. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 524 The American Floris-t. yune IS, is very thick, strong and well marked, like rugosa. The rose is very hardy and blooms incessantly from late in May until frost kills the leaves. The leaves seem to be absolutely impervious to insects. There is no doubt that this will be an admirable outdoor rose, its vigor, hardiness and incessant blooming are the qualities that will make it popular. Offers have already been made for the stock, but Mr. Carman wishes to see how it will behave for another season. It is as yet unna
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 524 The American Floris-t. yune IS, is very thick, strong and well marked, like rugosa. The rose is very hardy and blooms incessantly from late in May until frost kills the leaves. The leaves seem to be absolutely impervious to insects. There is no doubt that this will be an admirable outdoor rose, its vigor, hardiness and incessant blooming are the qualities that will make it popular. Offers have already been made for the stock, but Mr. Carman wishes to see how it will behave for another season. It is as yet unnamed. One of the most re- markable things about the rose is that such parentage should produce this vivid crimson. Another plant in the same strain had a single five-petaled flower. The base of the petals was pale yellow, forming a ring around the corolla; next to this was a band of pink, while the remainder of the petal was pure white, thus giving a distinct banded tricolored flower. This plant had eleven very small leaflets. Railroad bedding seems to be on the increase, most of the suburban roads are making a good display this year. Much of the bedding was injured by the cold storms of the last week in May, the plants being in many cases much knocked about. A good deal of the bedding stuff was rather feeble to begin with, and it soon becomes the worse for wear in a gale of wind and rain. Ipomsa Learii, now known by the popular name of Blue Dawn, is a very attractive member of its family—beats the ordinary blue morning glory com- pletely. Its color is a very clear, lively blue and it seems to possess all the vir- tues we look for in the family. Fine strains of poppies will be found very useful through the summer for cut- ting, as well as for making a handsome bed. Several of the improved strains are specially handsome, and they pro- vide a mass of fine blooms all through midsummer. A good many of these familiar flowers are coming more into vogue; people think more of them tha
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