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The Florists' Review 



NOVBMBBR 26, 1914. 



Butler County Fair Exhibit of the Heiser Nursery & Floral Co. 



signer. The company is enteriug its 

 teqth year and advancing in business 

 with the natural growth of this thriv- 

 ing city. 



HEISEB OF HAMILTON. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the display made at this year's Butler 

 county fair, Hamilton, O., by the Heiser 

 Nursery & Floral Co. It was this con- 

 cern's first attempt at an exhibition, 

 as the business was taken over only a 

 year ago on the retirement of Theo. 

 Bock, now deceased, long in the business 

 at Hamilton, The display consisted 

 mostly of potted plants, hanging bas- 

 kets, porch boxes and bulbs for autumn 

 planting. In bulbs something of a spe- 

 cialty has been made of daffodils, last 

 season 30,000 being flowered for whole- 

 sale markets. Peony roots have been 

 shipped in considerable quantity this 

 month as a result of a classified adver- 

 tisement in The Review. Three houses 

 of Primula malacoides, about 10,000 

 plants, now are in preparation. The 

 illustration shows Karl W. Heiser, head 

 of the concern, and his son, 13 years 

 old, who hopes soon to become his 

 father's right-hand man. 



PLANTENO HAEDY PERENNIALS. 



Advantages of Fall Planting. 



The month of November is an excel- 

 lent time to transplant many hardy 

 perennials. The ground in which these 

 are to be planted should always be 

 liberally manured and deeply plowed 

 or spaded in advance. There are some 

 perennials which should not be planted 

 in the fall. These include varieties of 

 more or less doubtful hardiness in the 

 colder states, such as pompon chrysan- 

 themums, kniphofias. Anemone Japon- 

 ica, inearvilleas, Helianthus multiflorus 

 plenus, Pyrethrum hybridum. Lobelia 

 cardinalis and a few others, but phloxes 

 of all kinds, delphiniums, hemerocallis, 

 veronicas, physostegias, irises, peonies, 

 aquilegias and many other varieties do 

 vastly better if fall planted. Irises and 

 peonies, of course, do better if planted 

 in September, but stock planted now 

 will be found much superior to that left 

 over until spring. 



There is a continuous growth in the 

 hardy perennial industry. People are 



appreciating them more everywhere, 

 and every wide-awake grower should 

 be prepared toi cater to this taste. It 

 is a great advantage to do as much as 

 possible of this work now, rather than 

 defer everything until spring, when 

 work of all kinds almost overwhelms 

 us. Recommend fall planting for this 

 kind of stock; the soil is in better 

 condition than in the spring and, if the 

 stock has to be bought, nurserymen can 

 fill orders much more promptly now 

 than later. 



Perennials for Catting. 



Many florists are looking for a boiled 

 down selection of hardy perennials that 

 are useful for cutting. For the benefit 

 of such florists this list is appended: 

 Anemone Japonica alba, hardy asters, 

 astilbes, campanulas, Achillea Ptarmica 

 Perry's White, aquilegias, aconitums, 

 boltonias, irises in all varieties, del- 



phiniums, dictamnus, Lupinus polyphyl- 

 lus; Clematis recta, single and double; 

 Gypsophila paniculata, single and 

 double; Chrysanthemum maximum or 

 Shasta daisies, pompon chrysanthemums, 

 Oonvallaria majalis, digitalis or fox- 

 glove, eupatoriums. Euphorbia corol- 

 lata, Galium boreale, heleniums, helian- 

 thus, rudbeckias, kniphofias, phloxes, 

 veronicas, thalictrums, sweet Williams, 

 spiraeas, statices, Stokesia cyanea, 

 peonies, pentstemons, Physostegia • Vir- 

 ginica, lychnis, Lysimachia clethroides, 

 Lathyrus latifolius White Pearl, core- 

 opsis and pyrethrums. 



The following among nearer introduc- 

 tions will be found valuable: Thalictrum 

 dipterocarpum; Chrysanthemum Autumn 

 Glory, Rosy Gem and the newer forms 

 of maximum; Clematis recta flore pleno, 

 Gypsophila paniculata flore pleno, Phlox 

 Arendsi, Geum coccineum Mrs. Brad- 

 shaw, Lupinus pollyphyllus Moerheimi; 

 Astilbe, Arendsi hybrids, Davidii and 

 grandis; Delphinium King, of Delphini- 

 ums, Belladonna semipleim and Rev. 

 E. Lascelles; heuchera.hj^brids; Phlopc 

 Elizabeth Campbell, G^aj^enkoni^^ 

 Frau A. Buchner and CK? A. Strohlein; 

 Kniphofia Brilliant and John Benary; 

 Aster Feltham Blue, Peter's White, St. 

 Egwin and Beauty of Coiwall, and Iris 

 interregna. 



For Carpeting or Bordering. 



For carpeting or bordering, these 

 varieties will be found excellent: Viola 

 cornuta alba and V. cornuta purpurea, 

 which bloom from May to November; 

 Dianthus caesius or Cheddar Pink, Napo- 

 leon III, deltoides or Maiden Pink, 

 and diadematus or Diadem Pink; Cam- 

 panula Carpatica, blue and white; Ar- 

 meria Laucheana, or Sea Pink; Ajuga 

 reptans and A. reptans variegata; 

 Phlox subulata, divaricata and amoena; 

 Linum perenne; Iberis sempervirens or 

 hardy candytuft; Funkia undulata 

 variegata and F. aurea marginata; 

 Alyssum saxatile compactum and Aster 

 alpinus. 



Store of Scholtz the Florist, Inc., at Charlotte, N. C. 



