. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 756 The American Florist. May 4, Morning Glories. Morning glories, tents of purple, Stretched on bars of creamy white. Folding up their satin curtains Inward through the dewy night. —Ethel Lynn Beers. Since 1629, when it was discovered in tropical America, the common morning glory, Ipomcea purpurea, has given pleas- ure to a mukitude of people. It is a hardy annual, easily satisfied as to soil and position and a persistent lodger when once introduced. A case is known where plants kept coming up, although they had
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 756 The American Florist. May 4, Morning Glories. Morning glories, tents of purple, Stretched on bars of creamy white. Folding up their satin curtains Inward through the dewy night. —Ethel Lynn Beers. Since 1629, when it was discovered in tropical America, the common morning glory, Ipomcea purpurea, has given pleas- ure to a mukitude of people. It is a hardy annual, easily satisfied as to soil and position and a persistent lodger when once introduced. A case is known where plants kept coming up, although they had not been allowed to bloom for 10 years. It is a splendid plant to grow over wood piles, back fences, or to hide any unsightly object. A single plant ramb- ling over a strong-growing shrub will produce a charming and dainty effect. The more recently introduced Japanese species give larger flowers and a greater range of color, and some forms produce variegated leaves. The loveliest of all the family, to my mind, is Ipomoea rubro coerulea, an ever- green climber from southern Mexico. This is grown largely in CaHfornia, where the long season of sunshine and heat are favorable to its habit of growth and where it is known as the Heavenly blue morning glory. In a less favorable climate, when gro-^n under ordinary conditions, it spends the summer season in extended growth and the frost catches it before it blooms freely. It is too handsome a flower to be cheated out of so, acting upon the well known fact that confining the roots of many plants hasten their flowering 1 grow my plants in a sunken box, making the drainage holes small, so that venturesome roots are restricted in their explorations. I soak the seeds, and start them in the greenhouse. W. C. Egan. THE RETAIL TRADE Art in Plant and Flower. A paper read by James I. Donlan at the monthly meeting of the Tarry town Horticultural Society, February 26, 1907. Knowing much of the individual abili- ties and great work done by members
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