. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 326 The American Florist. Sept. 12, lovely deep crimson. N. Bisseti is a paler red and N. Mrs. C. W. Ward is a liglit reddish purple. N. Wm. Stone is a lovely light blue, a full cojru- leau tint that is very satisfying to the eye and altogether they are a very beautiful collection well worth a visit. Among the hardy varieties of N. Marliacea, Aurora, red shaded rosy white. Alba, white, Car- uea flesh colored, and Chromatella creamy yellow, were noted in fiower a so N tuberosea Richardsoni and N. lucida. Th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 326 The American Florist. Sept. 12, lovely deep crimson. N. Bisseti is a paler red and N. Mrs. C. W. Ward is a liglit reddish purple. N. Wm. Stone is a lovely light blue, a full cojru- leau tint that is very satisfying to the eye and altogether they are a very beautiful collection well worth a visit. Among the hardy varieties of N. Marliacea, Aurora, red shaded rosy white. Alba, white, Car- uea flesh colored, and Chromatella creamy yellow, were noted in fiower a so N tuberosea Richardsoni and N. lucida. These do not make quite so fine a show as the tender kinds but are very beauti- ^^The herbaceous beds are still showy, many of the best late flowering peren- nials being still in full beauty. Lobelia cardinalis is fine and there are many choice varieties of the tall phloxes. Se^ dum spectabile is in good shape the large heads of rosy pink flowers being attractive. Tritonias are making a good ^how and the cleomes. red and white, with the graceful heads of flowers are m-ettv The little Aster ptarmicoides is flowerinlants including Acalypha Sander- iana in good The large plants of Anthurium crystallinum are in excel- lent health and there are several very fine specimens of Boston and other ferns. The bedding in the flower garden in front of the greenhouses is in 'splendid condition now. Possibly the most strik- ing of all the beds are those devoted to coxcombs, Celosia cristata. The plants are dwarf and the combs are superb in color, the richest we have seen for a very long time, and they attract a great deal of attention. Other beds have the cen- ters treated with finely colored Celosia pyramidalis, yellow and red. and the outer rows with C. cristata, and these, too, are very showy. A bed of the old Gomphre- na globosa is distinct and pretty, while the canna beds fringing the east and west sides of the garden ai-e showy in the ex- treme. The geranium beds are very
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