. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. (Expemhr.) old plants give me the finest branches of bloom. It is also known as C. Canari- ensesvar. racemosus. Balfour's Clerodkndron.—Planted out in a warm greenhouse—winter-night temperature about 65°—run up a pillar and then along a wire under the ridge- plate we have an old specimen. I used to cut it hard back in August and keep it dry at the root for flowers at Christinas. But last year I did not cut it back till the end of September. It did not show any signs of breaking till January, then it broke slowly,
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. (Expemhr.) old plants give me the finest branches of bloom. It is also known as C. Canari- ensesvar. racemosus. Balfour's Clerodkndron.—Planted out in a warm greenhouse—winter-night temperature about 65°—run up a pillar and then along a wire under the ridge- plate we have an old specimen. I used to cut it hard back in August and keep it dry at the root for flowers at Christinas. But last year I did not cut it back till the end of September. It did not show any signs of breaking till January, then it broke slowly, aud not till near the end of February did it break well. It is now (March 2:) and has been for the past two weeks in full bloom, and fuller and finer than I ever before saw it. What a pity it is that it wilts so soon ! Grown in pots and trained around cylinder-shaped trel- lises it forms a magnificent specimen, and can be treated so as to be had in bloom at most anytime. In this way it is highly serviceable for brief periods in house dec- orations. The White Flower.—Con- stance Elliott behaves very graciously with me ; year old plants bloom unstint- edly. Cinerarias.—Why have ladies, as a rule, such a prejudice against these brill- iant flowers ? True, as cut flowers cine- rarias are almost useless. But I grow some 250 plants a year for their cheerful effect in the greenhouse. I sow in June and again in July ; these sowings give me flowers from December till May. In sum- mer and till October or November I grow my cinerarias, calceolarias and Chinese primroses in cold frames, and close to the glass, shaded from sunshine, but ven- tilated at all times aud uncovered in dull weather and fine nights. A heavy mulch- ing of tobacco stems is always kept under them. While cinerarias very much dis- like a high temperature or dry atmos- phere, they will not bear a breath of frost with impunity. They delight in rich, por- ous soil, and big pots make big plants, but in 6
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