. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. BEDDING PLANS. Plan of flower garden at Lincoln Park, Chicago. who have followed such a course have had the best of success this season unless in the warmer states or south of New York and Philadelphia. Many err by planting tender nymph- seas too early, and not infrequently pur- chasers will order tender and hardy va- rieties to be shipped together, in this way saving a little on expressage but probably losing the tender varieties, or they may receive a check and never amount to anything during the season. All lov
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. BEDDING PLANS. Plan of flower garden at Lincoln Park, Chicago. who have followed such a course have had the best of success this season unless in the warmer states or south of New York and Philadelphia. Many err by planting tender nymph- seas too early, and not infrequently pur- chasers will order tender and hardy va- rieties to be shipped together, in this way saving a little on expressage but probably losing the tender varieties, or they may receive a check and never amount to anything during the season. All lovers of water lilies will learn by shipped 100 to 300 miles, the plants prob- ably arriving after the weather has mod- erated and the water is several degrees colder, what is the result? The plants lose several leaves and never regain their vigor from such a check and the plants are unsatisfactory. There is a difference, too, between the day flowering and niglnt flowering tender nymphaeas, the latter being more suscep- tible to a change of temperature in the early stages of growth. Day flowering nymphaeas will succeed and be very satis- phaeas is to buy tubers instead of plants; these may be planted where they are to remain. Truly they are small and in- significant, even started, comj-'ared to a plant grown in a 4 or 5-inch pot, but the chances are in favor of the tuber and there is the saving of express charges and probably the price of the plants as well as the annoyance and disappoint- ment of a faikire. Try a started tuber of the tender nymphaeas. This has been a trying season for those planting transported Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Florists Company. Chicago : American Florist Company
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