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ANNI'AI, AND BIENNIAL FLOWKRS— Oo^UtrtWerf. 



Daisy, 



Dwarf Bfisil, 



Eeg Plant, 



Eupatoriiim, Blue, 



Euphorbia Latiiyris. 



Fiiiliug Beauty, <>r Morning,' 



Bride {Scatilosu), 

 Fir {Pmus balsujin-a), 

 Foxglove, 

 Fringe Tree, 



Geranium (Pelarsjoniinii), 

 Garden Angelica, 

 Glycine, Oluster-tloweriiig, 

 Golden Coreopsis, 

 Golden Everlasting {Xenin 



themiiin). 

 Hollyhock, 

 Honeysuckle, 

 Hyacinth, 

 Hydrangea, 

 lee Plant, 



Impatiens Balsamina, 

 Iris, 



Lagerstrosmia Indiea, 

 Laurel, Broad-leaved [Kal- 



)a ia ) , 

 Laburnum, 

 Larkspur, 

 Lilac, 

 Lily, 

 Lime Plant [rodoplyll nii- 



peltatuifi) , 

 Lyehnadia {Phlox), 

 Mezereon {Daphne Mi'ze- 



renin). 

 Mountain Ash, 



]V[usk Geranium, 



Myrtle, 



Narcissus, 



Nasturtium, 



Passion Flower, 



PiBony. 



Pea, Sweet, 



Peach, Double- flowering. 



Pink, 



Perennial Sunflower, di.mhlc, 



Polyanthus, 



Py ret brum I'artlienium, 



PopT>y, 



Purple Hj'acinth Bean, 



Roses, 



Pose Acai'ia, 



Rose ciilored Ilibiscvis, 



Rudbeckia. 



Scarlet ('a'-ulia., 



Scarlet Lyrhnis {L. Chalcc 



doiiica). 

 Siberian ('rab. 

 Snow-l>all Tree, 

 Snowberry, 



Spiee-wond{7yfiJ(ru.s' Benzoin), 

 Spiderwort [Tradescantia) , 

 Spiraea, 



Syringa, or Mock Orang-', 

 StrawberryTree( £'.(u/iy ;>( //&■ ) , 

 Sweet Bay (LaiiriiN nohilis), 



Sweet William, 



Pink, 

 Tulip, 

 A'^enetian Suniai-, 



Tree, 

 Violet, b)u.> I'ra-r. 



or Poetic 



GRKENIIOUSE PLANTS 



Lilies of the valley, 



Ranunculuses, 



Anemones, 



Single and Double Jouciuils, 



Wliite Lilies. 



Roses, 



Tuberoses, 



Persian Iris, 



■ifoliata, or Sweet 



.Mignouetti' 

 Verli.'UN. tt 



Vervain, 

 Fuchsia coceinea, 

 Cobiea scan<leus, 

 Camellia .laponica, or Jai); 



nese Rosi', 

 Myrtles. 



of the c^lt-tlower interest, and the growth within th»i- 

 last few years of the greater love of |ilants themselves. 

 Palms and decorative plants are now almost necessities, 

 where 50 years ago they would have been the luxury 

 of luxuries. "There has been a radical change in the 

 character of the Howers used for cut-tlow(.-r purposes," 

 wrote Alfred HenderMon in 1895. "Fifty years jigit, 

 camellia flowers retailed freely for a dollar each, and 

 during tlie holidays Pliiladelphia used to send thousands 

 to New York florists, getting $.300 per 1,000; while rosea 

 went begging at one-tenth these figures. Now, the rose 

 is queen, and the poor camellia finds none so poor to 

 do her reverence. * * * * I confidently believe that 

 the time is not far distant when we shall compete seri- 

 ously with the foreign grower in the production of new 

 varieties of roses." "William Scott, of Buffalo, makes 

 the following comments on tendencies in tioriculture: 

 "About the year 1880, tulips and narcissuses began to 

 be forced, and during the next 15 years immense quan- 

 tities of these bulbs were imported annually from Hol- 

 land. As the methods of forcing were perfected the- 

 market became overstocked, and, although large quan- 

 tities are still forced for the winter and spring months, 

 they are not now in tlie same favor as formerly, and the 

 rose, carnation, violet, lily-of-the-valley and mignonette 

 are still the favorites. ( )rchids are not yet the flower 

 for the million, but there is a yearly increasing demand 

 for them, and at present the showy orchids, such as the 

 ('attleyas and Laelias, are far short of the demancL 

 As their cultivation is more generally understood, we 

 look for a very steady increase in the number grown, 

 and are confldent that the supply will not soon exceed 

 the demand. Within tlie past 5 or fj years a marked in- 

 crease is noticeal.ile in the use of jilants to adorn tlie 

 home, and the demand is for an expensive class of 

 plants, — palms, dracenas, araiicarias and ferns being 

 among tliose mostly used. Now few homes with any 

 pretension to luxury or even comfort are without a few 

 fine plants scattered through the rooms, and many (ff 

 our modern houses are pro\'ided with either a bay 

 window or small conservatory for the accommodation of 

 plants." See Cnt-Floivers and FlorieitUiire. 



Early Pomologtcal WiiiTrNOS.— It is in the pomology 

 ical writings that North America has made the greatest 

 contributions to horticultural literature. William For- 



These lists are much less ample than those of M'Ma- 

 hon, over twenty years earlier, but they may be sup- 

 posed to include the popular and most easily grown 

 things. They will be suggestive to those who 

 wish to make "old-fashioned gardens." M'Mahon's 

 list was evidently largely compiled from Euro- 

 pean sources. Green says that the first list 

 (strangely called "annual and biennial flowers") 

 contains "such plants, shrubs and trees as are of 

 easy cultivation, generally hardy." The second list 

 comprises "a few different sorts of greenhouse 

 plants" "which are commonly grown in rooms." 



The first American book to be devoted to a 

 special flower was Savers' book on the dahlia, 

 Boston, 18110, which appeared only a year later 

 than Paxton's well-known book in England. 

 Sayers' book also included the cactus. The next 

 special flower book seems tc» have been Buists' 

 "Rose Manual." Phi]adeli>hia, 1S4^, although a 

 sentimental book on the "(c^ueen of Flowers" had 

 appeared in the same city in 18-11. Buisfs book 

 went to at least four editions. It was followed by 

 Prince's in 1840, and ))y 8. B. Parson's "The 

 Rose: Its History, Poetry, Culture and Classifi- 

 cation," 184G. Parson's book went to a revised 

 edition. Of later-date flower-books there are 

 several of importance, but it is not the purpose 

 of this history to trace more than the beginnings 

 of American floricultural writings. 



In 1838 appeared a book in French in New 

 Orleans. This was Lelievre's "Nouveau Jardinier 

 de la Louisiane." It was a small book of 200 

 pages, with a calendar and brief directions for 

 the growing of vegetables, fruits and flowers. 

 Singularly enough, a French book also appeared 

 at the other extreme of the country. This was 1082. Example of the earliest illustiations of American fruits. 



Provancher's "Le Verger-Canadien," published Esopus Spitzenburg, figured by Coxe in 1817. 



in Quebec in 1872. 



The writings clearly portray the tendencies of the eyth's excellent "Treatise on the Culture and Manage- 

 floricultural interests. — from the formal-flower ideals of ment of Fruit Trees " appeared in Lonih)n in 1802, and it 

 the dahlia and camellia to the enormous development was widely read, "an impression of l.nOO copies (of the 



