. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. THE BOOK OF GARDENING. and foliage is injurious. The fancier should also place some nice green moss on the surface of the soil in the pots. The truss should be supported by means of a neat stick, and when a careful arrangement is made, a very pretty effect is produced. Show Varieties.—A prize group is shown at Fig. 28, and the following is a list of the six best show varieties at present in cultivation in each class of this section : Green-Edged.—Rev. F. D. Horner (Simonite); Abbe Liszt (Douglas) ; Prince of Greens (
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. THE BOOK OF GARDENING. and foliage is injurious. The fancier should also place some nice green moss on the surface of the soil in the pots. The truss should be supported by means of a neat stick, and when a careful arrangement is made, a very pretty effect is produced. Show Varieties.—A prize group is shown at Fig. 28, and the following is a list of the six best show varieties at present in cultivation in each class of this section : Green-Edged.—Rev. F. D. Horner (Simonite); Abbe Liszt (Douglas) ; Prince of Greens (Trail); Mrs. Henwood (Barlow) ; Freedom (Booth); and Shirley Hibberd (Simonite). Grey-Edged.—George Lightbody (Headly) ; Lancashire Hero (Lancashire) ; Marmion (Douglas); Richard Headly (Lightbody) ; Frank (Simonite) ; and Mabel (Douglas). Wkite-Edged. —Acme (Read) ; Conservative (Douglas) ; John Si- monite (Walker); Mrs. Dod-well (Woodhead); Smiling Beauty (Heap); and Ne Plus Ultra (Smith). Selfs.— Black Bess (Woodhead) ; Heroine (Horner); Mrs. Potts (Barlow) ; Sapphire (Horner) ; Buttercup (Horner) ; and Ruby (Simonite). Alike in the Show and the Alpine sec- tions, some very fine varieties have been in- troduced within recent years; but it takes a Fig. 29.—Alpine Auricula Apollo. long time before they can be sent out after being exhibited. It is best therefore to enumerate those only that can be obtained by purchase through the usual trade channels. Two excellent and very promising new varieties in the Alpine section are Apollo (Douglas) (Fig. 29) and Melaine (Douglas) (Fig. 30).. 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 Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
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