EUPATORIUM, EVERLASTING 



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ums as Conocliniums, Hebe- 

 cliniums, and even as Ageratums. 

 Most of the hardy species are 

 natives of North America, but 

 the tender species hail from 

 South America, Mexico and 

 the West Indies. 



If you once get established 

 on your grounds a good number 

 of Eupatoriums, you can divide 

 a few clumps in early Fall and 

 replant what you need both for 

 cutting and to be sold as plants 

 during Spring and FaU. Stock 

 can also be grown on from seed, 

 which when sown under glass 

 in February will give you flow- 

 ering plants the first Summer. 

 Plants from seed sown outdoors 

 during June, while they will 

 grow into salable stock by Fall, 

 will not bloom until the second 

 season. 



Fig. 154. EuPATORIUM RIPAMUM Will 



flower by the end of February in a Carna- 

 tion house temparature, the plants hav- 

 ing been grown outdoors the previous 

 Summer. E. Fraseri and E. ageratoides 

 are perennials flowering outdoors in 

 August 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS 

 Everlastings, so-called because the flowers when in a dried state 

 remain in an attractive condition for a long time, have of late years 

 become very popular, and many acres are devoted to their culture 

 along the Pacific coast where climatic conditions are almost ideal 

 for their development. Yet most of them can be grown elsewhere — 

 East, South and North — perhaps not with as great success, but well 

 enough to make them pay. 



Quite a number of florists still hesitate to have anything to do 

 with their culture, or even to handle the flowers. They don't con- 

 sider them of enough value or think them not quite the proper thing 

 to carry in connection with fresh flowers. Nevertheless, great 

 quantities are used each year and as the demand for many varieties 

 is on a steady increase it seems that every florist with a retail trade 

 should pay attention to their culture. 



The following fist of ten varieties of plants suitable for cutting 

 is only a short one, and there are many others that produce flowers 

 that may be used in a dry state during the Winter months. How- 

 ever, these ten wiU give any one a good assortment, and aU are of 

 easiest culture. They aU are annuals with the exception of Statice 

 latifolia and Gypsophila paniculata, which are perennials, but, to 

 my mind, just as important as any as stock for the florist to cut from. 



