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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 30, 1919. 



Zygadenus Glaberrimus of Star Flower 



THE Zygadenus, or Star Flower, 

 is much less known than it de- 

 serves to be. About twenty-five 

 species of this smooth and glaucous 

 perennial have been described. Of 

 these one is Siberian, one Japanese 

 and the rest North American. Bailey 

 says that some of these species are 

 grown in pots, others in the open, 

 and that they are recommended for 

 the wild garden, where they thrive 

 in wet or boggy places. Zygadenus 

 Glaberrimus also has been found on 

 high, dry land, so that it may, like 

 other bog plants, yield readily to 

 cultivation in ordinary garden soil in 

 the South. 



"The stems of the Star Flower rise 

 from a creeping rootstock to a height 

 of about three feet. The leaves are 

 grasslike, channeled and distinctly 

 nerved, and taper to a point. The 

 flower spikes divide into from three 

 to six branches, often carrying twen- 

 ty-five to fifty flowers and buds, of 

 which ten to fifteen fresh flowers are 

 usually open at one time. As many 

 as twenty-two flowers have been 

 counted open on one spike. The 

 flowefs are white, with a greenish 

 tinge, and with two small, brownish 

 green spots at the base of each of the 



six points of the lj4-inch to Ij^-inch 

 star. 



"Zygadenus Glaberrimus is a good 



keeper, lasting a week as 

 flower." 



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The above is part of an article in 



the Florists' Review of September 

 25. Our first advertisement appeared 

 in the issue of October 2 and we 

 booked our first order October 8, for 

 500 plants, which shows that wide 

 awake florists are getting in line for 

 promising new plants. 



We are so impressed with the 

 merits of this beautiful flower that 

 we are setting several thousand 

 plants for our own use as cut flowers 

 and have decided to offer a limited 

 number to the trade, believing that 

 it will pay every florist to test them 

 out for himself. 



We recommend that they be 

 planted on rather low, damp soil, if 

 possible, or else where they can be 

 freely watered if it should seem 

 necessary, although it is quite likely 

 they may thrive on any garden 

 soil like Stokesia Cyanea, which, 

 although a native of wet bogSMMKt 

 grows stronger and blooms biPfer 

 when planted on dry lands. 



Strong plants: $5.00 per 100. <»- 



Let us book your orders now, 

 either for immediate shipment or for 

 early Spring delivery, as you may 

 prefer. 



L. H. READ & CO., Deer Park, Ala. 



Chrysanthemums 



Best Quality :: All Varieties 



100,000 Large Sizes. 50,000 Pompons. 

 Prices, $2.50, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per doz. 



Order any variety, as we can fill almost all of 

 them. 



Pompons ready now. 



F. L. LAINSON, Florist 



Council Bluffs, Iowa 





