. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. consequences at the other fully as disas- trous as the incident shown in the sketch. The successful man keeps a firm grip on both ends and takes no chances. Azalea Mollis.—This azalea is very valuable for forcing purposes. Plants of it potted up in summer and kept out of doors until hard frost sets in force better than plants otherwise treated, and the flowers are more persistent than in the case of plants newly imported from France and Belgium. This is a fact worth knowing; and as it is found by experience that t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. consequences at the other fully as disas- trous as the incident shown in the sketch. The successful man keeps a firm grip on both ends and takes no chances. Azalea Mollis.—This azalea is very valuable for forcing purposes. Plants of it potted up in summer and kept out of doors until hard frost sets in force better than plants otherwise treated, and the flowers are more persistent than in the case of plants newly imported from France and Belgium. This is a fact worth knowing; and as it is found by experience that the varieties of A. mollis are not so well adapted for outdoor culture—ex- cept under very favorable circumstances —as for greenhouse work, and seeing they are easily managed, they should be extensively grown where there is con- venience for forcing. The flowers are of various beautiful shades of color, and all very showy, and the blossoms are borne in fine trusses, which are often equal in size to those of the rhododendron. Then the plants are of bushy growth, deciduous, and perfectly hardy. The following are a few of the best varieties: Alphonse Lavallee, bright orange, shaded with scarlet, and spotted with citron ; Baron E. de Rothschild, dark red, spotted with yellow ; Chevalier de Reali, .straw-white, merging into creamy yellow; Conite de Gomer, lovely rose, spotted with or- ange ; Isaliella Van Houtte, dark nan- keen, spotted with orange ; Consul I'e- cher, rose spotted with dark orange ; Dr. Leon Vignes, white, shaded with nan- keen, and spotted with orange ; and scar- let La Grande, orange scarlet, the best of all in color. It should be stated that the spots are confined to the upper segments of the flowers. From some nurserymen seedlings of Comte de Gomer, Consul Pecher, Isabella Van Houtte, and one or two other distinct varieties can be had and if these have been transplanted twice and are ten inches or twelve inches in height and bushy, they will be found admira
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