. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I20 BULIyETlN 128. variety named after Rev. C W. Bolton is typical of a race of plants to be used for bedding which ought to be developed in America. Triomphe de Solferbio has a thick stem which cuts like timber. One has to cut down nearly the whole plant and trim off the coarse, clumsy foliage in order to get two or three flowers, which are, after all, only vegetable curiosities and will not go into a vase. Rev. C. W. Bolton has a multitude of medium-si
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I20 BULIyETlN 128. variety named after Rev. C W. Bolton is typical of a race of plants to be used for bedding which ought to be developed in America. Triomphe de Solferbio has a thick stem which cuts like timber. One has to cut down nearly the whole plant and trim off the coarse, clumsy foliage in order to get two or three flowers, which are, after all, only vegetable curiosities and will not go into a vase. Rev. C. W. Bolton has a multitude of medium-sized flowers on long, slender stems just right for cutting. Three big flowers on a little plant distract the attention as would individual squashes, or pumpkins. Pompons have a unity of effect in their multitude of detail; and midget and lilliputian are prettier words than humpbacked dwarf. 4. The cactus varieties often have a trick of hiding their flowers under the leaves. This is no great calamity in the case of old fashioned bedders like Tri- omphe de Solferino. Here Rev. C. (Fig. 31) is again the type and the ideal, its many slender stems raising the flowers. 31.—Rev. C. W. Bolton. Flower naturally four inches in diameter. above the foliage. 5. The whorled effect in Priscilla, Blumenfalter and others, must be pretty and novel to those who know only the old-time dahlias. Their so-called quilled rays are arranged in a circular or rotary fashion which gives a certain neatness and mock-mili- tary precision that is often pretty and attractive, particularly in young flowers, as in children playing Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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