October, 1916 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
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The Rudbeckias 
Gray lists six species, laeiniala, 
subtomentosa, triloba, spcciosa, 
fulgida and hirta. 
Wilhelm Miller in the Cyclo- 
pedia of Horticulture adds to 
these amplexicaulis and maxima, 
both southern varieties. 
Of Gray’s list* but two are 
common in this state. R. laein- 
iata and R. llirta. The former is 
found most often in woods and 
shady places but occasionally in 
meadows. The plant is tall and 
slender with rough leaves and 
greenish yellow flowers with a 
dull yellow center. Golden Glow 
is a double flowered offspring. 
R. hirta or the true Black Eyed 
Susan, sometimes she is brown- 
eyed, is common in meadows 
thruout Wisconsin and is in 
full glory in September and 
October. 
R. triloba occurs occasionally 
in southern Wisconsin and is 
distinguished by somewhat 
smaller flowers than R. hirta 
with less recurved petals and 
tri-lobed leaves. All are easily 
grown from seed. October is the 
month. 
Narcissus, Water Grown 
For lovely Christmas flowers 
start a dozen paper white nar- 
cissus just six weeks before 
Christmas using the water cul- 
ture method. Use shallow dishes, 
not over two inches deep, fill 
with small stones, pour in water 
and set the bulbs on or between 
the pebbles with the bottoms 
just touching the water. Under 
no circumstances use deep jars 
or dishes nor have more than 
one third of the bulb immersed. 
These bulb gardens may be set 
at once in a window or in any 
convenient spot. No skill is re- 
quired nor any attention except 
to renew the water. 
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County exhibits of fruits in commercial packages 1916 State Fair. 
