June 5, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



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recently advised a reader not to use 

 old stock for forcing, but if I buy 

 young stock I am afraid it would not 

 bloom. I set out some Killamey, 

 Kaiserin and Carnot in January and in 

 April and even now they are luxuriant 

 with blooms. They were 2 years old. 

 Please give me as mvch information as 

 you can and I shall be under obliga- 

 tions to you. L. A. S. 



Some of the most desirable hardy 

 herbaceous perennials which you can 

 easily raise from seed are the following: 

 Alyssum saxatile compactum; Aquilegia 

 cserulea, A. chrysantha, and mixed hy- 

 brids; Aster Novse-Anglise and mixed 

 hybrids; Campanula persicifolia, blue 

 and white, and C. Medium, or Canter- 

 bury bells (the last named are biennials 

 and the single and cup and saucer vari- 

 eties are the best to grow) ; Chrysanthe- 

 mum King Edward VII, Coreopsis grand- 

 iflora, Delphinium Belladonna, D. for- 

 mosum, D. formosum coelestinum and D. 

 Chinense; Digitalis gloxiniffiflora, or 

 foxgloves; Gaillardia grandiflora; Gyp- 

 sophila paniculata. Hibiscus Crimson 

 Eye, Lupinus polyphyllus, blue, white 

 and pink; Lychnis Haageana and L. 

 Viscaria splendens, Malva moschata 

 alba, Papaver bracteatum, or oriental 

 poppy; Pyrethrum roseum, Scabiosa 

 Caucasica, Dianthus barbatus, or sweet 

 William; and Tritoma grandiflora. All 

 the foregoing can be sown between now 

 and the end of August in your latitude. 

 Most of them sown in August would 

 make strong plants before winter and 

 a large proportion would flower the 

 following year. In sowing them, if you 

 have a small coldframe and can give 

 the seeds a lath shade protection until 

 they germinate, they will do much bet- 

 ter. Hollyhocks are useful perennials 

 which you can also include in your list, 

 but antirrhinums, I am afraid, would 

 be a failure with you. They are good 

 under glass in the northern states, but 

 only do well outdoors near the seaside. 

 In your greenhouse you can grow 

 quite a variety of plants which will 

 flower in November and December. 

 These include Lorraine and Cincinnati 

 begonias, cyclamens, chrysanthemums, 

 Roman hyacinths. Paper White narcissi, 

 carnations, such early azaleas as Hexe 

 and Mme. Patrick and Primula Sinensis 

 and P. obconica. You could also have 

 poinsettias, but I doubt whether you 

 would have sufficient heat for them. 



In regard to roses, 2-year-old plants 

 of Killarney, White Killarney, Rich- 

 mond and Mrs. Aaron Ward would be 

 all right to use. Carnot and Kaiserin 

 are better summer than winter bloom- 

 ers. Of course, while you have a fairly 

 wide choice of plants, you should not 

 attempt to grow too many kinds; better 

 restrict yourself to one or two kinds. 

 Petunias are not satisfactory bloomers 

 in November and December. 



In the way of white lilies, L. candi- 

 dum is satisfactory, particularly when 

 north - of - France - grown bulbs are 

 planted. These produce strong spikes 

 of broad-petaled flowers, vastly supe- 

 rior to the type usually seen. These 

 should be planted four inches deep, late 

 in August or early in September. L. 

 speciosum album, which blooms later 

 than L. candidum, is another good white 

 lily. It does best when the bulbs are 

 covered ten to twelve inches. The new 

 lilies, myriophyllum and Sargentia?, will 

 some day be popular garden plants. 

 Their present prices are beyond the 

 means of most growers. C. W. 



Shower Bouquet by H. H. Kuhlmann, Houston, Tex. 



Zanesville, O.— C. L. Humphrey says 

 business has been the heaviest ever 

 known, both wholesale and retail. He 

 attributes the heavy increase largely 

 to the spring flood, saying that the 

 inundation made everything look so 

 dingy that people were unusually anx- 

 ious to fix up. 



Muncie, Ind.— N. V. Cooper, who pur- 

 chased the Hillman lot near Riverside 

 cemetery, is erecting a greenhouse, 

 which he hopes to have stocked within 

 a short time. ">He had started work on 

 the greenhouse when the recent flood 

 wiped out all of the progress he had 

 made. 



