514 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



RUDBECKIA (GOLDEN GLOW) 



When Rudbeckia Golden Glow first came out, everybody 

 thought it wonderftd for cut flowers and an ideal herbaceous plant for 

 the hardy border. We were able to obtain only small plants then 

 and this very fact was what made it such a success, for nothing 

 runs out quicker than a bed or clump of this Rudbekia if left alone. 

 That is true in most cases today. 



If you want to see this plant at its best, divide the clumps about 

 the latter part of September, replant only the outside shoots, singly, 

 and throw the others away. In that way you will have each year 

 real Golden Glows on long stems with foliage right up to the large 

 flowers, handsome for mass efi'ects and fine as cut flowers for decor- 

 ative work. 



There are other fine varieties of Rudbeckia, which mostly flower 

 in late Summer in masses of yellow and brown Daisy-shaped blos- 

 soms. Among the most showy we have R. purpurea, which often 

 produces flowers almost five inches in diameter with reddish-purple 

 petals and a large brown center in the shape of a cone (from which 

 it derives its name^ — Giant Purple Cone Flower). Sow seeds of 

 this Rudbeckia during Summer; it wiU flower the foUowing year 

 and make a great shbwing in the hardy border, growing about 

 thirty inches in height. Another Rudbeckia, easily grown from seed, 

 is R. New Maine which should be treated the same as R. purpurea. 

 It has large, single Daisy-like flowers, deep yeUow with a dark cone. 



jR. subtomentosa is the one which wiU produce in Fall hundreds 

 of smaU, single, yellow flowers with dark centers, which completely 

 cover the plant. You can lift the plants when in full bloom, pot 

 them up, and keep them for a week on a shaded porch. 



SAGE 



See Salvia 



SALIX (WILLOW) 



The most interesting of the Willow family to the florist is 

 Salix discolor, or the Pussy Wiflow. Shortly after New Year's we 

 begin to look forward to a few Pussy Willows as a sign of Spring to 

 put into a box of Spring flowers or to make a cut flower basket look 

 more attractive. You may want to purchase your supply of these 

 cut Willows, but it won't hurt to plant a few yourself somewhere 

 along the line of your grounds, if for no other purpose than to cut 

 from. There are other showy WiUows, among them the Laurel- 

 leaved form which grows into a stately tree and does it quickly. 

 No matter what the season or the weather, the tree all Summer 

 long is a mass of heavy, shiny foliage. The Rosemary WiUow, 

 with its narrow, densely covered foUage and dark stems, makes a 

 beautiful shrub, and Salix britzensis is one of the most showy of all 

 shrubs for a Winter effect on account of its bright reddish twigs. 



