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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 13, 1910. 



A NEW PLANT STAND. 



One of the articles which has made 

 its appearance in many retail stores this 

 season is the combined jardiniere plant 

 tub and stand shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. This is made from 

 quartered white oak, with the popular 

 weathered finish, filled and polished. 

 The tub is bound with brass hoops and 

 has brass handles, which adds much to 

 the appearance of the stand. It is one 

 of the specialties for florists manufac- 

 tured by the American Woodenware 

 Mfg. Co., of Toledo, and is handled by 

 most of the supply houses through the 

 country. 



PERENNIALS TOE CUT FLOWEBS. 



I intend to plant four large sized beds 

 with hardy perennials and should be 

 thankful if you would let me know of 

 a few good varieties for cut flowert, 

 giving the color, height and time of 

 flowering. The beds are each eight feet 

 wide and twenty feet long. E. P. 



The beds in question should be heav- 

 ily manured and deeply spaded. This 

 advice may seem somewhat hackneyed, 

 but if you want good perennials which 

 will grow vigorously, withstand 

 droughty conditions and give an 

 abundance of flowers, you can hardly 

 prepare the ground too liberally. Near- 

 ly all perennials are strong feeders, and 

 you will be well repaid for any e3(tra 



Sains you take in preparing the ground, 

 early all perennials succeed better 

 planted in the fall than in the spring, 

 October being an excellent month for 

 this purpose. 



Some of the best perennials for cut- 

 ting are the following: Doronicum 

 Harpur Crewe, two and one-half feet, 

 yellow. May; Aquilegias chrysantha and 

 cwrulea, two feet, various shades, all 

 beautiful, May and June; Achillea Ptar- 

 mica the Pearl, white, June to Septem- 

 ber, a useful flower; Campanula Me- 

 dium, single, and C. calycanthema, bien- 

 nials, but indispensable for cutting in 

 the hardy borders, colors white, mauve, 

 dark blue, pink, two to two and one- 

 half feet, June; Veronica longifolia sub- 

 sessilis, rich blue, July and August, 

 two feet; Tritoma Pfitzeri and Express, 

 July to September, three to four feet, 

 crimson and yellow; Rudbeckia lanceo- 

 lata Golden Glow, common, but fine for 

 cutting, six feet or more, golden yellow, 

 July and August; Rudbeckia purpurea, 

 rosy purple, two and one-half feet, July 

 and August; Phlox paniculata, a few 

 first-class sorts of which are F. G. Von 

 Lassburg and Le Cygne, white; Le 

 Mahdi, reddish violet; Pantheon, car- 

 mine rose; ("oquelicot, pure scarlet; 

 Bridesmaid, white, crimson eye; Henry 

 Murger, white, rose eye; Mme. Paul 

 Dutrie, delicate rose; another phlox of 

 the earlier flowering or suff'ruticosa sec- 

 tion is Miss Lingard, white, delicate 

 pink eye, blooms from June to October. 

 This is the finest phlox grown. The 

 other phloxes bloom from July to 

 October. 



In delphiniums formosum coelestinum, 

 light blue, and Belladonna, turquoise 

 blue, are grand. * The Chinese section 

 in deep blue and pure white, D. Chi- 

 nense, are also splendid for cutting. 

 The latter grow two and one-half 

 feet; the former, five to six feet. Digi- 

 talis gloxiniffflora, foxglove, three to 

 five feet, June, is a valuable early 

 perennial. Gypsophila paniculata, two 

 to two and one-half feet, is one of the 

 florists' great stand-bys. The double 



form is even better, pure white in color, 

 July and August. Funkia subeordata 

 grandiflora is pure white, fragrant, 

 August, two feet. Helianthus multi- 

 flqrus plenus, H. rigidus Miss Mellish 

 and H. Wolley Dod are three hardy 

 sunflowers, which will give a succession 

 from July to September, four to six 

 feet. Hemerocallis flava, yellow, May 

 and June; H. Thunbergii, yellow, July, 

 and H. aurantiaca major, double yellow, 

 July, are all fine for cutting. 



Other good stand-bys are: Heuchera 

 sanguinea, two feet, August, coral red; 

 Coreopsis grandiflora, yellow, two and 

 one-half feet, June to September; Lo- 

 belia cardinalis, scarlet, three feet, 

 July and August; Lychnis vespertina, 

 double white, one and one-h^f feet, all 

 summer; Papaver orientale, scarlet, 

 three feet, May; Pyrethrum uliginosum, 

 five feet, pure white, August and Sep- 

 tember, grand for cutting; P. hybridum, 

 two feet, many colors, May and June; 

 Astilbe Chinensis, pink, June and July, 

 two feet; Stokesia cyanea, tw6, feet, 

 lavender blue, July to September, beau- 



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New Plant Tub and Stand. 



tiful; Valeriana officinalis, rose-pink, 

 July, sweet-scented, two to three feet. 



Peonies, of course, should be included, 

 if not grown elsewhere. They would be 

 better, however, in nursery rows. Half 

 a dozen fine sorts in doubles are: Fes- 

 tiva maxima, white; Queen Victoria, 

 white, early; Francois' Ortegat, crim- 

 son; Duchesse de Nemours (Guerin), 

 rosy pink; Mme. de Verneville, white; 

 Humei, rose-pink. 



Irises are among the most valuable of 

 perennials. The Germanica varieties 

 come first, in May and early June, fol- 

 lowed by the Hispanica and Anglica 

 sections. The two latter are bulbous, 

 but live well from year to year. They 

 are grand for cutting in June. In July 

 the gorgeous Ka?mpferi or Japanese sec- 

 tion, in all colors, are in their glory. I. 

 Sibirica Snow Queen is a beautiful, 

 easily grown sort, grand for cutting. 



Some other good perennials to cut 



are: Aconitum Napellus, August and 

 September, dark blue, three to five feet; 

 Aster Novaj-Anglift', four feet, Septem- 

 ber, blue, white and pink; Aster Novi- 

 Belgii, Perry's pink, September, four 

 feet; Platycodon Mariesi, eighteen 

 inches, blue, July and August; Physos- 

 tegia Virginica, rosy lilac and white, a 

 splendid subject for cutting, four to 

 five feet, August; Lupinus polyphyllus, 

 blue, white and rose, June, three feet; 

 Lychnis Viscaria splendens, deejJ red, 

 eighteen inches, May and June; He- 

 lenium autumnale superbum,- yellow, 

 August and September, five feet; He- 

 lenium grandiflorum striatum, yellow, 

 red stripes, three feet, August; Euphor- 

 bia eoroUata, eighteen inches, June to 

 August, white; Hyacinthus (Galtonia) 

 candicans, bulbous, perfectly hardy, 

 pure white, July to September; Cam- 

 panula persicifolia, single and double, 

 blue and white, June and July, three 

 feet; the variety Moerheimi, double 

 white, is of special value; Boltonia latis- 

 quama, five feet, August and Septem- 

 ber. 



Of course, lilies, such as ^^^ieu^osum, 

 tigrinum, Henryi, auratum, jtc, can bo 

 grown in your beds; jvisojjnontbretias, 

 fine to cut from July to October. Sweet- 

 williams, lily of the valley. Clematis 

 recta, pure white, three to four feet, 

 July; Lathyrus latifolius, everlasting 

 pe^; Liatris pycnostachya, (Tosy purple, 

 ft)ur feet, August; Dianthus plumarius, 

 border pink, and the beautiful Japanese 

 anemone, A. Japonica, of which Queen 

 Charlotte and Whirlwind are fine varie- 

 ties, are all grand for cutting. 



The anemones should be planted in 

 the spring. Practically all other plants 

 named can be set out this fall. 



This list may be too extended. If so, 

 here is a boiled-down list of varieties 

 you can depend upon: Aquilegia caeru- 

 iea. Anemone Japonica alba, Aster 

 Novae-Angliffi, Lupinus polyphyllus, 

 peonies in variety. Phlox Miss Lingard, 

 Phlox Le Cygne, Iris (Jermanica, Iris 

 Sibirica Snow Queen, Iris Hispanica, 

 Iris Ksempferi, Hemerocallis Thun- 

 bergii, Hemerocallis flava, Convallaria 

 majalis, Pyrethrum uliginosum, Pyre- 

 thrum hybridum, Gypsophila paniculata 

 fl. pi., Campanula persicifolia Moer- 

 heimi, Campanula Medium, Clematis 

 recta, Boltonia latisquama. Digitalis 

 gloxiniaeflora, Coreopsis grandiflora, 

 Helenium autumnale superbum, Helian- 

 thus Miss Mellish, Achillea Ptarmica the 

 Pearl, Physostegia Virginica, Tritoma 



Pfitzeri and Astilbe Chinensis. 



C. W. 



PANSIES IN FBAMES. 



How can I best protect my pansy 

 plants, which were transplanted about 

 a month ago into a coldframe? I wish 

 to have them good and strong for early 

 trade next spring. M. F. F. 



Do not place the sashes over the 

 I)lants until the weather becomes quite 

 severe. Then cover the plants with a 

 light coating of perfectly dry leaves 

 or pine needles, whichever you can get 

 most easily. Let the soil b^ hard 

 frozen before putting this mulch on. 

 Put on the sashes, and the only further 

 attention needed during the winter will 

 be to give some air during warm spells. 

 If you have some board shutters to lay 

 over the glass, it will prevent break- 

 ages and consequent wetting of the 

 leaves. If the leaves keep dry and the 

 ground frozen below them, every plant 

 should be fresh when uncovered in early 

 si)rjng. C. W. 



