398 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



HUNNEMANNIA (GIANT YELLOW TULIP POPPY) 



The average florist isn't well enough acquainted with this 

 beautiful Poppy with its golden yellow flowers which, when cut 

 just as the buds open, will remain in good condition for three or 

 four days. With its graceful foliage there is nothing finer for the 

 centerpiece of a dining table. 



Hunnemannias can be sown outdoors in April and will flower 

 from June on; another sowing can be made about July and these 

 plants will give you the finest flowers in late Fall; even light frosts 

 won't affect them. 



Another way is to sow in March indoors and as soon as the 

 seedlings are large enough to be handled, pot them up separately 

 into 2s to be planted out later on in a coldframe, allowing about 

 ten inches of space between them. 



Hunnemannias are also fine for indoor flowering. Sow the seed 

 about Christmas, transplant later into small pots and bench in a 

 cool house in February. 



HYACINTHS 



The Hyacinths the florist uses belong to the Dutch bulb stock 

 with the exception of the Romans which we import from France. 

 They are all most showy plants when in flower and have been 

 favorites longer than any of us today can remember. 



Even the small florist can easily, with the help of the Romans, 

 manage to have attractive pots, pans, dishes or made-up baskets 

 in flower from the middle of December on, closing the season with 

 the heaviest supply during Easter week. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS FOR FORCING 



You cannot imagine anything more simple to handle or more 

 useful around Christmas than Roman Hyacinths. On many oc- 

 casions during my time can I recall a patron selecting a low basket 

 filled with Roman Hyacinths, a few table ferns and an Adiantum, 

 Winterberries and a bow of red ribbon at from $5 to $6 in preference 

 to a Cyclamen, Begonia or Poinsettia. While in actual value the 

 Hyacinth basket wasn't to be compared with the other plants, 

 the way they were arranged and presented sold them, and so it is 

 with a good supply of Romans in flower at Christmas time you 

 are enabled to make up little pots for those with limited means 

 as well as more expensive arrangements. Or, if the flats the plants 

 are in are placed in a coldhouse, the flowers will last for many days 

 and you can use them cut; there is nothing finer for design work 

 and they are as good in a corsage. 



The bulbs usually arrive in September and for those who 

 want to use the plants both for pans and dishes as well as to cut 



