360 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Fig. -152,^— EiacA cuPBBSsiNA. You coiildn't ask 



for a more showy flowering pot plant than this 



Heather, yet it is only one of a long list of grand 



varieties that,you can select from 



such as President Garnot, 

 King Edward, Codonodes 

 Veitchii, WiUmoreana, 

 Felix Faure, reger- 

 minans ovata, persoluta 

 and others; more men are 

 getting interested in them 

 right along and that looks 

 mighty promising. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA 

 (CALIFORNIA POPPY) 

 While for the florist 

 the Eschscholtzias are 

 anything but money- 

 makers, they are never- 

 theless most showy an- 

 nuals, especially when 

 planted in masses, just 

 as we see them at their 

 best in GaUfornia in 

 Spring when the hills and 

 roadsides present a glori- 

 ous sight. I have seen 

 them to good advantage 

 sown among Oriental 



Poppies to take their place after the fohage had died down, and 

 they can also be used for cut flowers, although for that purpose 

 Hunnemannia, the Giant Tuhp Poppy, is really better; or even the 

 Iceland Poppies which come almost in the same shades and colors 

 and also hold their foUage all Summer. 



EUONYMUS 



Euonymus japonica is one of the sadly neglected plants. Every 

 florist ought to have a good stock of both the green and the varigated 

 forms. Like Aspidistra and Aucuba, Euonymus provides ideal plants 

 for decorative purposes; it can stand all kinds of rough usage, and 

 when a few years old and grown into pyramids in tubs, it gives 

 desirable subjects that can be used like Boxwood or Bay Trees. 



The florists of the United States have never really endeavored 

 to make money out of Euonymus, as those of Europe have. We 

 found it easier to import the Boxwoods and Bay Trees than to 

 bother about anything else. It was simpler up to a short time ago 

 to let the other fellow do the growing; but as we go aloiig we gradu- 

 ally take more notice and are beginning to look around for plants 



