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VOL. 2 (KOM ESAE 
IT’S TIME FOR — 
August is the absolute deadline for 
warm-weather flowers from flats and small 
pots. If your early-planted borders are in 
their peak of summer bloom, that fact is 
itself a promise of the mangey look in 
September to be followed by nothing in 
October and November. Late summer 
planting always calls for 
a bit of ingenuity plus the 
casting aside of a few 
prejudices. By that we 
mean that you can't al- 
ways make use of the 
pastel color scheme at 
this season, and you can't 
be too upstage about 
‘common’ materials. 
It's too late to achieve 
success (usually) with 
China Asters and the soft 
June loveliness of Cam- 
bridge blue Lobelia, but 
you can still have a fine 
long display of tall yellow 
Marigolds (often bloom- 
ing until Christmas) edged 
with lavender-blue Ageratum or dwarf 
Marigolds. And dwarf (to two and one- 
half feet) Dahlias in four-inch pots just 
starting to bloom will fill a two-foot space 
(you can select them all the same color if 
you wish) and be showy from now through 
Chrysanthemum time. We've already called 
attention to extra-late flowering Mums 
which may be put in from plant bands 
until August 20. And Zinnias planted right 
now will go through October or a little 
longer. 
PERENNIALS in color in cans now in- 
clude Dianthus—have you seen the clear 
warm pink called Princess? Justicia (also 
known as Jacobinia), a rose pink-flowered 
shade shrub usually treated as a perennial 
here; tall yellow Verbascum; Salvia pitcheri, 
sky blue; Ceratastigma, blue, in three 
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RARE PLAN S re Eve me Y 
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Aechmea fascia direst Sicdlhi 
related to the pineapple, wits 
ing sword-like leaves and a startling flowé A 
which emerges from the center of the 
plant. This Bromeliad is native to Brazil 
where it grows somewhat in the manner 
of Orchids, lodged in tree trunks and 
branches high above the 
ground. In its natural hab- 
itat it is almost entirely 
epiphytic, which is to say 
it derives its nourishment 
from the humid jungle air 
augmented by ample 
rainfall. 
Long prized by the 
florists of Europe as a 
pot plant, Aechmea fas- 
ciata is to be seen in the 
outdoor stalls in France 
and Belgium every spring. 
The form and foliage of 
the plant are extremely 
decorative, but the flow- 
AECHMEA FASCIATA er, which is in the form 
of a stylized pine cone of 
soft pink, studded with pale blue jewels, 
has the surprising property of enduring in 
good condition for five or six months, a 
near record for any kind of flowering 
subject. 
Although this Bromeliad has been known 
and admired by horticulturists in this coun- 
try for many years, it is still quite rare and 
rather difficult to obtain. We have suc- 
cessfully grown the plant out-of-doors un- 
der lath for many years, both in pots and 
in the earth. But only within the last few 
months have we ever had a sufficient stock 
to offer Aechmea fasciata for sale. We 
endeavor to have one blooming plant on 
hand at all times to demonstrate its unique 
charm, and we feel sure you would be 
interested in seeing it. Four-inch pots, $5. 
