. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. MARIGOLD. "3 frequently takes possession of things as early some years as the fourth of September; this is not condu- cive to the proper development 'S^^^^^^^'^fe^ "^ ^"X flower, much Starting Seed ^v , j Early. ^^e tardy blooming marigold. It is my custom to start the marigolds in doors, and transplant them ger of frost is past. In particular varieties
. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. MARIGOLD. "3 frequently takes possession of things as early some years as the fourth of September; this is not condu- cive to the proper development 'S^^^^^^^'^fe^ "^ ^"X flower, much Starting Seed ^v , j Early. ^^e tardy blooming marigold. It is my custom to start the marigolds in doors, and transplant them ger of frost is past. In particular varieties the individual flowers which I prize most for their color quality are: Tall. El Dorado, those which are golden yellow, and light yellow Lemon Queen, lemon yellow. Dwarf GrandiHora, those golden yellow and bronze red. French Compact Gold Striped. French Double Dwarf Mixed, lighter yellow, ion of Honor, single, very dwarf, yellow with brown center. "El ; men- tioned variety is remark- ably small, growing only seven inches high ; but it has a ^'â ^,.^0^.t;yAvti /ji , charmingly conventional little flower ^^^'f- *^ 'r^'which blooms early and continues â¢â Legion ''i- â â l^ ""^'^ ^^^^' ^^^ ^^ Dorado variety OF ; '] Jl has immense flowers fully three and sometimes nearly four inches in diameter; the golden. 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Fewkes, A. H. Philadelphia W. A. Burpee
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