. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 846 The American Florist. May 5, so that the stems will not become crooked and the plants suffer. SOIL. Chrysanthemums are heavy feeders and require a fresh live soil, but it is a mistake to treat them to an over- abundance of fresh cattle manure while in the early stag'es of their growth. It is far better to furnish them with a live fresh soil of one part well rotted manure to three parts of loam that has stood over winter in the compost pile the same as intended for roses and carnations. Additional fer- tilizer
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 846 The American Florist. May 5, so that the stems will not become crooked and the plants suffer. SOIL. Chrysanthemums are heavy feeders and require a fresh live soil, but it is a mistake to treat them to an over- abundance of fresh cattle manure while in the early stag'es of their growth. It is far better to furnish them with a live fresh soil of one part well rotted manure to three parts of loam that has stood over winter in the compost pile the same as intended for roses and carnations. Additional fer- tilizer can then be given throughout the season as the plants become in need of it. C. W. Johnson. Hardy Perennials for Cutting:. Pnpev by A. A. Leach clplivered before tbe Pittsburgh. Florists' and Gardeners' CUib, The gi'eat virtues of this class of plants as garden flowers are now estab- lished facts and no garden can be called complete tmless it contains at least some of them. Their permanency, their brilliancy when in bloom, and their ability to lend themselves equally well to the landscape or to decorative work as cut flowers make them almost in- dispensable at a time when the green- house cut flowers are taking a much needed rest. In naming a limited num- ber of kinds one has to omit many hav- ing claims for inclusion in the list, but for all-around usefulness the following is my choice of twelve : 1. Pyrethrum hybridum or Persian daisy, probably so called from the Greek pyr-flre, referring to the acrid roots of this genus. Their pretty, fernlike foliage in the spring fol- lowed by the profusion of brilliant double and single blooms in summer, are unequaled as cut flowers and for house decoration. There is almost nothing so artistic and attractive as a vase of these flowers. They are of very simple culture and very hardy. 2. The paeonia, according to the old Greek legend, was named after the physician. Paeon, who used the plant to cure plants of a wound inflicted by Hercule
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