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FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Canterbury Bells {Cam- 

 pamula medium). We don't see 

 many cut Canterbury Bells on 3- 

 to 4-ft. stems in early Summer for 

 the reason that there are none to 

 be seen. With a greenhouse you 

 can have the plants in bloom from 

 early April on. They make grand 

 pot plants as well as cut flowers 

 and are every bit as grand when 

 massed in the hardy border. (See 

 page 296.) 



Chrysanthemums (Early 

 outdoor flowering). With each 

 year new varieties are coming to 

 the front, that come into flower 

 the forepart of October and 

 make it possible, even in cold 

 sections, to enjoy outdoor flowers 

 after most annuals have gone to 

 sleep. Forget about their hardi- 

 ness and lift enough field plants 

 to be overwintered in a frame or 

 used for propagating. Sell the 

 small plants in Spring and plant 

 enough for your own display as well as to cut from. (See page 324.) 

 Columbine (Aquilegia). The Columbines come in many 

 different shapes and sizes and a still greater variety of most beautiful 

 shades and colorings. They are hardy as an Oak, among the first 

 to bloom outdoors, fine for cutting and easily forced for early Spring. 

 Why not pay more attention to them ? (See page 257.) 



Coreopsis lance olata grandiflora. There is nothing quite 

 so golden during June as a bunch of long-stemmed Coreopsis. The 

 trouble with a bedful is keeping it picked. Give the plants room 

 and they will flower aU Summer long. Few florists as yet use the 

 Coreopsis for flowering under glass for early Spring, but this is 

 easily done and can be made to pay. (See page 331.) 



Delphinium (Hardy Larkspur). The BeUadonna hybrids, 

 easily grown from seed, furnish most desirable cut flowers aU Summer 

 and are as good under glass for forcing. (See page 347.) 



Foxglove (Digitalis). This biennial, like the Hollyhock, is 

 a great show plant when in flower and is used a great deal for mass- 

 ing. As it is one of the best known and most popular border plants, 

 it is always well to carry a stock in frames over Winter with which 

 to supply your patrons in Spring after they have lost their own 

 through lack of proper protection. (See page 355.) 



Fig. 75. — Perennials Effectively 

 Used in Design Work. This lyre 

 is of Feverfew, Dorothy Perkins Roses 

 and pink Veronica with Cycas and 

 fern trimming 



