. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 988 The American Florist. lune J, crease rapidly by offsets, and the larger ones are far better than one can im- port from Holland. The English iris flower is later than the Spanish and are stronger flowers; it is well when planting outdoors to combine the two in some way to get the prolonged sea- son. One has to be careful when buy- ing these to avoid the olive-brown tints as these are not pleasing to many peo- ple, but the clear white, blue and yel- low seen in the other varieties are most pleasing, especially w
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 988 The American Florist. lune J, crease rapidly by offsets, and the larger ones are far better than one can im- port from Holland. The English iris flower is later than the Spanish and are stronger flowers; it is well when planting outdoors to combine the two in some way to get the prolonged sea- son. One has to be careful when buy- ing these to avoid the olive-brown tints as these are not pleasing to many peo- ple, but the clear white, blue and yel- low seen in the other varieties are most pleasing, especially when we see a vase of one color nicely arranged. These iris seem to do well in our heavy clay soil when it was supposed a sandy well drained loam was essential. There are surprises every year to those who have pre-conceived ideas, and the fortunate one is he that can change, or rearrange his notions so that they may be of use to him later on. This is an essential in horticulture. It may be with reason said that this talk on bulbs is not in keeping with a series on herbaceous plants, but when we realize how much is due in the way of decorative value each spring to the bulbs, it would be a bare garden with- out them. The three kinds named are by no means all of value, as much more could be said about the scillas, chiono- doxas, puschkinias, snowdrops, ery- throniums and others, all of which come and go before the tulips begin. All of these are best naturalized in grass that need not be cut with the lawn mower early in the year. Their foliage matures in summer and this must be allowed to grow or the bulbs soon lose vitality. We have made the mistake in the past of planting these little bulbs too deeji to avoid frost. This was a wrong reasoning, for frost does not hurt them and we cannot avoid its action except by too great a covering for the good of the roots. Let them take their chance in the woods or semi- wild garden spots with the trilliums and hepaticas, and they will be har-
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