. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iSSg. The American Florist. 109. [^UORQUtON SPlC\05k. [Stl VikGi \\3.] assemblage—for the features revealed by close aciiaaintance, not merely the strong lines seen from afar. It was won by the true test of long familiarity instead of "at first sight" by fascinating novelty. The general aspect of mixed borders of bulbs, annuals, perennials and sweet smelling herbs, or of miscellaneous col- lections of favorite flowers in rectangular panels, was not so neat and trim as clipped beds of fancy forms on shave
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. iSSg. The American Florist. 109. [^UORQUtON SPlC\05k. [Stl VikGi \\3.] assemblage—for the features revealed by close aciiaaintance, not merely the strong lines seen from afar. It was won by the true test of long familiarity instead of "at first sight" by fascinating novelty. The general aspect of mixed borders of bulbs, annuals, perennials and sweet smelling herbs, or of miscellaneous col- lections of favorite flowers in rectangular panels, was not so neat and trim as clipped beds of fancy forms on shaven lawns; but all the season through, from the first snowdrop to the latest aster, each day brought another flower into bloom, and an ever changing phase in the annual growth of each plant to ma- turity. Our chief foliage plants in this latitude do not last quite four months, and their general aspect is the same from the first day to the last, except only ia the density of the foliage, or a slight increase of color. Color apart, a bed of pot herbs has less sameness throughout the season, while the fragrance their leaves exhale is a constant source of pleasure n:ore refined than can be given through the eye by any variegated leaves, however finely veined, stained, mottled, spotted or sp'ashed. To the true lover of flowers high color either in leaf or li'.ossDm is but one of many points of interest. The habit of growth from the swelling bud to the fading leaf may be a greater source of enjoyment, or the fra- grance of the bloom may be the chief attraction as in sweet alyssum, migno- nette, heliotrope, violet and lily of the valley. Wflere the interest lies chiefly in the foliage such bedding plants as give a tropical luxuriance of growth are surely a finer sight thin any mixture of the carpet bedding class. Various kinds of canna, caladium, aralia and castor oil plant are commonly used in such beds, but there are many others of like char- acter. Their rapid growth aud great size
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