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The Florists^ Review 



Sbftbmbeb 30, 1920 



B. E. Hammond has been propagating 

 nursery stock in Lake City, la., since 

 last spring. 



High cost of paper seems likely to 

 lead nurserymen to send out fewer cata- 

 logues and do more advertising in the 

 trade and public press. 



To cut down catalogue costs, the Cali- 

 fornia Nursery Co., Niles, Cal., asks those 

 on its mailing list to sign and stamp a 

 return post card to obtain its catalogue. 



PLANTINO PERENNIALS IN FALL. 



Successive Border Flowers. 



The well arranged perennial border 

 is a perpetual delight. As new pictures 

 unfold from day to day one wonders 

 whether this type of ornamental plant- 

 ing is not the climax of perfection in 

 achievements horticultural. The long, 

 stately pageant of the season begins 

 with the primulas, German irises, fox- 

 gloves, columbines, oriental poppies, 

 hardy feverfews and is followed by 

 Maltese cross, or lychnis, sweet williams 

 and other pinks in many species. Suc- 

 ceeding these come the bewitching blues 

 of the hardy larkspurs and the holly- 

 hocks in a myriad of colors. Midsum- 

 mer is ablaze with the finer perennial 

 phloxes, which cover a season of two 

 or three months, while the striking, 

 picturesque heads of the yuccas later 

 are seen at their best. In late summer 

 the rosy-purple spikes of gay feather, 

 or liatris, the golden yellow of heliop- 

 sis and the various rudbeckias, gail- 

 lardias and veronicas enliven the scene. 

 Qoldenrod, the sedums, boltonias. wild 

 asters and Japanese anemones bring up 

 the rear of the procession and linger 

 even after killing frosts have wrought 

 desolation throughout the precincts of 

 lawn and garden. 



Most Plantings in October. 



Most perennials may be handled quite 

 readily in autumn and an ideal time 

 in which to begin such plantings is the 

 interval extending from September 15 

 to November 1. Whether the stock is 

 purchased, transplanted from a cold- 

 frame or obtained by the division of 

 old clumps, the soil conditions which 

 prevail at this time can scarcelv be 

 improved upon. Sweet williams ' mav 

 now be divided and will give better re- 



A paper by W. R. Bontrager, of the Ohio 

 State Experiment Station, on "Autumn Planting 

 of Hardy Perennials." 



suits than if moved in the spring; an 

 old clump of hardy larkspur, or del- 

 phinium, becomes the source of numer- 

 ous strong divisions; worn-out plants 

 of hollyhocks will be rejuvenated by 

 transplanting and will flower more pro- 

 fusely next summer in consequence of 

 it. Baby's breath, or gypsophila, and 

 upright virgin's bower, or Clematis rec- 

 ta, both fine for making bouquets, be- 

 side sea lavender, or statice; mullein 

 pink, or agrostemma; Chinese bellflower, 

 or platycodon; rudbeckias, and evening 

 primrose, or Oenothera, are all excellent 

 plants that must not be omitted. The 

 gas-plant, or dictamnus, in its white and 

 pink forms, is yet another old plant that 

 is indispensable. 



Effective Groupings. 



Perennials are of especial value in any 

 piece of planting which is being de- 

 veloped along naturalistic lines and 

 they can be utilized in so many ways 

 that it is possible to give only some 

 general directions for locating and dis- 

 playing them. Much depends on the 

 ingenuity and resourcefulness of the 

 planter. Should there be unlimited 

 space, colonies of yuccas, foxgloves, 

 hollyhocks, hardy larkspurs, irises or 

 peonies which embrace twenty-five or 

 more plants of a kind will become strik- 

 ing features of the landscape and are 

 always greatly admired. Often such 

 colonies may be effectively edged with 



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low plants like Young's evening prim- 

 rose, lungwort, hardy feverfew, stone- 

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 emisia stellariana. On lawns of limited 

 area perennials may be planted in small, 

 informal clumps or groups before mass- 

 es of evergreens or shrubbery, or in 

 small openings which frequently occur 

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Divided According to Height. 



For convenience in planting, perennial 

 plants may be subdivided into three 

 groups according to height. Hollyhock, 

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