut them down, 

 oiler plants again, though full of buds 

 and in good robust condition, did not 

 flower at all. These plants were all 

 grown on high, sandy ground and were 

 the admiration of all who saw them 

 from July to hard frost in November. 

 A warm, sandy soil is recommended as 

 bein.r best adapted to their culture, but 

 two sears ago 1 raised 3,000 or 4,000 

 plants from seed, which were picked off 

 into trays as soon as large enough to 

 handle, one inch apart, and from these 

 trays they were planted out into the open 

 ground iii a very moist, damp spot. By 

 the latter part of July they commenced 

 to flower and so continued until hard 

 Hosts in November cut them off. Never 

 did we have stokesia flower so freely, 

 but I admit it would have been ruinous 

 to have left them on this ground for 

 the winter. The same year good strong 

 plants from 3-inch pots were planted in 

 light but well enriched sandy soil, and 

 they were pale and poor in comparison 

 to "the seedlings planted on the damp 

 spot. Its native home appears to be 

 in wet Dine bogs. The flowers are a 



beautiful light lavender blue and three 

 to four inches across, sometimes showing 

 a faint tinge of red. If proper precau- 

 tions are taken to insure it from stand- 

 ing under water during the winter 

 months, it is one of the most satisfactory 

 perennials grown. It is propagated by 

 both s.ed and division." 



Some of the Good New Early Chrysanthemums. 



NEW EARLY CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



If there were a mid-October exhibi- 

 tion this year twelve fine new varieties, 

 at least, could be entered from abroad. 

 A few of the sorts described below will 

 not be of use to the commercial grower 

 on account of color only, but where 

 variety is wanted, these sorts would 

 make a fine collection, while the white, 

 yellow and pink sorts will prove valua- 

 ble additions to our October 15 varie- 

 ties; in fact they are startling novelties 

 when the date is remembered, as they 

 are up with the very finest of November 

 sorts. France has given us the first 

 seven. 



Etienne Bonnefond is a big buff, in- 

 curved with broad petals, eight and 

 oue-half inches across; very fine. 



Baron Chiseuil is one of the red and 

 chamois-colored fellows used for "any 

 other color" at the shows; very large 

 and showy, especially at this date. 



Mile. Marthe Morel is like a morning 

 cloud in color, like Vivand-Morel in 

 form, a beauty, and a big one. 



lime. Paul' Sahut, "the faultless," 

 opens with golden center tinted pink, 

 which rounds out into a ball of snow 

 white, of soft finish and wonderful 

 keeping qualities. 



Neven Bene is a horizontal petaled 

 magenta, with incurved touffles of sil- 

 ver, a nice color and pleasing variety 

 in form. 



Salome is a golden yellow with a fine 

 wide spread; a dainty finish makes this 



M lie. Touzet is one in which we think 

 we have an October Chadwick. 



All the above are free growers, with- 

 out "necks," and handsomely foliaged. 



In the English section, Carrie has 

 come and gone, a fine September golden- 

 yellow; a beauty. And now we have 

 Miss Olive Miller, a lavender pink, 

 probably the best of its color and date 

 vet introduced; a nice, large, showy 

 flower. 



Mrs. A. MeKinley is a buff and 

 bronzy red, finely rounded in form and 

 lighting up beautifully at night. 



Goacher's Crimson is a red and gold 

 that does not burn; a formal, dahlia- 

 like flower that is very popular in Eng- 

 land this season. 



Ethel Fitzroy is an improved and ear- 

 lv Kate Broomhead, a gorgeous and 

 beautiful variety, very brilliant in col- 

 oring, which is 'bound to become popu- 

 lar. 



The later set are expanding their 

 buds in fine style and each day shows 

 up something new and wonderfully fine. 

 Mrs. Longley is opening up a breadth 

 of light, maroon velvet petal that is 

 marvelous. S. T. Wright, Lord Hope- 

 town and Lord Alverston are running 

 a race in scarlet and gold, and some of 

 the new yellows look like the rising sun. 

 Anything more delightful than the new 

 mums cannot be found today in the 

 whole world of horticulture. 



S. A. Hill. 



West Superior, Wis. — E. Jensen if 

 building three greenhouses, 20x100. 



