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The Florists^ Review 



ArdiST 1*2, l!t2i) 



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plants increase rajiidly and nood liftinfjf 

 and dividing every other year. A. 

 Ptaniiica Terry's Wliite is an imjirove- 

 nient on The I'earl. Tiio flowers are 

 more donlde and are ]iiii-e white. 



Aconitum. 



Tlir aeoiiituins, otherwise falhMl 

 monkshoods or hidiiiet llowers, are 

 showy, stat(dy jihints, thriviiij,' better in 

 the (-(xd northern states than elsewhere. 

 At Bar Harbor, Me., the writer has seen 

 them ei^sht to niiie feet high. They 

 bloom from Angust until Oetober. While 

 the bulk of them have dark blue 

 flowers, some are pale blue and (dhers 

 variegated. TIh' difVficnt forms of A. 

 Napelhis are the best to grow. \. 

 Fiseheri and A. Wilsonii aic good; the 

 last named is excellent in OcKdier, 

 when nearly all otlur |Krennials havr 

 passe(l. tSee(l of these germinates more 

 slciwly than that of most perennials; 



so do" no; he loo (jllick to give Up llojies 



of gonniuat icii. 



Anemone. 



Tlu' various foi-nis of .\ucuu>iir jap 

 onir;; aic among the liiirst of all hardy 

 perennials for rutting. The best method 

 of jirojiaiialioii i^ to i-ut the roots into 

 short Icii-ilis and ]A-Arv tlicm ii: a propa- 

 •'atiuLT bi'U(di in wiiilcr, latrr potting- 

 lilT and plautiiiL; (Mildoor-. .\. Japioiica 

 alba is amouL: lln' most useful of the 

 family. (^lurii Cliarlotte, Whirlwind 



anil l.adv An'ilaiin arc other ;: I sorts. 



For best result-;, plant the-;e •inenunie^ 

 win i(> they will be Well drained but ran 

 be well watered in summer. Tiiev neid 

 a aiiod wint'i- muhdi of lease-;, h.ay or 

 straw. 



Aciuilegia. 



Few ]>ereiinials can compare with the 

 (•(dumbines in t^raee and beauty and a 

 vast- (jf ihein at om-e arouses anvdiie s 

 ailmiration. A libeial pa(d\e1 of seeds 

 (jf the nii.xed, long sjuirred hybrids will 

 <'i\i' a lint' rang!' of colors, comiirisiuL; 

 lavehdei-. blue, orange, whiti'. pink aiel 

 \-(dlow. ('.(mm' named \aiieties aie A. 

 chrysantlia, A. ca-ndea. or the lunky 

 Mountain cidundiine, and A. liaylod 

 gensis. Colunddne stcdlings germinate 

 and grow more slowly than any otluu- 

 jiereiinials ami tliri\e best if pri(d^ed out 

 in beds. 



Artemisia. 



Artemisia Abroianum, familiarlv 

 known as obi man and <out la i iiwood. 

 is a jiopular xaiiety. noted tor its jdeas 

 ing fragrance. A. lactillora. from ('liina. 

 grows four to -;ix feet hiuh aU'l has 

 large, nnudi bran( hed panicles of cicamy 

 white, spirsea-iike heads ot' llowers in 

 September. It is a wiluable plant for 

 cutting and come-; readily from seeds or 

 divisions. 



Aster. 



The Michaelmas daisies of our fiidds 

 ;ind roadsides are familiar to everyone 

 anil are exceedingly beautiful in au- 

 tumn. -Ml are exccdlent for cutting an<l, 

 ■as liritish hybridizers have raised many 

 beautiful sorts, no perennial garden is 

 eom]detc without them. A packet of 

 mixed seeds will give a grand range 

 of colors. Some can be bought separately 

 and will come true to nanu'. Her(> are a 

 few good varieties to try: Xova^- 

 anglim rosens, Perry's Pink, turbinidlus, 

 White Queen, l.il Fardel, St. Egwin, 

 riiniax ami ;imet hystinus. The early- 

 flowering alpinus an<l subca^rulea carry 

 large, deep blue flowers; both are excel- 

 lent for cutting. 



Boltonla. 



The boltonias. favorite snmniei-flower- 

 ing perennials, r.ather (dostdy resemble 

 the asteis, but grow taller than most 

 of the latter, ii. I;i1 is(|uam;i. Lavender, 

 is the best sort. 1>. .astercudes is a use- 

 ful jiui-e white \aiiety. These ari' well 

 adajtted for cutting and need ;i back 

 jposition in the a\erage haidy border. 



Campanula. 



i'erh.aps the C.anterbtiry Indl, Campan- 

 ula MeiUum. is the best known and 

 most geiu'rally |»o|iular camji.'inula. Sow 

 the seed in May to secure strong plants 

 fo-r blooming in the sumnu'r of the fol- 

 lowing year. The Canterbury bcdl, how- 

 e\('r, is onl\- a biennial. Tlu'i-e are m.any 



Digitalis Purpurea. 



\aluable jiei'ennial campanulas. C. jier- 

 sicil'olia alba and co^rulea. the peach- 

 lea\ed bcdlllox'.'ers. are .aincuig the best. 

 ('. pyr.amidalis, usually treated as a 

 bienni;il. make-; a grand summer bloom- 

 ing stibject in large jiots or tubs. It is 

 ;ilso a eiKiil boi'dei' plant. Some \a- 

 rieties. like ( '. carpatica ;ind ('. rotundi- 

 folia, bhu- b(dls of Scotland, ari' useful 

 plants in the border oi- rock garden. 

 All campanulas are readily grown t'rom 

 seeds. 



Centauiea. 



('eiitaurea motitaiia and ( '. nioiitana 

 alb;i, cariying large blue and white 

 flowers, are \alu;ible for cutting ami 

 make useful border jdants. ('. bab}'- 

 lonic.a has showv vtdlow flowers. 



Chrysanthemum. 



The so-cailed Shasta daisies belong 

 to the chrysanthemum family. The va- 

 riety King Kdward VII is deservedly 

 poj)ular, with its large, ])urc white, 

 handsome flowers. The variety C. Leu- 

 cant hemum White Lady is a new hardy 

 white marguerite and a good percentage 

 of the plants carry double white flowers. 

 With the Shasta daisies should be men- 

 tioned the hardier forms of the true 

 chrysanthemums, ])articularly the pom- 

 pon, single and anemone types. In many 

 localities these give good results out- 

 doors. Proi)agation of these is, of 

 course, by cuttings and not seeds. A 

 sjiecial article would be needed to enu- 

 merate the more desirable varieties. 



Coreopsis. 



Wiiile coreoj'sis will frequently flower 

 the same season when sjpring sown, it is 

 more satisfactory to sow in summer and 

 gi\-e the seedlings sonu' projection with 

 straw or iia.v in winter. A femi)eraturc 

 of !20 degrees below zero did not injure 

 them on the writer's |>lace last winter. 

 The variety ('. gr;nidillora. an im]iro\'e- 

 nient on C. lanceolata. is sjdendid for 

 cutting, carrying bright, golden \ellow 

 ilowers on long stems. 



Delphinium. 



The stately ]»erennlal larksjiurs, or 

 ilelphiniums, aiipeal to excryone and no 

 e.-irdeii of hardy flowers is complete 

 without tliem. It' sown in early sjiring, 

 many will bloiun before fall and all 

 make nice clumjis befoia* winter. For 

 .•iii,\dne wanting an assortment of colors 

 at a minimum f)f trouble and cost, it is 

 best to sow ;i p;Md<age of light blue 

 or dark bliu- hybidds. Or, if preferred, 

 I>. Pelladonna in the clear turcpioise blue 

 sharles may imw be obt;iiued from seed. 

 'i"hr Chinese laikspurs, D. chinense, arc 

 easily grown from seed. They are 

 dwarfei- and mor(^ brandling in habit 

 than formosum and P.(dla<lonna ;ind 

 llower much earlier from seed. Three 

 eood li.ardy ilidphiniums, where sejiarate 

 \arieties .are needed, are D. formosum 

 codestinum. King of D(d|ihiniums and 

 (^ueen Wilhelmina, Some other fine 

 sorts .are offer{>d by leading seed firms. 



Dictamnus. 



The well known gas ]ilant, dictamnus, 

 is one of the most striking and charm- 

 ing of h.ardy perennials. D, Fraxinella 

 has bold spikes of rosy crimsoji flowers. 

 1). Fr.'ixincdla alba is pure white. The 

 seed is of rather slow germination and 

 it t.akes several years to produce strong 

 llowering plants. The dictamnus, once 

 well established, should not be dis- 

 turbed. It resents root disturbance more 

 than .almost any other h.ardy jdant. 



Digitalis. 



While there are sever.al good jier- 

 ennial forms of digitalis, the jdant 

 usually thought of Avhen the name is 

 mentioned is the common foxglove, 

 which, while perennial, is generally 

 treated as a biennial. It is best not to 

 sow the seeds until the middle of June, 

 ]>lanting out in nursery rows later, with 

 a distance of twenty-four inches be- 

 tween the rows and fifteen inches be 

 tween the phants. The writer has been 

 tjnite siucesst'ul in transplanting fox- 

 gloves to their permanent flowering 

 places e.arly in October, always giving 

 them a light winter protection, A 

 heavy covering is sure to rot them. 



[C'i>iitiinicil on pata' r.'.i.] 



