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THE FLORISTS^ MANUAL. 



Climbers With Ornamental Foliage, 



Aristoloehia, Dutchman s pipe. 

 Celastrus seandens, bittersweet. 

 Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Virginia 

 creeper. 



Ampelopsis Veitchii, best for walls. 

 Hedera, English ivy. 



Climbers With Conspicuous Flowers. 



Wistaria Sinensis. 



Louieera Halleana, Japan honey 

 suckle. 



Lycium, matrimony vine. 



Bignonia, trumpet flower. 



Akebia quinata. 



Clematis, the Jackmanii type. 



Clematis, the paniculata type. 



Eoses, Crimson Kambler and many 

 other varieties. 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



This term is usually meant to apply 

 to our long list of herbaceous plants, 

 a few of which are useful to the florist 

 as cut flowers. The demand of late has 

 greatly increased for hardy plants, and 

 where the florist has some good land at 



his disposal he should be supplied with 

 a collection of the leading kinds, so 

 that he can supply the demands of his 

 customers. 



The increased demand for this class 

 of plants is to be attributed to so many 

 of our people of means having summer 

 homes in the country. They have usu 

 ally more land than they can take care 

 of, and not wishing to go deeply into 

 the formal flower garden with our tender 

 plants, they turn to the hardy herba 

 ceous perennial kinds to fill up the beds 

 and borders. 



In preparing ground to receive these 

 perennial plants, either to produce 

 flowers for your own cutting or for 

 your customer, remember you cannot 

 very well dig too deeply or manure too 

 heavily, and with the great majority the 

 soil should be well drained and dry. 

 You can top dress and manure annually, 

 but you can never recover by subse 

 quent cultivation the mistake of plant 

 ing in shallow, poor soil. 



Although called perennials they wear 

 out and most of them are greatly bene 

 fited by lifting and dividing every four 

 or five years. There are so many species 



Aquilegia Chrysantha. 



of this class cultivated for the herba 

 ceous border, and they differ so widely, 

 that no rule for their propagation and 

 treatment will do for all. It is gener 

 ally conceded that early fall, as soon as 

 the foliage or stems are about dried up, 

 is the best time to transplant, and hence 

 it is the best time to fill your customers 

 orders. 



If you cultivate a row or two of the 

 leading kinds, keep them in straight lines 

 and far enough apart to run the horse 

 cultivator between them. Many thou 

 sand plants will go on one acre, but 

 they want keeping clean and must be 

 constantly hoed, and should be always 

 plainly labeled, as they are often moved 

 before their growth appears. One more 

 important thing is, when you plant dor 

 mant crowns of peonies, phlox, etc., keep 

 them two or three inches below the sur 

 face; the winter will be sure to raise 

 them up. 



Herbaceous plants are always bene 

 fited by some stable manure scattered 

 between the rows and over the crowns. 

 In their natural state they would at 

 least get the benefit of their own with 

 ered tops, while most of them would get 

 a covering of leaves from the trees 

 whose branches covered them. For ap 

 pearance s sake we rob them of their 

 natural covering. 



Those most useful to the florist and 

 which have not received notice in their 

 alphabetical order are as follows: 



Achillea, several species, good for 

 rockwork, easily divided in fall or early 

 spring. 



Anemone Japonica alba is a florist s 

 flower, and a beautiful fall blooming 

 plant, and is propagated by division. 



Aquilegia, the beautiful columbine. 

 There are several magnificent species 

 that should be in every garden. Propa 

 gated by seed. 



Boltonia asteroides, a fine border 

 plant, growing five to eight feet high. 

 Much resembles our hardy asters. Very 

 free growing and hardy. Useful for 

 decorations in florists work and should 

 be in all herbaceous borders. 



Campanula, several fine species, Car- 

 patica, the Canterbury bell, being popu 

 lar with all. Not a florist s flower, but 

 fine for the border. Eaised from seed, 

 sown in August in coldframe and trans 

 planted later a few inches apart in good 

 soil in coldframe, where they can be pro 

 tected during winter, and planted out 

 in permanent bed or nursery row as 

 soon as ground is dry in the spring. In 

 other varieties when stated that they 

 can be raised from seed the above direc 

 tions will suit them all. 



Coreopsis; the best of the species for 

 the florist is lanceolata. Graceful and 

 beautiful yellow flowers. Propagated 

 by seed. 



Delphiniums; almost every one knows 

 the D. formosum, which is often called 

 larkspur. The improved varieties are 

 among the handsomest of our hardy 

 flowers, and are decidedly of value to 

 the florist. Their handsome spikes, from 

 the lightest shades of blue to indigo, and 

 even to bronze, are grand ornaments for 

 our stores, even if they do not sell; but 

 invariably those who see them want a 



