. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. G\KH1 S^RWtO PNWSX f it accordingly. Both brought in at one time and othervpise treated alike, the tril- liums would be in bloom before the or- chids had well started to grow. Grown in pots and boxes and treated as above, both did very well with me last year. My douki,e cinerarias are showing a greater variety of color than they used to do, also a large percentage has come double. While the singles make the prettiest pot plants, they are of very little use as cut flowers, but the doubles last well when they are cu
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. G\KH1 S^RWtO PNWSX f it accordingly. Both brought in at one time and othervpise treated alike, the tril- liums would be in bloom before the or- chids had well started to grow. Grown in pots and boxes and treated as above, both did very well with me last year. My douki,e cinerarias are showing a greater variety of color than they used to do, also a large percentage has come double. While the singles make the prettiest pot plants, they are of very little use as cut flowers, but the doubles last well when they are cut. IxoRAS are very welcome in winter. Although perpetual bloomers, they seem to particularly favor me about Christmas, when their large heads of orange and scarlet come in to good advantage. They need warm, genial quarters at all times. They are grown a good deal in private gardens, but very little b}- florists ; even those who make a specialty of fine plants report no sale for ixoras. StreIvITzia is a gorgeous old Kafiir, yielding its showy orange and purple-blue flowers abuudanth' in winter, and too, often more or less throughout the rest of the year. The flowers last well when cut, but on account of their large size, odd and stiff' appearance, they are seen to best advantage on the plants. —Pot up a batch for April. —Bring in a lot, and don't forget to try .some H. rosea. ROGIERA is a Mexican evergreen shrub that is now in bloom with us. Every shoot is terminated by heads of pinkish laurestiue-like flowers that are very sweet-scented. Very pretty as a plant, but as the florets drop so soon, of little avail for cutting. Freesia refracTa is the best of all, and uow in perfection. And we can have it in succession for a couple of months yet. The bulbs multiply exceed- ingh', and we can force them year after year. L,EPTOSYNE MARITIMA has been in good bloom with me since the first of December, and is the brightest yellow flowe
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