. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 873. PHLOX RICHARD -WALLACE. Growing at Highland Park. Rochosttr. N. Y. growth. Perennial phloxes generally deteriorate after three years, when it is necessary to lift the clumps and break them up into a number of di- visions and replant in well enriched soil. German irises, pyrethrums, del- phiniums, perennial asters and heli- anthus, boUonias, funkias, hemero- callis, Japanese, polyanthus, and com- mon primroses should all be lifted, divided and replanted wherever they have been showi
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 873. PHLOX RICHARD -WALLACE. Growing at Highland Park. Rochosttr. N. Y. growth. Perennial phloxes generally deteriorate after three years, when it is necessary to lift the clumps and break them up into a number of di- visions and replant in well enriched soil. German irises, pyrethrums, del- phiniums, perennial asters and heli- anthus, boUonias, funkias, hemero- callis, Japanese, polyanthus, and com- mon primroses should all be lifted, divided and replanted wherever they have been showing signs of retro- gression. The best time to lift, divide, and replant primroses, however, is when they are through blooming and have partially gone to rest, which, with most of the primroses hardy with us, is midsummer or late summer. Early spring is a good time to break up and multiply the ornamental grasses, such as the eulalias, erianthus, arundo and pampas grass. All these grasses should be planted in con- ditions where there is an abundance ot moisture and where there is no tendency for the soil at their roots to be dry even in mid-summer. These different grasses frequently present a stunted appearance in many orna- mental grounds from being planted m too dry soil. We cover the pampas grass with a deep mulching of leaves to exclude all frost, and it does nicely ^"^h "3- JOHN Dunbar. Tells Jawsmlths lo Quit. Milwaukee, Wis.—"We have created too many non-producers, that is the principal thing that is the matter with the country," said F. D. Underwood of New York, president of the Erie, in talking about the present cry of high prices. "If all the jawsmlths and sen- sational papers would shut up for a while we would soon be on a normal basis. "The unspecialized men are having a hard time just now. I can remem- ber the time right here when people used to take their hay, their wood and eggs into Milwaukee and then could not get anything for thei
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