. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. I goo. The American Florist. loAT. heavy. Plenty of room, say an inch and a half is allowed for watering, as well as a top-dressing later. A good soaking is given, and then they are left to dry out, taking probably four to five days, after- wards watering sparingly until the roots are well developed. Since sending my opinion on Mr. Gallagher's sport of W. H. Chadwick, which appeared in the American Florist of March 17, I have had a side stem of the latter variety bloom, and it is per- fectly reflexed. It seems to
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. I goo. The American Florist. loAT. heavy. Plenty of room, say an inch and a half is allowed for watering, as well as a top-dressing later. A good soaking is given, and then they are left to dry out, taking probably four to five days, after- wards watering sparingly until the roots are well developed. Since sending my opinion on Mr. Gallagher's sport of W. H. Chadwick, which appeared in the American Florist of March 17, I have had a side stem of the latter variety bloom, and it is per- fectly reflexed. It seems to me it might happen to some varieties vphen the shoots have been injured, and -which afterwards develop late side buds. I have also had a letter from Alfred Wingett, gardener to Chas. Lanier, of Lenox, Mass., who states that he had a plant of John Shrimpton (crimson reflexed) among a batch, all taken from one and his only stock plant, vrhich came perfectly incurved. He adds that it is impossible he could have made a mistake, as he had nothing like this sport, and there is nothing known to him in cultivation like it. T. D. Hatfield. FLOWERS AND PLANTS AT FUNERALS—AT THE HOUSE. Flowers and Plants at Funerals. The accompanying illustrations show an arrangement of plants for a funeral. The first arrangement was at the house. Under the center and foot of the casket are adiantum ferns from which Aspara- gus tenuissimus is trained, some sprays shading from green to light yellow. Nearer the head are ornamental grasses, white, yellow and green, with delicate plume-like flowers of lavender. The cor- ner is built with nephrolepis ferns and two varieties of tree fern, alsophilas and cibotiums, with a large spray of euca- lyptus, with its metalic gray-green enlivened with some choice sprays of stephanotis, which are cut and kept fresh by having the ends in bottles of water which are wired onto stems of the ferns and concealed from view. A banana about ten feet tall tops the whole. The lowe
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