. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Mrs. ?William W. Edgar, Waverly, Mass wanted. The larger amount of the plants will not be in demand until later and by that time the pots will be full of roots and a constant bloom- ing plant will be assured. There may be some small, shapely plants in the field that will do for winter blooming; if so they should be lifted and potted, but they will not bloom as well as the pot plants grown for this purpose. Delphiniums for Town Gardens. At one time, and that not so very far distant, owners of gardens in towns or wi
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Mrs. ?William W. Edgar, Waverly, Mass wanted. The larger amount of the plants will not be in demand until later and by that time the pots will be full of roots and a constant bloom- ing plant will be assured. There may be some small, shapely plants in the field that will do for winter blooming; if so they should be lifted and potted, but they will not bloom as well as the pot plants grown for this purpose. Delphiniums for Town Gardens. At one time, and that not so very far distant, owners of gardens in towns or within their baleful influences were inclined to place a somewhat severe limit upftn the ornamental flowering plants suitable for cultivation in Hence in the past many town gardens lacked the interest and the attractive- ness that they might, and indeed should, have possessed. Now a great change has been effected in the views of those who have to indulge their taste for horticulture under the condi- tions that obtain where space is limited and the atmospheric conditions are not particularly favorable to plant life, and the owners of a town garden who are well acquainted with the free-growing hardy plants include in their selections many additional plants of great beauty. We may indeed find in some gardens that are more or less favorably situ- ated, large and beautiful displays of roses, which by so many rose lovers were at one time regarded as an im- possibility. The greatest advances have been made with the herbaceous plants that are free in flowering and liossess a robust constitution, such, for instance, as those to which reference is now being made. • A fuller acquaintance with the cul- tural requirements of hardy plants has unquestionably contributed to their be- ing planted more extensively in gardens in which the conditions are not spe- cially favorable to their attaining their full development. In the country, where the occupants enjoy plenty of space, an
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