STOKESIA, SWAINSONA 



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STOKESIA GYANEA (CORNFLOWER ASTER) 

 Stokesias are splendid perennials, perfectly hardy and producing 

 on fair-sized stems double, Cornflower-shaped and Cornflower- 

 colored blossoms from 

 July up to time of frost. 

 You want them less as a 

 cut flower than as a good 

 hardy plant to recommend 

 to your customers. Stoke- 

 sias are best grown from 

 seed, and with the help of 

 a greenhouse; they are 

 best sown in February so 

 as to have weU established 

 plants ready for the field 

 in May. 



STRAWBERRY BUSH 



See Euonymus americanus 



SUMACH 



See Rhus 



SUNFLOWER 



See Helianthus 



SWAINSONA 



Fig. 273. — The Hahdy Doubi^ Sunflower. 

 When the Golden Glow (Rudbeckia) is past its 

 best the hardy double Sunflowers taike its place 

 and mal^e a fine showing in the perennial border 



Swainsona makes a desirable cut flower for the florist and 

 is valuable even though it doesn't flower during the Winter months. 

 The plants can be grown and flowered in pots and the graceful, airy, 

 white flowers with their soft foliage make exceflent material for the 

 wedding bouquet or the spray. 



For best cultural results root softwood cuttings during Feib- 

 ruary or March in good bottom heat and wel^established 23^-in. 

 plants will be in bloom by July. Keep the plants shifted and pinched 

 and aUow plenty of headroom; overwinter in a 48-deg. house, and 

 by July they will be a mass of flowers. Plants may be planted out 

 on a solid bed and if kept pruned and taken care of wfllbe good for 

 three years or more. 



The florist out in the country, in particular, wiU appreciate a 

 few good specimens planted out, at the end of a Carnation house 

 perhaps. The flowers, especially when on long stems, always come 

 in handy for cutting no matter at what time of the year they are 

 ready. 



