314 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



GERASUS (FLOWERING CHERRY) 



Both the double- and single-flowering forms of Gerasus make 

 desirable shrubs to plant. You can get the weeping double-flowering 

 sorts in the shape of small trees which will give you a little change 

 from the usual Weeping Mulberry found on almost every place. 



GERCIS CANADENSIS (RED BUD OR JUDAS TREE) 



I don't believe in having one small home ground laid out and 

 planted just like another. You should do all you can to avoid it; 

 certainly there are enough ways and enough kind of shrubs and 

 trees to make it unnecessary. But I don't think there would be 

 the least harm in having one good specimen of Red Bud or Judas 

 Tree in every yard. Maybe you have seen it in full bloom, the 

 branches covered with the hlac-pinkish blossoms ahead of almost 

 everything else among the flowering shrubs and trees. 



The plants are usuaUy small when you buy them, but it is 

 weU to select an open spot for them, as they will grow in time into 

 little trees. Of course they are usually not at their best when small. 



CHAMOMILE, FALSE 



See Boltonia 



GHEIRANTHUS CHEIRI (WALLFLOWER) 



Why not more Wallflowers ? There isn't a retail grower any- 

 where who, during early Spring, couldn't sell WaUflowers in pots 

 or as cut stock if he had them. We call them English WaUflowers, 

 but they are as popular and fully as much used in other parts of 

 Europe as in England. Many thousands are sold in each of the 

 larger city markets. 



It seems that everybody loves Wallflowers and this, to a great 

 extent, is due to their delightful fragrance. While they are fine 

 for outdoor blooming, you can have them at their best under glass. 

 Can you possibly imagine a more charming combination for a 

 basket in March or April, than Wallflowers, Forget-me-nots, 

 Mignonette, Jonquils and a few Pansies ? The best part of it is 

 that even the florist with not the best of houses or heating facilities 

 can have a supply of each of these flowers on his benches. It is 

 these simple flowers that people want today. Their simplicity and 

 sweetness is what makes them so desirable. Don't worry about not 

 having Roses to cut or orchids ; grow some of the above-mentioned 

 old favorites and grow them well, and you needn't worry. You 

 will make profit enough to enable you to buy Roses and orchids. 



Cultural Notes 



There are quite a number of single and double sorts of Wall- 

 flowers. The most desirable, however, has large, single flowers, 



