. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoS. The American Florist. 49. Jules Calot. Felix Crousse. Dorchester. SOME FAVORITE PEONIES AT VAUGHANS NURSERIES, 'WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. The Modern Gladiolus. CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS. The questions of climate and season for planting in all countries must be deter- mined by existing local conditions, as no rigid rule can be laid down that could be followed inflexibly in various alti- tudes, with local peculiarities of soil and natural drainage conditions existing in all parts of the world, and often these di- vers
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoS. The American Florist. 49. Jules Calot. Felix Crousse. Dorchester. SOME FAVORITE PEONIES AT VAUGHANS NURSERIES, 'WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. The Modern Gladiolus. CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS. The questions of climate and season for planting in all countries must be deter- mined by existing local conditions, as no rigid rule can be laid down that could be followed inflexibly in various alti- tudes, with local peculiarities of soil and natural drainage conditions existing in all parts of the world, and often these di- verse influences exist within very limited areas. It will be suflicient to say that my com- posite hybrids are bred for the purpose of meeting such diverse and conflicting situ- ations, and further that they are devel- oped on four dift'erent soils, for the pur- pose of rendering them capable of meet- ing the shock of local and changed con- ditions. The first effect is produced by scientific hybridization in which desirable vital forces aro transmitted from wild species of many and differing qualities, inherited from ages of restrictive environ- ment. It would not be possible for me to produce such results from the off- spring of any one wild species in view of the well-known restrictions referred to. but I have been able to transfer the de- sirable qualities of several species to in- dividual types from which objectionable peculiarities have been eliminated. The quality of adaptability to these changed conditions of soil has been fixed by development on four sections of my farm selected for this purpose, sandy, sandy loam, clay loam and humus or vegetable deposit, and the influence of this treatment has been proven by matur- ing on a special breeding section where not only tlieir racial characteristics could be transmitted iu hybridization, but their adaptability to change proven before us- ing for this purpose. The gladiolus is not exacting in its demands upon the I have g
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