. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. (640 The American Florist, May 23, from one pod of seed under favorable conditions hundreds of plants will result, there is no real necessity for it to produce so much seed, and as is generally under- stood, when a plant seeds freely, it is at the expense of freedom of growth or bloom. One of the reasons for the free- dom of bloom of Gloire de Lorraine is because it refuses to produce seed, for so far as publicly known fertile seed has not been secured; so that if we could breed a class from the semperflorens type
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. (640 The American Florist, May 23, from one pod of seed under favorable conditions hundreds of plants will result, there is no real necessity for it to produce so much seed, and as is generally under- stood, when a plant seeds freely, it is at the expense of freedom of growth or bloom. One of the reasons for the free- dom of bloom of Gloire de Lorraine is because it refuses to produce seed, for so far as publicly known fertile seed has not been secured; so that if we could breed a class from the semperflorens type which did not produce so much seed, it ought in the natural order of things to be very much superior to anything so far gener- ally known. It has been said that the semperflorens make the most satisfac- tory plants from seed, still it has been proven that equally as good plants have been raised from cuttings. Care must, however, be taken, if the best success is to be attained, in the selection of a cut- ting to see that a growth bud is at the base of the same instead ol a flowering bud. B. gracilis is quite similar to Erfordii. It has the advantage, so it is said, over the latter variety by coming compara- tively true from seed. Without knowing positively the origin of gracilis, it is quite possible that its tendency to come com- paratively true from seed Has been brought about by selection and has now become fixed. For it is understood scientifically that by careful and intelli- gent selection any type may be fixed to less or more extent if persistently perse- vered with. If the type producing yellow leaves were taken in hand until a sun proof race is fixed a valuable addition to our outdoor decorative plants would soon be, I firmly believe, a matter of record. Zulu King as now existing and Klondyke Queen, yet to be produced, ought to make a sufficiently pronounced contrast to strike the popular fancy in many parts of this great country with the varied tastes, influential env
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