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having to make up a wreath or other floral design. Cuttings rooted 

 during Winter will make 2H-in. or larger plants which you need to put 

 with other stock when filling window boxes, hanging baskets or vases; 

 or you can plant them as a border around a Geranium, Petunia or 

 Ageratum bed, where they will flower up to November. 



The dwarf single flowering Alyssums are also much used for 

 the edging of beds and borders, and the florist sowing seed about the 

 parly part of March can have little plants in fuU bloom by early 

 May. Little Gem is the sort mostly grown on for that purpose. 



AMARYLLIS (HIPPEASTRUM) 



We are apt to give the name Amaryllis to quite a number of 

 plants with bulbs and large Lily-shaped flowers which really do not 

 belong to that species. As a matter of fact, the so-caUed Amaryllis 

 which interests the florist belongs to the Hippeastrums. These two 

 may be alike in appearance, but the AmaryUis, like the BeUa Donna 

 Lily, doesn't flower 

 until August, while 

 the Hippeastrums 

 come in bloom in 

 February and on 

 through March. 

 Some of the hy- 

 brids have gor- 

 geous large flowers, 

 and while they are 

 not of great value 

 to the florist, and 

 while flowering 

 bulbs come rather 

 high, a display of 

 plants in flower in 

 the show house is 

 bound to be a good 

 advertisement and 

 a drawing card. 

 If you never seU 

 a single plant, you 

 should carry a few 

 just the same. If 

 you start out with 

 flowering-sized 

 bulbs, pot them up 

 according to size in 

 5-, 6-, or 8-in. pots, 

 and carry them in 

 a 55-deg. house. 



Fig. 89. — Single Hollyhocks. These, when displayed 

 in masses are fully as desirable as the double sorts and, 

 indeed, are frequently preferred by some of your patrons 



