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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw24amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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AN ANCHOR MADE FROM MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL. of the freeze are not very succesaful, but in more sheltered Bituations they are still good. I should mention here that A. albida fl. pi. In exposed, sunny positions has not lost a single petal and is as thickly covered with bloom now as ever. It is a few days later than the single varieties, opens out slowly, but the flowers seem to last much longer. The plants acted in the same way last year, flowering two to three weeks after all other varieties had finished. The flowers are borne on stouter and more branchy stems, forming compact little panicles of miniature, stock-like, very double flowers and are very attractive. When better known, this plant will undoubtedly become a universal favorite, not only because it is such a persistent bloomer, but on account of its neat, com- pact habit. The stems do not shoot up, showing unsightly seed pods, the side branches, with their flowers, hide the main stems efiectually and, aside from this, each individual flower lasts at least twice as long as they do in the single species, thus giving the impression of a still more profuse bloomer, though in reality the singles may perfect almost double the number of flowers on a stem. It is a good thing, one of those which we may recommend without the slightest hesitation. Vesicaria urticulata is fully out now, a mass of golden yellow, erysimums are at their height and Cheiranthus alpinus is very showy, with Its larger flowers of the same color. All three grow luxuriantly in very dry spots. The first and last named are very serviceable as cut flowers. Aquilegia flabellata was the first of the family to show up. The substantial flowers may not be as graceful as the slender-stemmed and long-spurred spe- cies, which come on later, but I always admired its stout, compact habit and also the waxy perfect-shaped flowers, which appear so very early in the sea- son. Corydalis lutea lost all its flower spikes by the late frosts, but the damage is not noticeable now. Dicentra formosa and the dwarfer D. eximea were struck by the same misfortune but recovered speedily. Arenaria grandiflora and A. montana have opened their first large white flowers on the young branchlets rambling over stones in the rockery; in the field, in common soil, it seems to be a trifle later. Anemone nemorosa and A. nemorosa fl. pi. were not hurt by the freeze; both are still blooming as profusely as ever and the dwarf Myosotis rupicola, the Swiss alpine perennial forget-me-not, continues in excellent shape. Its large, yellow-eyed flowers of deepest sky blue seem to delight in the cool atmosphere. Stellaria Holostea is fully in bloom and so are the various varieties of Ajuga rep- tans, the candytufts and the blue and white Viola cornuta, Polemonium rep- tans and the large, saucer-shaped P. Richardsonii, together with the graceful P. dissectum are out. The other taller varieties and species will follow in a few days. Some of the primulas are now past their best, but auriculas are still in excellent condition and have done better this season than ever before. The trolliuses did not mind the frost. The dwarfest of them, T. patulus, pale straw-color, comes out earliest and is a profuse bloomer. The darkest orange of all, to my knowledge, is T. Japonicus, a very large flower and easily managed. Among the armerias I ought to mention the dwarf A. juncea. In color it rivals the deep pink A. Laucheana, flowerheads fully as large as in that variety. Helianthemums arefloisering profusely now, and linums, and centanreas in bine, white, pink and lilac are well out. Ceras- tiums and Anemone sylvestris are fine. Among the alyssums A. serpyllifolium is noticeable from far ofl'. It looks like a yellow sheet spread over the ground. Mertensia Sibirica is hardly in full bloom yet, while M. Virginica is about past with us. The dwarf, loose spiked Veronica Chameedrys is a most attractive little plant for the rockery or border, being so early. Dodocatheous are furnished with numerous large, compact heads of flow- ers. They will retain their beauty much longer in a partially shady position. The anchusas are also out. A. Barrelieri is probably the neatest among them, being rather free and dwarfer in habit. J. B. K. French Growers Lose Money. With regard to the state of the flower trade in France a correspondent familiar with the situation in the vicinity of Paris writes: There has been a glut of flowers and florists' plants on the market through- out the winter in consequence of the mild weather, and prices ruled pretty low. The flower forcers around Paris are far from having made any money. Forced lilacs could not be disposed of at a higher price than 25 cents per bunch of twelve panicles, and when we consider that from two to three shrubs, worth over 25 cents, are required to produce these twelve panicles, the forcing can only have resulted in a loss. The same is true of the rose forcers, who at best sold their finest flowers at from $2.50 to $2 80 per dozen. Port Huron, Mich.—C. W. Asman has opened his new flower store on Huron avenue.

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