414 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Fig. 192.— Kalmia LATiFOLiA IN Flowbr. Here is a fine Easter plant just a 

 little different from the usual run of stock, 



KALMIAS 



Kalmias are native hardy flowering evergreens valuable for 

 garden use like Rhododendrons, and for Easter forcing in pots and 

 *u A^"^*^^ °^^^^ beautiful white and pinkish flower of K.latifolia, 

 the Mountain Laurel or Calico Bush (and the most widely culti- 

 vated species) IS the choice of many for a national flower. To prop- 

 agate, sow seeds in early Spring in sand in a frame or cool house; 

 prick oil as soon as possible and when seedhngs are estabhshed, 

 grow on outdoors. Retailers had best buy stock already grown. 

 Kalmias can be transplanted fairly easily but should be well mulched 

 the hrst season. They dislike clay and Umestone soils. 



