. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 524 The American Florist. April 15, used they become flattened so that the branches will not sprawl out into the row when set. As to the method of gathering the flowers, pulling them from the vines is the easiest, quickest and best way. Flowers picked in this manner keep longer than those whose stems are cut. After a little practice it is only rarely that the vines are torn. From my own experience the past season, I would especially recommend the following newer varieties of sweet peas: Lady Grisel Hamilton, super
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 524 The American Florist. April 15, used they become flattened so that the branches will not sprawl out into the row when set. As to the method of gathering the flowers, pulling them from the vines is the easiest, quickest and best way. Flowers picked in this manner keep longer than those whose stems are cut. After a little practice it is only rarely that the vines are torn. From my own experience the past season, I would especially recommend the following newer varieties of sweet peas: Lady Grisel Hamilton, superior to Countess of Kadnor in color and size of flower; Josephine White, an extra early and continuous bloomer; Lovely, better color, form and substance than Kath- erine Tracy; Miss Willmott, the larg- est and finest of the orange-salmons; Jeanie Gordon, large and fine flower and productive; Florence Fraser, no larger flower than Blanche Ferry, but superior in length of stem. Akthur W. Higgins. and accompanying them is one of a Japanese variety, Hinodekiri, which gave excellent satisfaction to the New York trade for Easter last year. Hinodekiri is crimson, slightly lighter in tint than Firefly. As the picture shows, the flower is less campanulate in form than Firefly. It is a very pro- fuse bloomer and is said to be hardy— more so than the well-known amoena. An ordinary bloom of Simon Mardner is shown in one of the pictures in order that the comparative size of the bloom ? may be clearly perceived. The Japan- ese are sending over a white-flowered companion for Hinodekiri, named Shir- agiri, and a pink-pencilled one named Azuma-Shibori. In Japan, Azalea amcena is known as Hatzugeri. Dwarf G-rowlng Azaleas. The dwarf growing azaleas of which Firefly is a widely known example have been gaining rapidly in popularity as Easter plants in New Tork and other floral centers. So great has the demand in this country become that all the sources of supply of this brilliant crim- son and th
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