The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . rors for him;in Summers heat and Winters cold he holds on theeven tenor of his way. his objective being atall times business. The accompanying portrait isthat of one of the best known traveling men ofNew York. Hairy A. Bunyard, representative ofA. T. Boddington. seedsman. He is in his bearskin coat, and at the time Vie posed for the photo-grapher was pursuing exotic bulb orders in the farNorthwest, when the temperature was 2S degree.*below zero. A hardy perennial, surely. Is th
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . rors for him;in Summers heat and Winters cold he holds on theeven tenor of his way. his objective being atall times business. The accompanying portrait isthat of one of the best known traveling men ofNew York. Hairy A. Bunyard, representative ofA. T. Boddington. seedsman. He is in his bearskin coat, and at the time Vie posed for the photo-grapher was pursuing exotic bulb orders in the farNorthwest, when the temperature was 2S degree.*below zero. A hardy perennial, surely. Is theAmprican horticultural drummer. 526 The Plori-sts* Hxchange HARDY POMPON CHRYSANTHEMUMS Has the tide turned in favor of tliehardy pompon chrysanthemum? Ithink so; at least, let us hope class of chrysanthemums wasfast disappearing from the beds andborders of our gardens. Their popu-larity seems to have been pushedaside that incoming tide of thelarge flo-vvering Japanese types ofgreenhouse cultivation. However, letthis setback be only temporary; let itgo no further. There is room in thegarden for Mrs. Vincent The flowers of the pompon typesare diminutive in size when comparedwith the mammoths of what we stylethe Japanese type; but their colorsare nevertheless as varied and as bril-liant. If their brilliancy in flowers were only half as vivid their time nfflowering would alone enable themto fill that niche in the floral calendarnot easily occupied by any otherplant. Flowering as they do in Fall,(October and November), and con-tinuing to produce blossoms some-times long after the hoary grip ofJack Frost has mown down most ofits contemporaries, what further re-commendation does it need to con-vince us of its value? It is not un-common to be able to gather good condition even after a slightfall of snoAv. Moreover, the plantsare of the easiest cultivation, enablingthem to come within the reach of alllovers of the garden. Start Right. This race of i-hi->
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