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JULX », 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



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ventilation and feed freely as soon as 

 the buds show. A mulch of well rotted 

 stable manure will also be found ad- 

 ^ antageous. C. W. 



DAISIES AND OTHEB FLOWERS. 



Will you please give me the name of 

 the best yellow daisy for the market; 

 also the name of other good marketable 

 liardy flowers that go well with daisies, 

 111 this Illinois climate? I intend to 

 pat in a good bed of them. J. C. VV. 



The yellow marguerite mostly grown 

 is botanically named Chrysanthemum 

 Irutescens Etoile d'Or. One or two 

 other forms on the market carry larger 

 ilowers, but these bloom less freely. 

 Other flowers suitable for planting in 

 i)cds or benches are snapdragons, in 

 which pink is the best seller; sweet 

 [oas, stocks, best as a spring crop; dou- 

 ble feverfew, and annual flowers, such 

 as calendulas, cornflowers and lark- 

 sj)urs. Probably the pink snapdragons 

 ■,\ould be as good a crop as you could 

 <^vow, they would do well in the same 

 temperature as the marguerites. 



C. W. 



TO EXTERMINATE MOLES. 



Can you tell me how to get rid of 

 <,nound moles? We have two kinds of 

 traps, but do not seem to be able to 

 catch them. They are destroying the 

 privet and rose bushes, and some of 

 the flower beds as well. Can they be 

 poisoned? Q-. L. A. 



B. Eschner and Mrs. Eschner in Front of their Home at Elkins Park, Pa., July 4. 



stabbing them, but the trap named 

 beats all other methods of extermina- 

 tion. C. W. 



HYDRANGEA OTAKSA. 



W^e have purchased a number of Hy- 

 drangea Otaksa in 3-inch pots. Should 

 these be planted out in the open ground 

 or kept in pots? They are wanted for 

 bloom next spring. W. M. B. & S. 



I have found the Keddick mole trap 

 by far the best for exterminating these 

 little animals. If properly set in the 

 runs, this trap will never fail to catch 

 the little pests. There are several 

 other mole traps on the market, but I 

 have found the Beddick decidedly the 

 best. There are various other ways of 

 killing moles, including poisoning and 



For early flowering it would be much 

 better to keep the hydrangeas in pots. 

 A good plan would be to plunge them 

 in coal ashes in a coldframe where 

 water is convenient. Plants well estab- 

 lished in pots, carefully watered and 

 fed when well rooted in the pots, will 

 ripen their wood earlier than such as 

 are planted out and can be flowered 

 several weeks ahead of the lifted stock. 

 Be sure to grow them in an open, 

 sunny place. C. W. 



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Notes of the 



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THE HARDY PERENNIAL GARDEN. 



As It Looks in Early July. 



While June may be said to be the 

 nionth of the year when the hardy 

 'lower border looks at its best, before 

 nie coarser late summer varieties have 

 «rown too tall and before the drought 

 'iii'l heat, usually characteristic of July, 

 "■lye caused many plants to have a 

 T'lded appearance, there is, nevertheless, 

 "'' splendid assortment of plants now in 

 ""wer, and if the soil is of good depth 

 '^"J IS kept freely stirred, if water is 

 ^\^^^ to the more moisture-loving sub- 

 .K'f'ts, if seeds are cut away from varie- 

 ties which have finished blooming, thus 

 '" many cases insuring a succession 

 '■'JP, and if iiUmM9rt8f are given where 

 '"•cessary, ihe Mj flower. boy^er is ex- 

 ^••^edingly attractive. jj^, ? ,- 



Delpbiniuns, or Larkspurs. 



With the passing of the late peonies, 



the most strikingly beautiful perennials 

 now are the delphiniums, or hardy lark- 

 spurs. What a wonderful variation in 

 coloring is to be found here! Prac- 

 tically every shade of blue is to be 

 found, and vigorous plants in good soil 

 oasily attain a height of seven to eight 

 feet, and what can be finer for cut 

 flower purposes? A florist's store win- 

 dow arranged with delphiniums looks 

 beautiful at this season." Use a low 

 tray of pond lilies and a sloping back- 

 ground of the larkspurs and you get a 

 combination which will at once rivet 

 attention, though all the best grown 

 carnations and roses may be passed un- 

 noticed. 



I would make a plea for the use of 

 more of the new and strikingly beauti- 

 ful named delphiniums. A lew, of these 

 are J. S. Brunton, of the-'samo blue 

 shade as the well known Belladonna; 

 Moerheimi, a vigorous, pure white vari- 

 ty; Progression, nearly pure white; Rev. 



E. Lascelles, with large, double, deep 

 blue flowers. Among the better known 

 varieties are Amos Perry, semi-double, 

 rich mauve, shaded sky blue with a 

 prominent white eye, named in honor of 

 England's greatest delphinium hybrid- 

 izer; Queen Wilhelmina, soft lavender; 

 King of Delphiniums, semi-double, dark 

 blue, a vigorous sort; Belladonna, sky 

 blue, a popular sort; formosum, deep 

 blue; formosum coelestinum, sky blue; 

 Lizzie, azure blue; Duke of Connaught, 

 velvety blue, lavender within. The Chi- 

 nese larkspur, D. Chinense, gentian blue, 

 should always be included; it blooms in 

 three months from seed; also its pure 

 white variety. 



For anyone who wants to raise lark- 

 spurs in quantity, and who may not 

 have sown the seed yet, there still is 

 time to raise strong plants before fall. 

 Many named varieties are now purchas- 

 able from seedsmen, and come pretty 

 true. By sowing seed from a first-class 

 strain of mixed hybrids many wonder- 

 ful shades can be had, and in some cases 

 the varieties will equal the best named 

 sorts. After delphiniums have flowered 

 they should be cut down and a second 

 crop will come out to bloom in August 

 and September. 



Aquilegias, or Columbiues. 



The beautiful and graceful spurred 

 aquilegias now are getting past the 

 best, but where the ground is moist they 

 persist until well into July. They are 

 easily raised from seed and are so fine 

 for cutting that every country florist 

 should have a good bed of them. It is 

 best to raise a good batch each year, 

 for, while they are classed as perennials, 

 they do not in many cases live over 

 two years. The old forms, especially 

 the doubles, will persist indefinitely, but 

 the beautiful blue and white coerulea, 

 or Kocky Mountain columbine; Cali- 

 fornica, chrysantha, Skinneri, Haylodg- 

 ensis and the mixed spurred hybrids 

 often disappear, even under the best 

 treatment, after a couple of years. They 

 are, however, so easily raised from 

 seed that no one need be without them. 

 The dommon American columbine, A. 

 Canadensis, with red and yellow flow- 

 ers, is one of the best subjects we have 

 for naturalizing in poor ground; in the 

 rock garden^: plalited in a mixture of 

 shale and -]Oam, it is -perfectly happy. 



Spiraeas, or Astilbes. 



Some of the spirteas, or astilbes, are 



