. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Wm. A. Taylor. CoDgress of Horticulture Essayist. simple, and the actual time the plants require attention while in the green- house is so short, the retail grower who has not sufficient room to grow his en- tire supply of roses and carnations, can, in comparatively little space, bloom a lot of bulb stock, which can often be substi- tuted for roses or carnations. Even in the smallest of places, or in houses where roses or carnations cannot be suc- cessfully grown, bulb stock can be brought into bloom with good res
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Wm. A. Taylor. CoDgress of Horticulture Essayist. simple, and the actual time the plants require attention while in the green- house is so short, the retail grower who has not sufficient room to grow his en- tire supply of roses and carnations, can, in comparatively little space, bloom a lot of bulb stock, which can often be substi- tuted for roses or carnations. Even in the smallest of places, or in houses where roses or carnations cannot be suc- cessfully grown, bulb stock can be brought into bloom with good results. The main thing is, here as with the spe- cialist, to have a constant supply, say, from Thanksgiving up to Easter, and the time to prepare for this is now. Narcis- sus Paper White is one of the first to be had in bloom of the long list; Roman hyacinths come next. Both of these should practically be in bloom all winter. In every place where funeral work is done both can be used when only par- tially open, and when moved to a cool place, the flowers will last for quite a long time. Trumpet Major is one of the first of the large, yellow, single flowering narcissi, and can be brought into bloom for or shortly after Christ- mas. The end of January the double Narcissus Von Sion, better known as daffodil, can be had in bloom, to which can be added those beautiful varieties, Orange Phcenix, Giant Princeps, Golden Spur, Emperor, Sir Watkin, and Hors- fieldi. The earlv part of February is not too soon to have good La Reine tulips. For a single white this sort is hard to beat. Cottage Maid, Rose Luisante and Rose Gris-De-Line are good pink varieties. In yellow, Chrysolora and Yellow Prince have held the honors for years; and Belle Alliance as a scarlet. As a fancy tulip Kaiser Kroon is still used in great quantities. The large flowers are of deep scarlet, edged with yellow. The above is only a few of the best known sorts and does not by any means complete the list of those suitable f
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