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Double Delphiniums. 



ways plainly labeled as they are often 

 moved before their growth, appears. 

 One more important thing is when you 

 plant dormant crowns of paeonies, 

 phlox, etc., keep them two or three 

 inches below the surface; 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 

 withered tops, while most of them 

 would get a covering of leaves from 

 the trees whose branches covered 

 them. For appearance 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. This is a 

 florist's flower, and a beautiful fall 

 blooming plant. Division. 



AQUILEGIA. The beautiful colum- 

 bine. There are several magnificent 

 species that should be in every garden. 

 Seed. 



CAMPANULA. Several species. 

 Carpathica, the Canterbury Bell, is 

 popular with all. Not a florist's flower, 

 but fine for the border. Raised from 

 seed, sown in August in cold-frame 

 and transplanted later a few inches 



apart in good soil in cold-frame, where 

 they can be protected during winter 

 and plant 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 directions will suit 

 them all. 



COREOPSIS. "The best of the spe- 

 cies for the florist is lanceolata. Grace- 

 ful and beautiful yellow flowers. Seed. 



DELPHINIUMS. Most 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 plant. 

 They flower a long time, should the 

 weather not be too dry, and last a 

 long while in water when cut. Seed, 

 or divisions or cuttings. 



Cuttings of herbaceous plants should 

 always be made from the young shoots 

 of early spring, when only a few inches 

 above ground. The heat in our propa- 

 gating houses then, which is early 

 May, is often about gone, as firing is 

 only then very moderate. 



Where a considerable number of 

 these cuttings are to be put in, such as 

 delphiniums, phlox or pyrethrum, 

 there is no place so well adapted as 



a hot-bed. Eighteen inches of manure 

 well and evenly trodden down, with a 

 few inches of soil and then two inches 

 of sand, will root any of these plants. 

 Give air carefully, shade from sun and 

 keep watered. When rooted give 

 plenty of air till potted off and then 

 grow on in cold-frame all summer. 

 These will be good plants in 3 or 

 4-inch pots, either to sell or to plant 

 out in September or October. 



DIELYTRA (Bleeding Heart). Of- 

 ten forced, but beautiful and graceful 

 as D. spectabilis is, it takes up too 

 much room. A very handsome, hardy 

 plant. Division. 



DIGITALIS. White and purple and 

 yellow; the well known foxglove. 

 Stately spikes of flowers. Seed. 



Helianthus Orgyalis. 



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