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and be plunged in a coldframe, where 

 they will make sturdy, useful plants. 



CHEIRANTHUS (Wallflower.) 



If it were not for seeing a plant of 

 this old favorite perennial occasionally 

 in our public markets we would forget 

 them entirely. The Germans have raised 

 some fine strains of these most fragrant 

 flowers and their people are always fond 

 of them. 



If you buy seed of the best double- 

 flowered strain you will be sure to get 

 some singles among them. The prevail 

 ing colors are red, brown and yellow. 

 Were it not for its odor the flower would 

 not be highly prized, but few flowers 

 have a fragrance that pleases everybody 

 as does the wallflower. 



For the border the seed can be sown 

 in August and the seedlings planted out 

 in a coldframe, protected during winter 

 and transplanted to their permanent 

 quarters when the ground is dry. 



For raising in pots sow in April and 

 May and plant out in the open ground 

 in June. Lift in October and winter 

 them in a well protected coldframe, or 

 better yet, in a very cool house, where 

 they will throw up their spikes of flowers 

 in May or earlier. 



CHORIZEMA. 



This is one of the many hard-wooded 

 plants or dwarf shrubs introduced to 

 Europe in the early days of Australian 

 discovery. They are very popular in 



Chrysantheumm Wm. Duckham. 



British gardens, more so than with us. 

 The chorizema can scarcely be called a 

 valuable commercial plant, although 

 either for cutting or well grown moder 

 ate sized plants we can think of several 

 plants that have become popular with 

 us and not so worthy the florist s time 

 or labor as this pretty pea flowered 

 orange and red chorizema. 



It is usually raised from cuttings put 

 into sand with a little bottom heat in 

 January or February, and once well 

 rooted grows on. Those who have 

 written of this plant recommend loam 

 and peat for a compost. If you can t 

 get peat conveniently it is not essential. 

 A turfy loam broken up with some leaf- 

 mold or old hotbed compost will do it 

 very well. Like all Australian plants a 

 slight rest during summer is natural. 

 With large plants this can be done by 

 plunging them outside during the sum 

 mer months, but young plants for the 

 first two years are better kept under 

 glass and all the rest wanted will be 

 a slight shortening of water. Give them 

 the fullest light at all times. To make 

 the plants bushy and compact they can 

 be pruned or cut back, which is best 

 done in spring after blooming. There 

 are three or four species besides varieties 

 or forms of these, but C. illicifolium is 

 the most valuable to a florist. 



The chorizema is grown in the open 

 in southern California and southern Flor 

 ida. When not grown too soft they will 

 stand slight frost at times. Excellent 

 for training on pillars and rafters. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



For a hundred years the chrysanthe 

 mums have had periods of great popu 

 larity and then of neglect. As a cut 

 flower every fall the chrysanthemum is 

 as welcome as ever. The Australian 

 varieties have added many splendid 

 varieties to our exhibition sorts as well 

 as some valuable commercial kinds. 

 There are no longer a dozen firms each 

 sending out a new set annually at Klon 

 dike prices, for which we must be de 

 voutly thankful. An aspirant for pub 

 lic favor now must be about perfect and 

 a slight advance on preceding kinds. A 

 few new ones each year are an abundance 

 and even these are offered at a price 

 that allows us to give them a trial. We 

 do not believe that chrysanthemums will 

 ever drop from public favor, as has for 

 instance the camellia, for it has many 

 noble attributes to make it annually 

 welcome. The perfection to which they 

 are now grown is something former gen 

 erations knew nothing of and the flower 

 buying public of thirty years ago was 

 so insignificant compared with today 

 that it could be truthfully said to be 

 non-existent. 



The commercial florist is interested 

 mostly in the cut blooms and in a much 

 smaller extent in a medium sized plant 

 in a pot. Cultural directions for both 

 will be found below. The standards and 

 large specimens are left to the private 

 gardener who has time, money and space 

 for them. 



