. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 696 The American Florist. May 5. heaving out; frequent thawings and freezing lifted the plants little by little until crowns and roots were bare and exposed to the weather, and of course many of these plants are beyond recov- ery, even after going over the beds soon after frost was out of the ground and preserve their bright green color un- der an ample covering of snow, are badly scorched in spots; it will take weeks before they look as usual again, but Erica carnea withstood this trying winter perfectly well, no
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 696 The American Florist. May 5. heaving out; frequent thawings and freezing lifted the plants little by little until crowns and roots were bare and exposed to the weather, and of course many of these plants are beyond recov- ery, even after going over the beds soon after frost was out of the ground and preserve their bright green color un- der an ample covering of snow, are badly scorched in spots; it will take weeks before they look as usual again, but Erica carnea withstood this trying winter perfectly well, not a sprig nor a flower being damaged in the least; they. EASTER HYDRANGEAS AT H. H. FIELDS, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. •Superintendent Sinclair's wife and children also shown. covering the roots and lowering the plants to their proper places. Few es- tablished plants have suffered in any way during this snowless winter, their roots having a firm hold of the ground and alternate freezing and thawing has had no effect upon them. Spring planting of hardy plants is now at its height and will continue for sev- eral weeks to come; it is safer and more reliable than fall planting, but may not be practicable in all cases with every- body and everything, still wherever pos- sible we should plant in the spring and summer months, for then we run no risks, even though we should for some reason neglect to attend to the mulch- ing. A large patch of various primulas, which we planted last August is at pres- ent blooming freely and beautifully and not a single plant has suffered, although no mulching has been applied; the bed had no need for it, because the plants were firmly established in the ground before frost set in. The helleborus has not done as well as in other years, that is to say the plants themselves are in good shape but their flowering was not at all satisfactory, owing to heavy white frost and bright morning sunshine, which destroyed the flowers almost as soon as they were ready to op
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