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The Florists^ Review 



Skithmrkh 10, 1914. 



is tlio l'u;.'('t Sound couiitiy, and at Bol- 

 liii;;liaiii. Wasli.. arc tlic "trial grounds 

 of tlic I'liitcd States }.;ovt'niiiUMit do- 

 votcil to tlio ]iropa<;atioii of Imlbs. Tlio 

 i-liiiiatc, tcMijicrcd larj,f('ly liy tlic .Ta])a- 

 ricsc current, a|)|proacli('s tliat of llol- 

 laihl as ii('arl\- as any on this conti- 

 ntMit, and tlic soil seems (juitt" fit foi' 

 this indnstry, 



Alfliou^h in terms of imjiort duties 

 it is as far away from the I'nited 

 States as Il(dlaml itself, .and in terms 

 of freijilit rates to the leaditiy tl,)iists' 

 ecnters, in the <-en1ral and eastern 

 statf'^. e\cn farther away, the Holland 

 linlii farm, at K'oyal ()ak. near \'ie- 

 toria. H. ('.. is >o (dose in miles to that 

 jiart of this country where the liulli 

 •.M'nwin.L; indn-try is JiUtdy to liourish 

 mo-t that i1> sncc('>s may ser\ c ;is an 

 indication of what may he done on this 

 •-ide of the J. order. \V. .1. \'an Aalst. 

 |iro|irietiir ot' the Holland HulW farm, 

 two \ic\\s ot' which ;ire shown on paye 

 J.'i. lri> liecn j^rdwinL,' liulbs there 

 since U'l'J and reporls the fest id' ic- 

 vnlts. Me Mi\s that t'oi I'orcin;^, tllo>e 



j,'rown there are uncqualed, and for 

 Christmas use tliey are even better than 

 the freiieh <j;rowii. He further states 

 that the hyacinth ])ull)s of his section 

 are smaller than those f^rown in Hol- 

 land, as the former ■,ive fjrown in a 

 dry soil, hut that the (luaiity is better. 

 If the same success with these bulbs 

 can lie liad on this side of the ('aiia- 

 dian boi'der, the reduction in price 

 owin<f to the absence of duty will 

 enable them to compete seriously with 

 those from across the ocean. 



WOEENER WIRE WORKS' OUTING. 



'rii(> accompanying: illustration shows 

 the members of the workinji' force of 

 the W'oerner Wire Woiks, Omaha, Xtdi., 

 .ami their families on their annual out 

 inj:. at Miller park, Omaha. The day 

 w.as spent in c;.ames, b.as(d)all, l)athin<i-. 

 etc., in which all enjoyed themstdves, 

 and a picnic dinner, s|ir-(>ail from well- 

 lilled baskets liroujiht by the part\', 

 ;iildei| to the day 's pleasure. 



Xhe Hardy Garden 



THE HARDY PERENNIAL GARDEN. 



As It Looks in September. 



While the h.aidy herb.aceous border is 

 now less attr.active than in .lane, \vhen 

 a. wide as^ortnh'nt (if ]dants .are in 

 tlowei', it is moie i nteicst i n<; in ScptcMU- 

 bei' than duiinu the Last half (d' .iul,\ 

 .ami the lirst half of .\u^ust, when, ow- 

 \u<^ to lie.at and droiii^ht, the lloweis last 

 but a short time. .Xow. thanks to co 

 ]iious r.'iin^. the ciis]day oi' lioweis is 

 \;iried and att lact i \e. A lar^e inimbci- 

 .are \aiietie-; (d rcdoi'^t growth, .although 

 >-ome (iw:nt' .and medium x.arieties .arc 

 still bd't. Some stakinii is .a necc'ssity 

 .at this ■^('.ivon; otherwise the boi'ders 

 wil! present an unkemiit an.j tangled 



.■lld'eii 1 .-MM-e. 'file hoe should be con 

 >t.antly |i|ied in the iioiders or nur-^ei'v 

 I'ow - where h,ard\' peicnnials are ^row- 

 in^. It i~; 1 idler to pull l,-ir;^e weed^ 

 nut 1 \- hand. < 'le.aiiliue--- ;ind |iei>i^tent 

 cult i \ ;il iiiii will Iseep the |i|;inl'- in n 

 ;:iiiii I '^row i iiu con. lit ion. 



Late-floweriug Phloxes. 



'riie I'Cienui.al phloxes ;ire |iie.\ vome 

 w li.-n |.;i^l their I I'^t. hut --piinL; jiropa 



L'.'ile.l cIltlillL:'- .-lie iu'~1 at their be^t 



and nial.e ;i le.aulit'id --how. The tru--e~ 



on the--e ;ile ^U|ieii(ir in >i/e to tlm^e 



c;iiiie,| on the oMer plants. I'lobably 

 eai li L;'ii\\i'r. if ccin^ulterj. would '^\vr ;; 

 difteient ^election of tiie I e^t twehe 

 pldoxe-. I viiiunit a li^t ^idei-ted so a-- 

 to ;;i\e ail assortment ot the bi^-t colors, 

 t;iken t'roni I'm \;irietie-: II. Mur-^ei-. 

 white, crini'-on center; [' . ('<. \'on bass- 

 hiiiL;. pure white; l>. I'. Struthers, I'osy 

 carmine, criiii-on eye; Le (y^ne, pure 

 white; buropa, white, cii m^on cniiiii lie 

 eye; i:ii/;il.(dh ( 'auiplell. beautiful -;il- 

 nion jiiiik; I'raii .\nton Ibichner. pure 

 white; li hei nl.ander. salmon jiitik; Sie- 

 bold, lirii;lit scarlet, .an im|p|(i\ed ('o(|iie 



licid; be M.alidi, reildish piir[de, the best 

 blue shade to date; (i. A. Strohlein, 

 scai'let. caiinine e\e; l'",spei-.ance, mau\(', 

 wliite center. 



I'all is \]\v best time to jd.ant jdiloxes, 

 the midclle of ()ctobei- beiny .about the 

 best il.ate. I'all jilantin^f insuics much 

 liner sjiikes than when the woi'k is ile 

 l.aye(l until sjiriny. 



Michaelmas Daisies. 



The .asters, or .\I icliaidni.as ilaisies, are 

 now makinjj a liiand show .and will con 

 tinue to floom for some weeks. In fact, 

 one oi- two sorts will jiersist until .\o- 

 \ember. Tliere .-ire Millie beautiful liy- 

 frids ot' these, id' I'li^ili^li laisiiij:. whiidi 

 -how ijecided inipro\(>ment on the ohl 

 -orts. 'I'lio-e who ha\e never "rown 



any of these newer sorts should try 

 few. They will be found attractive a 

 border plants and useful for cutting a 

 this season. Here are a dozen goo 

 asters, some rather old, others of recen 

 introduction; Beauty of Colwall, jial 

 blue, semi-double, height four feet 

 Feltliam Blue, aniline blue, three an 

 oiu'-h.alf feet; White Queen, pure white 

 four feet; Starlight, dark blue, fadin 

 pale blue; Novi-Helgii Perry's I'ink 

 mmdi branc lied reddish pink, four fe(>1 

 .\o\i-H(dgii b'obert Parker, ]iale blue 

 three feet; bevis floribunda, i)ale helii 

 trope, two to three feet; ericoides En 

 ( h.antress, light blue, three feet; oordi 

 folius magnilicus, large l.a\'ender ilow 

 ers, three feet; Nova^-Anglia- rose.i 

 pink, four to five feet. 



I'a'll jilanting suits all the aster 

 They re(|uire frequent division, as the;, 

 increase in size rapidly. Anyone win 

 has never raised any from seed shouh 

 jiurchase a packet from a re.ally gooii 

 strain and he will get a wonderful v.a 

 riety of beautiful forms. Seed sow i 

 in spring will jiroduce strong bloomin: 

 jdants the fidlowing year. 



Aconitums or Monkshoods. 



The aiainitums or monkshoods are tall 

 st.atcdy ])erennials, loving a dee]», cool 

 moist soil. They do much better noin 

 the seashore th.an inl.and. 1 have s(>ei 

 rows eight to nine feet high with woii 

 ilerful bianidieil spikes, something un.ai 

 t.ainabb' under more .arid conditions. .\ 

 .Vapidlus, dark blue, is still the be-' 

 varitdy, although A. Xaiiellus bicobe 

 bine and white, is distiTict ami beauti 

 ful. A. .autumuale, dark blue, is jiai 

 ticulaily adaptable to jdanting in .shad; 

 locations. The new .\. Wilsoni, fion 

 northern China, grows six feet high am 

 carries deep blue flowers. A. Fischeri i 

 the dwarfest of all the monkshoods, .al 

 taining a Indght of only two and om 

 h.alf feet. Its flowers are ]iale blue. Al 

 the aconitums are at their best r 

 .\ugust and September. 



Japanese Anemones. 



The .Japanese anemones. A. .laponica 

 .are jnst commencing to open their flo\\ 

 ers. It is a wonder that moic florists d. 

 not .apjireciate the \.alue of the- 

 beautifiil, hardy f.all flowering ]daiil- 

 A. .r.aponica alba is still, in my estima 

 fion, the most beautiful of the whol 

 f.amily. Its large, pure white llowei 



At the Annual Outing of the Woerner Wire Works Force, Omaha, Neb. 



