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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



jiLV T. 1010. 



LILIUM TIGRINUM SPLENDENS. 



The old tiger lily, L. tigrinum, intro- 

 duced oyer a century ago from China, is 

 a familiar feature in almost every hardy 

 herbaceous garden. The form splendens, 

 here illustrated, is a decided improve- 

 ment on the type. It grows taller, often 

 attaining a height of six feet or more, 

 and carries, when well grown, twenty- 

 five to thirty flowers to a stem. There 

 are fewer spots on the flowers than in 

 the case of the ordinary form, but they 

 are of larger size. Grown side by side, 

 the splendens form is vastly superior in 

 every way. , 



For large masses in the garden or iu 

 rows for cutting, no lily can surpass this 

 for beauty. It succeeds better in the 

 open than in the shade and does not run 

 out as do many other lilies. In New 

 England it has escaped from cultivation 

 and is often seen flowering superbly 

 along the roadways in ground of a stony 

 or gravelly nature. To grow it well the 

 bulbs, whiteh are cheap, should be planted 

 in November nine inches deep. In Au 

 gust and September masses at the backs 

 of borders are effective. For cutting 

 where orange red flowers are wanted. 

 nothing can be finer. W. N. Craig. 



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SUGGESTIONS 



Clivias. 



Olivias, or imantophyllums, are less 

 grown by florists than th.eir beauty and 

 lasting qualities warrant. They are of 

 easy culture and do well in any ordinary 

 greenhouse. The old C. miniatum is still 

 mostly seen, but it is far outclassed by 

 the newer hybrids, which have much 

 larger trusses of flowers, and richer in 

 coloring and of increased size as com- 

 pared with the type. 



The best summer location for these is 

 outdoors in the shade of some trees. 

 The water supply must not be excessive. 

 The plants have large, fleshy roots and 

 the leaves have great substance, so it 

 is safer to underwater rather than over- 

 water them. If drainage is not good 

 the plants will become waterlogged and, 

 as a consequence, the plants are liable to 

 rot off in hot, moist weather. A syring- 

 ing once a day and a watering when 

 they have dried out well, which may be 

 only once a week, even in midsummer, 

 will keep the plants in good condition. 

 If a suitable outdoor location is not at 

 command, the plants will do well in an 

 airy greenhouse, well shaded. 



Hollyhocks. 



Reports from the east say the abun- 

 dant moisture of the first half of June 

 caused hollyhocks to make remarkably 

 good growth, and there is, happily, less 

 disease than usual among them. 



About the time the plants come into 

 flower is a good time to make a liberal 

 sowing of seed for next year's supply. 

 There is no better strain than Chater's. 

 Sowing may be made either outdoors 

 or in a coldframe. The latter is best, 

 08 the seed can be watered and pro- 

 tected by lath shadings until the seed- 

 lings germinate. Sown thus early, 

 strong plants will be had before fall. 

 Plantsmen find that there is a growing 

 demand for these old-time favorites for 

 mixed flower borders. Dotted in lines 

 or groups, nothing is more stately or 

 effective. 



Empty Flower Pots. 



With the end of the bedding-out sea- 

 son, a large quantity of empty pots may 

 be lying around. These, on all sys- 

 tematic places, are kept in assorted sizes 

 and are not mixed up haphazard, as is 

 too often seen, entailing needless break- 



age and au everlasting turning over 

 and shifting when particular sizes an; 

 wanted. Every size should be stacked 

 separately. Take advantage of stormy 

 weather or hot waves, when the heat is 

 too overpowering for greenhouse work, 

 to get sizes you are likely to need 

 cleaned and in readiness. The inside of 

 a pot should always be clean before any 

 plant goes into it. A rubbing out will 

 answer, but washing is better. Plants 

 will not thrive in dirty pots any more 

 than humans will in unwashed bodies. 



Perennial Lupines. 



Lupines, the beautiful and stately 

 herbaceous perennials, are always in 

 strong demand. Now is a good time to 

 sow a batch of seeds in a coldframe. 

 They will be fit to transplant within a 

 month, or even less, and will make 

 strong, salable plants before fall. The 

 best known varieties of these are Lu- 

 pinus polyphyllus, blue, and the white 



variety, alba, but there is now a beau- 

 tiful pink form named roseus. just as 

 vigorous as the older sorts and which 

 attracts the immediate attention of 

 ..veryone. Sow seeds of this now, and 

 ,he plants will flower well next season 

 Vou can easily save your own seed of 

 •,11V of these perennials and sow them as 

 snon as gathered, which will insure an 

 ;iluindant crop of seedlings. 



Perennial Larkspurs. 



What a gorgeots show the delphin- 

 iums are now making! They embrace 

 ;ibout every shade of blue imaginable, 

 and their long, stately spikes m clumps 

 or masses in the hardy borders surpass 

 ill beauty almost any other hardy peren- 

 nial grown. It is a good plan to save 

 seed from some of the finest spikes. Tie 

 such spikes up and mark them. Many 

 growers think that seedlings thus raised 

 are stronger and of equal quality to the 

 lu'st imported. It is not even now too 

 late to sow a good batch of seed in a 

 coldframe. It will germinate within a 

 week and, if transplanted in cool, moist 

 weather and kept well cultivated among, 

 the seedlings will make strong plants 

 before the time for fall planting ar- 

 rives. 



In addition to the tall delphiniums, do 

 not overlook the dwarfer growing Chi- 

 nese larkspurs, D. Chinense, deep azure 

 blue, and D. Chinense alba, pure white. 

 These flower quickly from seed and are 

 splendid for cutting. Among the tall 

 delphiniums, the variety formosum, dark 

 blue, white eye, and formosum cceles- 

 tinum, pale blue, large flowers, are espe- 

 cially fine. 



Late Outdoor Annuals. 



A last sowing of a number of annuals 

 suitable for cutting may still be made, 

 and, unless you get an early frost, all 

 of them will flower. Among suitable 

 varieties to sow now are any of the an- 

 nual larkspurs and lupines, sweet alys- 

 sums, mignonettes, candytufts, clarkias 

 — the variety Salmon Queen is fine — 

 coreopsis in variety, calendulas and 

 Shirley poppies. If these can be sown 

 where some water can be given to start 





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