542 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



mer, but now we hardly ever see them except in public parks or on 

 large, private estates. However, if you want to show people some- 

 thing a little different from Geraniums and Salvias, sow seed in a 

 55-deg. house in February, and grow the plants on in pots. A mild 

 hotbed will just suit them about March. They will be in 33^s by 

 May and in full bloom by the time you fill the outdoor beds. 



TRADESCANTIA (WANDERING JEW) 



Wandering Jew is considered so common by many florists that 

 no attention is paid to it. Yet the retail grower can make it a most 

 useful plant, especially the variegated forms. The tops of plants 

 about 4 in. long, pinched off and potted up four or five of them to 

 a 33^-in. pot about October first, will, in a 55-deg. house, make fine 

 material to use during December in fiUing made-up baskets, such 

 as you prepare for the hoUdays. 



I don't say that everybody will want them in an arrangement 

 but there are many who don't object in the least. A good way is 

 to keep on starting a few plants all through the year so as to always 



have bushy 3J/^- and 4-in. 

 plants on hand. Placed 

 along the edge of the bench 

 in the show house, they 

 always look attractive, and 

 frequently they can be 

 made use of in filhng in- 

 door window boxes. 



You can also make 

 up very showy hanging" 

 baskets with them. They 

 won't last very long, but 

 that doesn't matter, for 

 there are always occasions 

 when an inexpensive 

 basket is wanted just to 

 make an attractive show 

 for a short time. 



TRITOMA UVARIA 



(RED-HOT POKER 



PLANT) 



These Tritomas are 

 used extensively by the 

 florist during the Fall 

 months for decorating 

 their show windows where 

 they always attract at- 



Fig. 280. — Dahwin Tulips. As soon as the 

 Darwins begin to appear in February or early 

 March it becomes hard to sell the early sorts. 

 But this class is equally as valuable for outdoor 

 as for indoor planting 



