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Mir 27, 1909. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



Chttrch Wedding Decoration by Will Rehder, Wilmingtont Del. 



SOME DESIRABLE BIENNIALS. 



Time to Sow the Seeds. 



The present is a suitable time to make 

 sowings of a number of biennials. Too 

 often this is left until July or August, 

 with the result that the plants do not 

 attain a size and strength which will in- 

 sure many of them blooming the follow- 

 ing season. A suitable place to sow 

 seeds of biennials is a coldframe. The 

 sashes can be covered with cheese-cloth 

 or some similar material, but it is well 

 to leave some ventilation on all the time. 

 For compost, a mixture of half loam and 

 leaf -mold will be found ideal for starting 

 the seedlings. Do not sow broadcast, but 

 in straight rows run closely together, and 

 be sure to cover the seeds lightly. Some 

 varieties to be sown now are Campanula 

 Medium, Canterbury bells. The single, 

 and calycanthema or hose in hose varie- 

 ties are better than the doubles, light 

 blue, pink and pure white being the best 

 colors. These will be found useful as pot 

 plants for either Easter or Memorial day, 

 for which purpose they can be lifted 

 about the middle of October. 



Digitalis purpurea, the foxglove, is al- 

 ways a popular biennial. It can be 

 grown a third season with good success. 

 The Ivery's spotted and gloxiniaeflora 

 strains are fine. Sow the seed thinly; be- 

 ing small, there is a danger of scattering 

 it much too thickly. The Chinese lark- 

 spurs. Delphinium grandiflorum or Chi- 

 nense, will bloom the same season if sown 

 now, but the plants will be strong for 

 flowering another season. 



The aquilegias, or columbines, while 

 really perennials, are more often treated 

 as biennials. They are beautiful, hardy 



border plants, and charm all who see 

 them when well bloomed. The seeds of 

 these can still be sown.- They grow more 

 slowly than the digitalis and campanulas, 

 and must stay in the seed bed longer. 



WEDDINGS 



All bridal coiule* tro- 



51 appreciate the floral 

 ecoration of the home 

 and church on tbair 

 wedding day. We an- 

 ticipate this by furnish- 

 ing the services of 

 competent men to do all 

 the decoratlhx and at- 

 tend to every detail. We 

 furnish festoon! Ac, 

 scenery, canopies ; In 

 short, every detail, with 

 that skill which can only 

 result from long experi- 

 ence In this business. 



We grow an our own 

 flowers, hence our bri- 

 dal bouquets and other 

 flowers are absolutely 

 fresh. 



Our prices are always 

 reasonable. 



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 and Information fur- 

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Good varieties are chrysantha, glandulosa, 

 Stuarti, cserulea and Haylodgensis, the 

 latter a hybrid of cserulea. There is no 



finer variety than A. caerulea, the Eocky 

 Mountain columbine. 



Hollyhocks, if sown now, will make big 

 plants before fall. It is a mistake to 

 leave the sowing of these until the end of 

 July. 



Almost any perennials of which it is 

 desired to increase the stock can now be 

 sown in frames vacated by bedding stock, 

 pricking- them outdoors during cool, 

 moist weather. 



It is, of course, too early to think of 

 sowing such seeds as myosotis, rocket, 

 violas, pansies and daisies. 



The continual increase in the call for 

 hardy herbaceous plants would seem to 

 afford an opportunity for many country 

 florists to raise good batches of some of 

 the more popular and showy kinds. It is 

 not possible to start all from seeds eas- 

 ily, but many are easily started in this 

 way, and now is a good time to make a 

 commencement. As with all other flowers, 

 buy the best strains procurable; they 

 are far the cheapest. 



Denver, Colo. — The greenhouses at 901 

 Jason street, belonging to James Benton, 

 were almost entirely destroyed May 5, by 

 a fire which was started by sparks from 

 a railroad engine. 



Ithaca, N. Y. — The State Legislature 

 has appropriated $30,000 for the build- 

 ing of greenhouses for the Department 

 of Horticulture, to take the place of the 

 old buildings. The new houses will 

 stand on the slope southeast of the Agri- 

 cultural College buildings, just below the 

 Carnegie filtration plant and north of 

 the new * athletic field. This ground 

 slopes to the west, and will be terraced. 



