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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 6, 1912. 



remain vntil the latter part of July, 

 when they will again be showing signs 

 of activity. Plants growing in bencl^es 

 can be gradually dried off before being 

 lifted. Don't overlook the Godfrey 

 calla, the greatest acquisition in its 

 line for many years. It is becoming 

 better known each year, and everyone 

 who has once grown it wants more of 

 it the following year. Don't confound 

 it with the old Little Gem of twenty 

 years ago. The Godfrey is vastly su- 

 perior in every way and produces three 

 flowers to one of the ordinary calla. To 

 any who have not yet grown it, our 

 advice would be to secure stock with- 

 out delay. 



Achimenes. 



Those useful summer flowering 

 plants, the achimenes, come in season 

 when the number of good pot plants 

 is decidedly few. If you started them 

 in flats they will need separating now, 

 before they are too much grown. A 

 dozen in a 6-inch pan or twenty to an 

 8-inch pan will be suflicient. Use a 

 light but moderately rich compost, con- 

 taining plenty of sand, and grow them 

 where they are moderately warm and 

 protected from the sun's rays, which 

 latter would soon scorch and disfigure 

 the foliage. Before the shoots run up 

 too much, tie them up to short, thin, 

 green stakes. Use a little stake to 

 each shoot and do not run a string 

 around the whole pan, as we often see 

 done, and expect that this will properly 

 support them. Achimenes, well grown, 

 are beautiful subjects which will charm 

 anyone. They are splendid in wire 

 baskets if they can be given a suitable 

 location near the roof, with requisite 

 shade. 



Hardwooded FlantC'. 



You have, no doubt, quite a few 

 hardwooded plants which remain un- 

 sold, and it is too bad to throw any of 

 these away. Plant them out on a piece 

 of ground which has had a coating of 

 well decayed manure, and which, if at 

 all heavy, will have been benefited by 

 a good dressing of leaf-mold or a coat- 

 ing of sharp sand. Such plants as 

 ericas, camellias, Azalea Indica, rho- 

 dodendrons, etc., will be less trouble if 

 planted out and will make a far better 

 growth than in pots. Be sure they are 

 planted firmly and always locate them 

 where they are within easy reach with 

 a hose, as overhead syringings on hot 

 days are a great help to them. Pick 

 all flowers and seeds from azaleas on 

 planting them out, and judiciously cut 

 back ericas. In the case of acacias and 

 genistas the plants may need trimming 

 into shape, especially the latter, and as 

 they do not lift as well as azaleas and 

 ericas, it is best to plunge them in the 

 pots well over head. They will root 

 out above and below the pots and will 

 need a shift at lifting time in the fall. 



A MAMMOTH AUBATUM. 



The Review has printed many pic- 

 tures of abnormal lilies, but never a 

 more unusual specimen than the one 

 here shown, reproduced from a photo- 

 graph supplied by John Hamilton, who 

 does a general florists' business at Ta- 

 coma, Wash. The plant, which is 

 Lilium auratum, was photographed Oc- 

 tober 5, 1911, beside the residence of 

 Mr. Hamilton 's neighbor. Rev. L. W. 

 Terry, who stands in the picture. The 

 Rev. Mr. Terry is himself of man's 

 full stature, but the lily goes far above 



his head, reaching a height of nine feet 

 two inches and carrying at one time 

 the exceptional number of 212 flowers. 



THE HABDT PEBENNIAL GABDEN. 



Its Beauty in Early June. 



At no season of the year is the per- 

 ennial garden more delightful and at- 

 tractive than in early June. The Dutch 

 bulbous flowers, arabis, aubrietias and 

 some few other early plants, mostly 

 dwarf in habit, have passed or are on 

 the wane, but in their place is a verit- 

 able wealth of flowers which are this 

 season of exceptional quality, thanks to 

 the absence of excessive heat and the 

 abundant rainfalls vouchsafed to us 

 during the first five months of the year. 

 All growth is now soft and fresh and 



A Monster Auratum Lily. 



there is not any of the coarseness char- 

 acteristic of some of the flowers which 

 come later in the summer. 



The Aquilegias or ColumbineB. 



Very beautiful and satisfactory are 

 the aquilegias or columbines. The sev- 

 eral long spurred varieties are among 

 the most charming of all perennials, 

 fine alike in clumps, masses or for cut- 

 ting. The value of these columbines 

 for cut flower purposes is not half ap- 

 preciated. Nothing could be more ex- 

 quisite for table decorations, and vases 

 either of one color or a mixture are in 

 equally good taste, which cannot be 

 said of all mixtures. A. chrysantha, 

 yellow, is the best grower of the long 



spurred section. A. coerulea, the blue 

 and white Rocky mountain columbine, 

 is a gem. A. Haylodgensis and the 

 California hybrids each give a beauti- 

 ful range of colors. The old types df 

 columbine, with short spurs, both sin 

 gle and double, are not to be despised. 

 They last well in the borders and are 

 excellent subjects for naturalizing pur- 

 poses. For the wild garden, particu 

 larly where the soil is poor, the native 

 A. Canadensis, with red and yellow flow- 

 ers, is effective. 



Now is a good time to sow aquilegia 

 seeds. Use a coldframe and transplant, 

 when of sufficient size to handle, to 

 the open fleld, or, if preferred, prick off 

 into another frame and let them stay 

 there until the following spring. Aquile- 

 gias, especially the long spurred kinds, 

 are not as rapid growing as some other 

 perennials. 



Hardy Lupines. 



The hardy lupine^ 

 in the hardy bord^ 

 with their array 

 pink colored apikj 

 blue and white. 



ire most effective 

 . and look stately 

 fblue, white and 

 L. polyphyllus, 

 old, well-known 



sorts. The various forms of pink, such 

 as Moerheimi, roseus and Pink Beauty, 

 are comparatively new, varying in color 

 from rose to soft pink. As they pos- 

 sess fully as much vigor as the older 

 forms and come true from seed, they 

 should be in every collection. All are 

 well adapted for cutting. Lupines are 

 quickly propagated from seeds. Those 

 sown early will bloom the first season, 

 and there is ample time to secure strontj 

 plants for fall sales by sowing at once. 



German Irises. 



The German irises are indispens.ible 

 in every herbaceous garden. Their va 

 riety is now legion and rather confus- 

 ing. A boiled down list of really fine 

 kinds should include Florentina alba, 

 pure white; pallida Dalmatica, lavender 

 blue, the finest sort of all; Glory of 

 Hillegom, clear porcelain blue, grows 

 about the same height as pallida Dal- 

 matica; Gracchus, yellow standards, 

 crimson falls; Queen of May, lavender 

 pink; Due de Nemours, fine white; Mrs. 

 H. Darwin, white standards, violet falls, 

 and Mme. Chereau, white, frilled blue. 

 German irises should be planted early 

 in the fall for best results. August is 

 a good month, and the work should not 

 be delayed iater than September. 



Dictamnus. 



Dictamnus Fraxinella, pink, and D. 

 Fraxinella alba, white, are quite satis 

 factory June flowering perennials. One 

 good point about them is that the foli- 

 age remains dark green until late in the 

 fall. Their seeds germinate rather 

 slowly and it takes several years to 

 secure a sizable clump from seed. They 

 are also somewhat impatient of re 

 moval and should be planted where it 

 will not be necessary to take them up 

 for several years. They make large, 

 thick roots, and, when digging, every 

 care should be taken not to break these 

 We should surely include Dictamnus 

 Fraxinella, or gas plant, as it is com- 

 monly called, among the twelve best 

 hardy perennials. 



Yellow Flowers. 



Yellow flowers in the hardy garden 

 are less conspicuous now than toward 

 fall, when the helianthus, heleniums, 

 rudteckias and other compositae rather 

 overwhelm other colors unless planted 



