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The Florists^ Review 



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important store carries twenty-five to 

 fifty or more varieties. They come a 

 little higher than the early tulips, but 

 make a far better showing, with their 

 taller and more stately stems, and, 

 furthermore, they are grand for cut- 

 ting, the bulbs also lasting better from 

 year to year tha " those of the ordinary 

 bedding tulips. 



Here are a few splendid Darwins for 

 bedding or planting in clumps in the 

 borders: Clara Butt, salmon rose pink; 

 Gretchen, or Margaret, blush pink, car- 

 ries several flowers to a bulb, a grand 

 bedder; Mme. Krelage, deep rose; 

 Gustave Dore, bright rose; Wedding 

 Veil, pale lilac, shaded white, beauti- 

 ful; White Queen, or La Candeur, near- 

 ly pure white; Glow, scarlet vermilion; 

 Pride of Haarlem, crimson rose; Minis- 

 ter Tak, rosy scarlet; Kate Greenaway, 

 soft lilac; Dream, violet mauve; Eev. 

 Ewbank, lilac mauve. Of the extreme- 

 ly dark tulips La Tulipe Noire is far 

 the best and comes nearest to being a 

 really black color, being maroon black. 

 It is somewhat high-priced, but is a 

 magnificent variety. The flowers are 

 of great size and have wonderful last- 

 ing qualities. 



There is no true yellow Darwin of 

 value, although several are of bronze 

 shades, but in the cottage section are 

 some splendid ones, such as Ingles- 

 combe Yellow, Gesneriana lutea, vitel- 

 lina, a sulphur yellow, and retroflexa. 

 A few other grand cottage varieties for 

 bedding or cutting are: Gesneriana 

 spathulata, Inglescombe Scarlet, Ingles- 

 combe Pink, Gesneriana rosea. Golden 

 Crown, Bouton d'Or, or Golden Beauty; 

 Picotee, or Maiden's Blush; Elegans 

 and La Merveille. 



Hyacinths for Bedding. 



Hyacinths are not grown to anything 

 like the extent of tulips and do not 

 seem to gain in favor. They flower 

 earlier than tulips and are, for that 

 reason, worthy of some attention. They 

 look heavy and cumbersome when com- 

 pared with tulips or narcissi, but a bed 

 in flower certainly makes a beautiful 

 picture. Plant the bulbs six inches 

 apart each way, covering four to five 

 inches deep. 



A few good bedding sorts are: Ger- 

 trude, bright pink; Charles Dickens, 

 salmon pink; Eobert Steiger, deep 

 crimson; Norma, waxy rose; Mme. Van 

 der Hoop and L 'Innocence, pure white; 

 Yellow Hammer, pure yellow; Queen 

 of the Blues, light blue; King of the 

 Blues, indigo blue; Grand Lilas, porce- 

 lain blue. The foregoing are all sin- 

 gle varieties and are much more satis- 

 factory than doubles for bedding. The 

 same holds good of double tulips and 

 narcissi. 



Narcissi in the Open. 



For bedding or massing the large 

 trumpet narcissi are the most effective. 

 The medium and short trumpet sections 

 are better for planting in rockeries, for 

 mixed borders and for naturalizing in 

 grass. As a general rule the big trum- 

 pet sorts do not last from year to year 

 as well as the other sections. 



The following are good for bedding: 

 Emperor, Empress, Golden Spur, Henry 

 Irving, Glory of Leiden and Trumpet 

 maximus. Sir Watkin, of the incom- 

 parabilis section, is a mammoth flower, 

 fine for bold effects, as is Barrii con- 

 spicuus and incomparabilis Beauty. 



Narcissi, however, to be seen at their 

 best, should be planted in grass, pref- 



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CHABLES L. BROCK. 



TAIQNG time by the forelock, President Patrick Welch has brought Charles 

 L. Brock into the limelight by placing on him the responsibility for the 

 S, A. F. Convention Garden of 1916. Mr. Brock is superintendent of parks at 

 Houston and the logical man to carry along the work begun by Theodore Wirth, 

 J. B. Shea and John McLaren, who have made the Convention Gardens what they 

 were. Mr. Brock has done splendid work in developing the Houston parks and 

 has a large force of men now employed in landscaping. He has an ideal site for 

 the garden and the early appointment at the hands of President Welch is to 

 afford him time for the development of its possibilities. 



erably where they can have some shade 

 from trees. They are particularly effec- 

 tive along the borders of streams or 

 ponds, especially the poeticus section. 

 No formality should be tolerated when 

 naturalizing bulbs. Scatter them 

 broadcast with the hand and plant each 

 where it falls. A few reliable narcissi 

 for naturalizing, which will not run out, 

 are: Large trumpet — Barrii con- 

 spicuus, Leedsii Mrs. Langtry, incom- 

 parabilis Stella, incomparabilis Cyno- 

 sure, Leedsii Duchess of Brabant. Short 

 trumpet — Burbidgei, poeticus, poeticus 

 ornatus, poeticus poetarum. Poeticus 

 is undoubtedly the finest narcissus for 

 naturalizing. Next to it should come 

 Leedsii Mrs. Langtry. These are fine 

 near water, where poeticus grows with 

 especial vigor. 



Miscellaneous Bulbs. 



Other bulbs well adapted for natu- 

 ralizing purposes are: Crocus, all va- 

 rieties; snowdrops; Scilla Sibirica, S. 

 nutans and S. campanulata; chiono- 



doxas, Fritillaria Meleagris, Puschkinia 

 Libanotica, Eranthis hyemalis, ery- 

 throniums, trilliums, which prefer a 

 somewhat moist, shady location, and 

 Allium Neapolitanum. No bulbs should 

 be planted in lawns, as their foliage 

 has no time to mature before the grass 

 requires cutting. 



A few other bulbs adapted for out- 

 door culture, not mentioned in the fore- 

 going lists, are Spanish and English iris, 

 Ornithogalum Arabieum, crown im- 

 perials, or Fritillaria Imperialis, and 

 leucojums. The irises in particular are 

 quite hardy and extremely valuable for 

 cutting. 



Don't Oover Too Soon. 



Avoid placing any winter covering 

 over bulb beds until they are well 

 frozen. If placed over them while the 

 ground is soft, the tops will push up 

 into the mulch and get badly broken 

 when the coveiing is removed. Do not 

 pile on a heavy covering over any 

 Dutch bulbs, merely sufficient to pre- 



