Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . That quality of the Trumpet Vinewhich leads it to produce its clustersof splendid flowers for a long seasonin midsummer,—a season when tree andshrub flowers of all kinds are veryscarce,—all the more commends theplant for the purpose thing in favor of the plant isits hardiness, for it is a native foundfrom Illinois and Pennsylvania southwards,although succeeding in cultivation much farthernorth. .Young plants of this vine can bebought for 35 or .50 cents each of almost
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . That quality of the Trumpet Vinewhich leads it to produce its clustersof splendid flowers for a long seasonin midsummer,—a season when tree andshrub flowers of all kinds are veryscarce,—all the more commends theplant for the purpose thing in favor of the plant isits hardiness, for it is a native foundfrom Illinois and Pennsylvania southwards,although succeeding in cultivation much farthernorth. .Young plants of this vine can bebought for 35 or .50 cents each of almost everynurseryman, and of many florists as well. stricted, and never let a Marigold or Sunfloweror other heavy annual be broken down forwant of a stick in time to bear it up. As Igrow annuals very largely for cut flowers, Illjust tell you my own practice with them: In August I sow Pansies. In September orOctober plant them some 0 by 3 inches in acold frame, where they remain over winter; inApril plant them out into other frames, or insunny places for early, or shady places for lateblooms Annuals for Cut Flowers. WILLIAM FALCONER, GLEN COVE, N. Y. It is only reasonable to expect that everygarden shall teem with flowers from April tillOctober. We begin with Snowdrops andCrocuses; Hyacinths, Tulips, and TriUiumscheer our hearts in spring; we enter summerwith Bleeding Hearts and Oriental Poppies;gorgeous Ku^mpfer Irises, Hollyhocks, andPhloxes brighten up our yards in summershottest weather; Japanese Anemones, Tricyrtisand autumn Crocuses yield us flowers in to these a host of tender auxiliaries in theway of Dahlias, Gladioluses and the like, andour garden should be gay enough. But thegreatest auxiliary of all is the crop of we can have in <iuantity from May tillNovember, beginning with Pansies and Col-liusias of last falls sowing, and ending withPot Marigolds and Sweet Alyssum whensnow obliterates them from our sight. But no matter how bri
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