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of A. armala or A. Riceana don't even need pruning back; give 

 them a shift, plunge the pots outdoors or bury them all together 

 until Fall, when they can get another shift and be brought in to 

 the coldest house. 



ACALYPHA 



Some of the Acalyphas make showy pot plants, but they are 

 best known to the florist as bedders on account of their beautiful 

 foUage. We see them used in the pubUc parks and on large estates 

 where they are treated almost like show Coleus. Cuttings taken 

 from overwintered stock plants need, like those of Coleus, a bottom 

 heat of 65 deg. or so in order to root quickly. A. Sanderi, with its 

 long, red, drooping flower-spikes, makes the best sort for pots and 

 can also be used for outdoors. Among the bedding sorts we have 

 A. marginata, with green and rose-colored foliage; A. Miltoniana, 

 hght green with a white edge, and A. bicolor compada, with yeUow 

 blotches on the leaves. 



ACER JAPONICUM (JAPANESE MAPLE) 



With their beautifuUy colored leaves in different shades of 

 yeUow, light red and deep red, these Maples make most showy pot 

 plants during early Spring. They are, therefore, desirable decorative 

 material for the retailer. 



You can obtain either potgrown stock or such as is in a dormant 

 state with naked roots, from your nurseryman. After being heeled 

 in in a deep frame up to the middle of January, they should be 

 brought indoors, potted up in a good, stiff sofl and aUowed to come 

 along slowly in a cool house. Increase the temperature a httle when 

 they are once under way, but don't subject them to a hot, dry house 

 at any time. Leftover plants can be planted out in the field and 

 used again. 



ACHILLEA 



When you once get a row of AchiUea established, and get into 

 the habit of cutting the flowers during the Summer months, you wiU 

 never want to get along without it. I am speaking of Achillea 

 Ptarmica "The Pearl," or, what is stiU better, Boule de Neige, a 

 more double sort. 



The flowers of these AchiUeas come ten or more on a graceful 

 stem and resemble those of Feverfew although only about one- 

 fourth their size; they are fine for bouquets or design work, lasting 

 for days. No other perennial can get along in poorer soil, or with 

 less care, or is hardier. You can easily increase your stock by divi- 

 sion, which is best done by the early part of September; or, if you 



