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The Weekly Fforists^ Review. 



little delay as possible. Cuttings put in 

 sand in early spring are now making 

 plenty of roots. Gradually inure these 

 to sunlight and plant them out before 

 they become hardened in the cutting 

 bench. These cuttings will give grand 

 spikes during September and October, 

 and where strictly fancy spikes are a 

 desideratum for exhibitions, etc., the cut- 

 tings can always be relied upon. 



Poinsettias. 



Provided the old poinsettia shoots were 

 started when advised, they should now 

 have a nice crop of cuttings ready for 

 the sand bed. To stop the bleeding, 

 plunge the bottoms of the cuttings in 

 charcoal dust before putting them in the 

 propagating bench. Porous sand, where 

 no water lies, is a necessity where the 

 cuttings are to be placed. There is still 

 ample time in which to start stock plants 

 yet in a dormant state. These will give 

 cuttings within three weeks, and such 

 plants can be grown a yard tall before 

 the flowering season arrives. 



FUCHSIA AS A BASKET PLANT. 



N. Greivelding believes in demonstrat- 

 ing the usefulness of the things he has 

 to sell, so along his front porch he hangs 

 a row of baskets filled with one of his 

 specialties. Fuchsia Trailing Queen. Mr. 

 Greivelding 's place is opposite the city 

 hall at Merrill, Wis., and everybody in 

 town sees, admires and, in many cases, 

 emulates his display. 



Mr. Greivelding says that Fuchsia 

 Trailing Queen is one of the handsomest 

 and most adaptable of plants for baskets 

 to hang on shady porches. He propa- 

 gates by cuttings in fall and early spring 

 and shifts along until the plants are 

 well established in the flowering pots by 

 March. One plant is used in a 4-inch 

 pot, two plants for a 5-inch pot, three 

 for a (J-inch pot and four for a 7-inch 

 pot. The accompanying illustration is 

 from a photograph made in July. The 

 plants in hanging baskets will bloom 

 profusely all summer. 



HARDY PLANTS FOR BORDERS. 



[An extract from a paper by Arthur E. 

 Thatcher, of Arnold Arboretum, read before the 

 Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Club.] 



It is no doubt a truism to say that we 

 can dispense altogether with some of the 

 older forms of herbaceous plants, which 

 were popular fifty years ago, in favor 

 of the much improved and beautiful new 

 kinds. But it must not be supposed that 

 all the old friends can be discarded. 

 There are some which will undoubtedly 

 continue to be grown so long as gardens 

 exist, and this applies more to species 

 than varieties, for it is among the latter 

 that one looks for the majority of new 

 plants. Although a large number of the 

 newer introductions originated in Amer- 

 ican and European gardens, the most 

 noteworthy are to be found among the 

 new plants discovered by E. H. Wilson. 

 The results obtained from his labors dur- 

 ing the last eleven years are invaluable. 



In making this selection of new and 

 desirable varieties I have endeavored to 

 include those only which may be relied 

 on to prove satisfactory, and except in 

 one or two instances they are perfectly 

 hardy. 



Blue Flowered Plants. 



Blue flowered plants, apart from 

 delphiniums, are not numerous, but two 

 beautiful additions have recently been 

 made. Both are varieties of the old 

 Anchusa Italica. One, named superba. 



Fuchsia Trailing Queen. 



or Dropmore variety, has dark blue blos- 

 soms, and the other, called opal, has 

 flowers sky-blue in color. These are two 

 remarkably fine plants, unsurpassed by 

 anything with which I am acquainted. 

 As they seldom seed and sometimes show 

 a tendency to die in winter, it is advis- 

 able to propagate a few plants during 

 the fall, so that one may be sure of re- 

 taining them. 



Aconitums are on a par with delphin- 

 iums for stateliness, and the best should 

 always be included, as they continue to 

 give a succession of bloom over a long 

 period. The most effective is the new 

 A. Wilsoni, which grows six feet high, 

 with pale blue flowers. Spark variety, 

 dark blue, is also good, and A. rostratum, 

 which grows four feet tall, is a pleasing 

 shade of pale blue, deeper on the hood. 

 A. Hemsleyanum, a new climbing va- 

 riety, is also interesting and desirable. 



Achillea Cerise Queen is the most re- 

 cent and desirable addition to this fam- 

 ily, and is devoid of the weediness which 

 usually characterizes these plants. The 

 flowers, cerise pink in color, are produced 

 abundantly all through the summer and 

 fall. 



Japanese Anemones. 



It is much to be regretted that Anem- 

 one Japonica and its many excellent 



varieties are not suflSciently hardy to 

 withstand the severity of our New Eng- 

 land winters in all localities, but if 

 favored positions are selected for them 

 there is no reason why they should not 

 succeed. Two or three years ' growth 

 are necessary to get them well estab- 

 lished, and as they make long roots, 

 which penetrate deeply, the soil should 

 be well prepared, which enables them to 

 obtain the maximum amount of mois- 

 ture and food. Under such conditions 

 the typical variety will grow six feet 

 high, and if they are planted in groups, 

 the luxuriant foliage and great quanti- 

 ties of flowers are unsurpassed in the 

 autumn. There are now numerous va- 

 rieties, all of much merit, but the old 

 Anemone Japonica, with its single pink 

 flowers, and the white form are hard to 

 beat. The list should also include A. 

 Japonica Autumn Queen, which is dark 

 rose in color and semi-double. Mont 

 Rose is very double and pale pink; 

 Whirlwind is a fine double white; Prince 

 Heinrich is double, dark red, and Pur- 

 purine is a large flower, purplish-rose in 

 color. 



Lowell Junction, Mass. — The Bos- 

 ton & Maine railroad is building a 

 greenhouse here, in connection with its 

 nur«ery. 



