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OCTOBBB 19, 1911. 



TheWeekly Ftorists' Review. 



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sDd a Tlgoroos grower, and one that, If It 

 would stand the cold, 1 believe would be a 

 magnificent stock for the American rose 

 grower. There Is small demand among the 

 Americans for roses here. But the Cubans are 

 great flower lovers and all the patios are small 

 vardens of flowers. 



This Is the list mentioned: American Beauty, 

 raul Neyron, Klllarney, Maman Cochet, White 

 Marecbal Nlel, Perle des Jardlns, Helen Gould, 

 Kalserln Augusta Victoria and a few others, 

 the names of which I have missed, but - tbey 

 have nothing striking abont tbem. The Cnbans 

 like the roses with color, T. B. Towns. 



HASDT HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



Time for Beplanting. 



With the exception of a few Japan- 

 ese anemones, helianthus, asters, pom- 

 pon chrysanthemums and other late 

 flowering subjects, the herbaceous bor- 

 ders are now getting bare of bloom 

 and there could be no better time than 

 the present to do any replanting re- 

 quired. Peonies can still be planted, al- 

 though both these and German iris 

 would have been better set out early in 

 S^jiteniber, but with a few exceptions, 

 fiucb ad Anemone Japonica, incarvilleas, 

 pompon chrysanthemums and Lobelia 

 cardinalis, the last half of October and 

 the early part of November is the best 

 season of the year for replanting. 



It does not pay to leave herbaceous 

 jPllants t<^o ipi^ ,ui^divide|^.,, -Witih the 

 ;«xtremely robust varieties, such as' heli- 

 anthus, heleniums, rudbeckiab, doron- 

 icums, silphiums, vernonias, lythrums 

 and physostegias, it is a good plan to 

 divide and replant every second year. 

 In the case of Phlox paniculata, del- 

 phiniums, Pyrethrum roseum, veronicas, 

 aconitums, platycodons, campanulas, 

 Iris Germanica and Ksempferi, asters, 

 centaureas, Boltonias and some others, 

 it pays to separate them and give them 

 new ground every third year. In fact, 

 with the exception of peonies, dictam- 

 nus, hemerocallis. Anemone Japonica 

 and a few other sorts which are slow 

 in establishing themselves, perenniiJs 

 jdo vastly better replanted at least 

 every third or fourth year. 



' How to Plant. 



Over a great part of the country 

 rainfalls have been copious of late and 

 the ground is in an ideal condition for 

 the work of replanting. Practically 

 all perennials, it need hardly be said, 

 liko a deep soil liberally manured and, 

 given such, they withstand an astonish- 

 ing amount of dry weather without suf- 

 fering. For cutting purposes nursery 

 rows are, of course, the best, allowing 

 sufficient space between the rows for 

 horse or hand cultivation. 



Well planted perennial borders are 

 a great attraction and we know one or 

 two country florists who have such and 

 they prove a good advertisement. The 

 different subjects are planted in good 

 sized masses, not in single plants, and 

 large labels are attached to each. Dutch 

 bulbs and annuals are dotted among 

 them to cover up any bare spots in the 

 late summer and fall, and there is not 

 a week from the last part of March un- 

 til early November when these bor- 

 ders are without flowers. 



Varieties for Florists. 



The Review receives many inquiries 

 as to the best sorts of perennials to 

 grow for cut flower purposes. Such 

 lists often have been given, but each 



J ear the number of those growing 

 erbaceous plants increases and an- 

 other list may not be inopportune. All 

 varieties named are reliably hardy: 



Delphinium hybridum and Chinensis, 

 peonies in variety, Phlox suffruticosa 



M. Jh. Pernet-Ducher. 



Miss Lingard, Phlox paniculata in vari- 

 ety, Clematis recta, Dictamnus Fraxin- 

 ella, Aquilegia'coerulea, chrysantha and 

 mixed hybrids^ asters or Mi(jhaelmas 

 daisies in variety, Boltonia lati3<]/ttama 

 and asteroides, Achillea Ptarmica The 

 Pearl, Hemerocallis flava, Thunbergii 

 and Middendorfii; Lathyrus latifolius 

 or everlasting pea, pink and white; Lo- 

 belia cardinalis, Anemone Japonica in 

 variety, Helianthus Miss Mellish, mul- 

 tiflorus plenus and Maximiliani; Hel- 

 enium autumnale superbum, grandi- 

 florum and striatum; Lychnis Viscaria 

 splendens, Convallaria majalis, Lupinus 

 polyphyllus in variety, Aconituin Xa- 

 pellus, Pyrethrum roseum and uligino- 

 sum, "Veronica longifolia subsessUis, 

 Stokesia cyanea, Physostegia Virginica, 

 Rudbeckia Golden Glow and puriiurea. 

 Spiraea Gladstone, aruncus, palmata 

 and Davidi; Fenstemon barbatus Tor- 

 reyi, Liatris pycnostachya, Heuchera 

 sanguinea, Campanula persicifolia in 

 variety, Chrysanthemum maximum, 

 Gypsophila paniculata and Euphorbia 

 corollata. 



Added to these should be the follow- 

 ing, which cannot be depended upon to 

 winter outdoors in the more northerly 

 states and are better carried over in 

 coldframes and planted out in spring: 

 Digitalis gloxiniseflora. Campanula 

 Medium, Coreopsis grandiflora and Gail- 

 lardia grandiflora. 



Added to these should be the various 

 liliums, of which candidum, speciosum, 



album and Melpomene, tigrinum, Hen- 

 ryi, auratum and Hansoni are specially 

 valuable for cutting. Then there are 

 the montbretias, hardy if given a little 

 protection in well drained land, and 

 Hyacinthus candicans, the latter being 

 one of the best bulbous subjects for the 

 hardy garden. 



THBEE FINE DBEEB PLACES. 



James C. Clark met the incoming 

 Riverton train on a perfect October 

 afternoon just before frost. "Mr. 

 Eisele is waiting in the car," he said. 

 It was a pleasure to see that this tre- 

 mendous worker had at last found a 

 recreation that was congenial; lawn 

 tennis had lasted but a brief season, 

 bicycling a still shorter time, but here 

 was something that would give variety 

 from hard work, something that would 

 come naturally with the addition of 

 Locust Farm and Riverview to the 

 cares of the large plant at Riverton. 

 Mr. Eisele is a clever motorist. "The 

 car knows the way," he said. The 

 run from Riverton to Locust Farm via 

 Palmyra was quickly and pleasantly 

 made. 



Locust Farm embraces seventy acres 

 of well drained, fertile land about 

 three miles from Riverton. It was not 

 naturally well drained or fertile. Here 

 lies the secret of its success. The pow- 

 ers that be spent their vacation study- 

 (OoiVtlnaed on page U.) 



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