430 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Fig. 205. LUPINES GROWN UNDER GLASS. 



Sown in late Fall and grown in a solid bed 



in a cool house they give desirable cut 



flowers from early March on 



in fact, this is better than 

 making use of a bench. 

 Allow from twelve to four- 

 teen inches of space between 

 them. A house of 45 to 48 

 deg. is sufficient. The first 

 spikes ready to cut in March 

 will, perhaps, be the largest, 

 but the side shoots coming 

 up from the base of the 

 plants will form the second 

 crop and will be fully as 

 valuable if not more valuable 

 to you. If you desire a good 

 lot of spikes during May, sow 

 seed in January and plant 

 out about March. 



FOR SUMMER FLOWERING 



Plants from seed sown 

 in March carried along in 

 2j/2-in. pots and planted in 

 a frame by the end of April 

 will produce flowers in June. 

 Every florist selling bedding 



stock can dispose of Lupines during the Spring months and should 

 prepare a good number of plants for that purpose. 



You can get Lupines to flower from seed sown early outdoors, 

 but when they don't start to flower until the middle of July it is 

 too hot to obtain good sized spikes. 



LYCHNIS 



There are a number of showy forms of Lychnis adapted for 

 the hardy border, but one of the easiest to grow is Lychnis Haageana 

 hybrida. If sown in February, under glass, and planted out by the 

 end of April, the plants with their orange, red, and deep scarlet 

 flowers will be in full bloom by June. They can be cut, but are of 

 no great value to the florist except as material to sell, as field plants, 

 along with other hardy stock in Spring and Fall. 



LYCIUM BARBARUM (MATRIMONY VINE) 



If you have a call for a vine or climber that will grow anywhere 

 and in any soil and faster than others, that is the time to recom- 

 mend the Matrimony Vine, good for trellis, arbor, tree stumps and 

 edges of ravines or hard clay banks. 



