. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i88g. The American Florist. 54i. P\.MtUO \. CORS^Gt SOMQUU. \SeepageS43.\ OHt VNM AO QO U, In engraving the piclure was reversed. The bouquet should cunre in the opposite direction. the copjlight are iiiHrked on every bud aud flower. I got a slip in Kngland a year ago for ^15. * * Except one in Washington there is not another flower in America like ; Mr. Novelty, please secure this little treasure. A VKRV RARic lily would be a cross between an iris and a liliuni, but such a case was reported to me the ot
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i88g. The American Florist. 54i. P\.MtUO \. CORS^Gt SOMQUU. \SeepageS43.\ OHt VNM AO QO U, In engraving the piclure was reversed. The bouquet should cunre in the opposite direction. the copjlight are iiiHrked on every bud aud flower. I got a slip in Kngland a year ago for ^15. * * Except one in Washington there is not another flower in America like ; Mr. Novelty, please secure this little treasure. A VKRV RARic lily would be a cross between an iris and a liliuni, but such a case was reported to me the other day. I shook my head. Perennial Larkspirs are at their best. In Europe there are many named varieties; in this country we stick mostly to seedlings. Erom a real good strain as Lemoine's we should get a very fine race of flowers; but even in the best of strains we will find a good many not fine enough to keep. Impatii'. glandulifera is an an- nual freely catalogued in large seed lists. It is all right in its way, a free bloomer aud rank grower, still it has a weedy appearance and is of no use to the florist. LavaTKRA arborea fol. variegata has its friends and its foes, but I'm a friend. It is of very strong growth aud shows but little variegation while it is under two months old, the first leaves are most always rather plain green. But as the summer heat increases and its body growth advances the new leaves appear quite liberally splashed and mar- bled with whitish yellow. For a bold effect it is an excellent subject. in summer are nice things to have. I grow the Lobbiauum varieties because I want the flowers; if my object was seeds for pickles then I'd grow the common annual majus. Plant them out and let them spread as a flat mat over the ground. Eor late crop and greenhouse use strike some cuttings, they are rapid growers and soon become blooming plants. EoxGLOVES.—There is nothing better in this line than Digitalis purpurea and its varieties. I like the
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