. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ill l;tr;;i' uiiilifls. Thcy aio sweetly scciitcil, .iii'l [)iir(i \vliit(! in color. Tho il'h-t ioiiMiics th:it <|Uotc stevias refer to tlK'iii .-IS j;r(M'iili()iis(' licrbaeeoiis peren , liut S. serruta is jfrovvii in tho i;iiit('(| States as an annual (the trade hy cuttinj^'s taken in spring from uM stools.—Kil.). Some twenty yc.'trs ;i-io 1 tried tlie plant, and was niiK h (diarnied with it, \<at 1 recall that it (lowcre(l rather late in the year, tlue to the fact that it was not hustled aioii^r in lieat at the start. I
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ill l;tr;;i' uiiilifls. Thcy aio sweetly scciitcil, .iii'l [)iir(i \vliit(! in color. Tho il'h-t ioiiMiics th:it <|Uotc stevias refer to tlK'iii .-IS j;r(M'iili()iis(' licrbaeeoiis peren , liut S. serruta is jfrovvii in tho i;iiit('(| States as an annual (the trade hy cuttinj^'s taken in spring from uM stools.—Kil.). Some twenty yc.'trs ;i-io 1 tried tlie plant, and was niiK h (diarnied with it, \<at 1 recall that it (lowcre(l rather late in the year, tlue to the fact that it was not hustled aioii^r in lieat at the start. It can, I bolicve, he flowered under to make merits with it. (Considering it was found in Mexico, as far hack aa ITlt'.t, it is sniprisin^ tiiat it has h<'en o\('rlo(de looking to America for novelties other than car- nations. A glance through any list of hardy plants (iisrlos(>s the fact that many are natives of various parts of America, so that one may reasonably expect Americans to do something in the novelty line. Ileleniums Riverton Beauty and Riverton .lewel are items we are all familiar with. These hail from Dreer's, wlier(> they have in re- cent years pushed hardy flowers for all they are worth. Last year this con- cern sent out a phlox named W. C. Egan, a '?(\'il tip toppei'. and this sea- son I am trying out :inotlier' addition named Riverton .Jewel, said to he an iinpioved Asia. Thoi', a dtM>p salmon, is another. "Hardy saUias -AVi' attrarting the at- tention of the Americans. A new foiiii nanu'd uliginosa is being rerommended. It grows like_:jizurea, but is nion' husiiy and taller. S. Greggii, the red form, alieady is making headway oxer here, hut so far 1 ha\e not seen S. I'itclieri listed. I ;nn trying out this \ariet_\'. whiidi hears gentian blue llowers. It is curious that the Texas species, S. Greggii. should have been neglected. Fully forty years ago it was tested un- der glass, with ]»oor rsults, and not un- til its merits as a bord
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