Chicago AMERICAN BULB CO. New York 
Summer Cut Flowers 
Many florists could have a continuous supply of cutflowers from their own gardens throughout the sum¬ 
mer if they would take the time to plan for this in advance. Each year you no doubt use some one or 
more new flowers which find ready appeal and sale to your customers. And yet many of the best, the most 
easily salable are seldom available on the market. This applies to both annual and perennial flowers. 
w . ANNUALS USEFUL FOR CUTTING 
New Marigold "Harmony" 
A Desirable Annual for Cutting 
For Our Complete List oi 
Perennial Seeds 
See Pages 38 to 44 
Perennial Plants 
We Issue a Special Catalogue of 
Perennial Plants, Hardy Chrysanthemums, 
Delphinium, Gypsophila 
and All Worth-While Florists* Kinds 
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"The Florist-Grower's Book of the Hour" 
Frit* Bahr's "Commercial Floriculture" is a book 
every beginner should read and study, for him 
it means obtaining information vital toward 
success. 
It's of equal value to the experienced grower, 
as it contains the best, most up-to-date cultural 
methods for plant and cutflower crops for both 
under glass and outdoors. 
The price is $5.00 per copy, postpaid for cash 
with order or postage extra on charge orders. 
An annual must have more than pleasing form 
and color to be a good cutting flower. There 
are two other points to consider: its keeping 
qualities and length of stem. Attractive foliage 
is desirable in a good cutting flower, but not 
essential. Fragrance is more or less of sec¬ 
ondary consideration. Nevertheless, it is bet¬ 
ter to have flowers entirely lacking in smell 
than possessed of "garden halitosis." The 
marigolds have been objectionable to many per¬ 
sons because of their strong, pungent odor. 
Now Nature and the plant breeders, working 
co-operatively, have virtually eliminated that 
racial fault in such new and greatly improved 
forms of African marigold as "Guinea Gold" 
and "Yellow Supreme." Every cutting garden 
or list of annuals for cutting purposes really 
should have one or both of these novelties. 
"Yellow Supreme" is the latest—All-American 
gold medalist for 1934. Both "Yellow Supreme" 
and "Guinea Gold" are splendid for bouquets, 
particularly when used with blue flowers. (The 
new marigold "Harmony" illustrated on. this 
page is also recommended.) 
Which introduces the questions of blue-flowered 
cutting annuals, never very plentiful. There are 
the Giant Imperial Larkspur, Blue Spire and 
Lilac Queen, marked advancements over the 
old stock-flowered type; Nigella, Miss Jekyll; 
there is a lovely azure blue newcomer in the 
large-flowered Scabiosas "Azure Fairy"; and 
last, but not least, there is the annual An- 
chusa, "Blue Bird." If no other blue flowers 
were available, this glorious introduction from 
Old England would be sufficient. The blooms 
resemble giant sprays of forget-me-nots of the 
most vivid indigo blue. They last an exception¬ 
ally long time and the oftener they are cut, 
the more new flowers appear. 
Annual Chrysanthemums 
Easily grown, blooming from mid-summer on 
and possessing a charming compatibility when 
used with other flowers, the French marguer¬ 
ites or annual chrysanthemums merit greater 
consideration than they have received from 
many Canadian gardeners. Two varieties of 
especial value are "Morning Star," pale prim¬ 
rose, and "Northern Star," white with yellow 
center and dark disc. 
With the annual chrysanthemums might be 
grouped the "Gaillardias" and "Rudbeckias," 
ensuring an abundance of long-stemmed, showy 
flowers for use in bold decorative effects. 
If perennial Gypsophila or Baby's Breath is not 
available in a garden, the annual variety is al¬ 
most another indispensable. A few airy sprays 
of Gypsophila simplify the arrangement of other 
flowers. As one writer has said, the other 
flowers only require to be inserted among the 
Gypsophila sprays to make a pretty bouquet. 
The annual Gypsophila may be had in white, 
rose and cream. 
"Statice," or Sea Lavender, is invaluable also 
in flower arrangements, lending grace and 
freedom to a bouquet. 
In Zinnias, the chrysanthemum-flowered varie¬ 
ty, "Fantasy," another all-American selection 
for 1934; the "Scabious-flowered" form introduced 
a few years ago, and the "Crown o' Gold" 
strain are recommended for cutting flowers. 
The flowers of "Fantasy" bear a resemblance 
to shaggy, bright-colored chrysanthemums. 
They get away from the stiff, rather woody 
appearance of the more orthodox types of 
Zinnias. 
Poppies are useful; the "Shirley" variety will 
last well if care is always taken to burn the 
ends of the stems before placing them in cold 
water. The Shirley poppy is one of the loveli¬ 
est of all annuals; a sowing as late as July 
10 will give plenty of flowers. In fact, three 
sowings a season may well be made. For ship¬ 
ping, none of the poppies are to be recom¬ 
mended, but for local selling they are fine. All 
annuals, of course, prefer a generous soil and 
constant cultivation and in extremely dry 
weather watering is helpful. It is easy, how¬ 
ever, to overdo this, especially on Zinnias and 
Calendulas. 
A perusal of the following pages will no doubt 
suggest many other desirable cutflower annuals 
as well as PERENNIALS. 
Asparagus .12 
Begonia Bulbs.47 
Begonia Seed .15 
Book, Fritz Bahr's . 2 
Bulbs, Miscellaneous .47-48 
Caladiums .48 
Cannas .48 
Carnations . 57 
INDEX OF CONTENTS OF THIS CATALOGUE 
Chrysanthemums .57 
Cyclamen .19 
Dahlias .49 
Flower Seeds (Alphabetically).2 to 44 
Gladiolus.50-54 
Gloxinias .48 
Hardy Perennial Plants.61-62 
Lawn Grass Seed.46 
Lilies .55-56 
Lily-of-the-Valley .48 
Miscellaneous Plants .58-59-60 
Roses .59-60 
Terms of Business.1 
Tuberoses .48 
Vegetable Seeds .45-46 
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