526 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Fig. 270. STATICE SUWOROWII. Of the four or five annual Statices, none is more 

 beautiful than this, which, when sown outdoors in May, will produce 10- to 12-in. 

 spikes of rose-pink flowers, which go well with other blooms, especially in basket 

 arrangements. If you use Summer flowers, plant a good-sized row of this variety 

 in May and another a little later 



July and has light blue flowers. S. sinuata candidissima is the white 

 form and while it is good, the blue is the more desirable. 



STEVIA SERRATA 



This is a small flower of great usefulness to the florist. It takes 

 the place of Gypsophila during Winter and helps make any box of 

 flowers you send out more beautiful. It is delightfully fragrant, 

 comes on long stems, lasts a long time when cut and can be grown 

 in a cool house. In fact, it does better in such than in a warm one. 

 We have it with us from the time the midseason Pompon 'Mums 

 are ready, up into February and even longer. 



CULTURAL NOTES 



There is the single tall-growing variety which we have had al- 

 ways with us, a double form, and a dwarf one which, to my mind, 

 is the best of all. If planted a little close it will grow plenty tall 

 enough for all purposes, while the tall sorts, if at all crowded, will 

 grow spindly and be hard to manage, the stems breaking if you are 

 not exceedingly careful. 



A few stock plants potted up and carried in a coldhouse will 

 give you hundreds of cuttings if placed in a 50-deg. house by Febru- 



