FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
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month, from October to February, will 
give you a long period of bloom. 
We must not overlook the cannas, 
which add a tropical touch and a mass of 
bloom to our grounds for at least eight 
months of the year. By elimination we 
have reduced the long list of varieties to 
the following, which we believe the best: 
The President, bright scarlet, green foli¬ 
age; King Humbert, red, purple foliage; 
Yellow King Humbert, yellow, green fo¬ 
liage; City of Portland, bright pink, green 
foliage; Eureka, white, green foliage; 
Wyoming, extra fine, orange, purple foli¬ 
age; Uncle Sam, red, green foliage, the 
best for centers of beds, because of its 
height. 
I give a further list of such herbaceous 
plants as seem adapted to and happy under 
Florida conditions. As a list for Florida 
gardens this is probably incomplete. 
Each one of you will probably think of 
some favorite that I have omitted. If so, 
perhaps you will mention it in the discus¬ 
sion that I hope will follow this brief talk. 
Ageratum, the best variety is the new 
Fraserii; Alternanthera, Sweet Alyssum, 
Amaryllis, Antirrhinum or snap-dragon, 
Baby’s Breath (annual Gypsophilla), 
Bachelor’s Button (Cenaura cyanus), 
Balsams, which includes Impatiens; Be¬ 
gonia, Caladiums, the fancy-leaved vari¬ 
eties are especially fine; Calendulas, Cal- 
las (RTchardia), Calliopsis, Candytuft, 
Cockscomb (Celosia), Chrysanthemums, 
English Daisies (Beilis), Daisies (mar¬ 
guerites or chrysanthemum frutescens), 
Shasta Dasies (leucanthemum), Coleus, 
Annual Delphinium or Larkspur, Dian- 
thus (this includes all the so-called pinks), 
Dimorphoteca, Eupatorium, Euphorbia, 
Forget-me-not (Myosotis—these require 
a moist shady location), Four-O’clock 
(Mirabilis), Freesias—both white and in 
colors, Funkia, Gaillardia-annual, Trans- 
vaael Daisy (Gerbera), Globe Amaranth 
(Gomphrena), Sunflowers (Helianthus), 
Straw flower (Helichrysum ), Lantana, 
Lilliums, several varieties; Lupins, Mari¬ 
gold (Tagetes), Mourning Bride (Scabi- 
osa), Pansy, Sweet Peas—the winter¬ 
flowering varieties are the only ones of 
value to us; Petunia, Phlox-annual, Pop¬ 
py, Salpiglogsis, Salvia, Stocks, Tuberose, 
Verbena, Vinca. 
Fletcher: (Paper) If I have missed 
any plants I would like for you to call 
them to my attention. 
Mr. Whitman: Did you mention the 
nasturtium ? 
Fletcher: Yes. 
Mrs. Whitman: Hibiscus? 
Fletcher: Yes. 
-: Did you mention sweet peas 
and violets? 
Fletcher: I think I had that down here. 
-: What are the requirements 
for growing the larger varieties of 
chrysanthemum ? 
Fletcher: I would say the first requi¬ 
site would be a glass house. I have tried 
for several years to grow them and I had 
nice stems and nice bulbs, but about time 
they start to open we get a shower and 
that turns the flowers black. 
-: Do you grow any asters ? 
Fletcher: No. I understand they do 
well on the East Coast. 
