Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_30_3 (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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SEPTEMBEB 2G, 1912. The Florist's Review 11

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Field of Gladiolus America Growing at the John Lewis Childs Farm, Flowerfield, L. I.

in any way superior to those carried
over in a cellar, frame or shed.

Miscellaneous Bulbs.
There are a number of miscellaneous
bulbs which florists will find it profit-
able to grow. First comes Spanish iris.
Of these Louise, Cajanus, Midlay and
Blanche Fleur are a good quartette.
Then the ever popular Gladiolus nanus
cannot be omitted. The best of these
are Peach Blossom, Blushing Bride,
Pink Perfection, Ackermanni, Mathilde
and Apollo. Ixias, babianas, sparaxis
and tritonias, grown in small pans, are
charming in spring and always eagerly
sought after by the up-to-date retailers.
Anemone coronaria, blue, white and scar-
let, and A. fulgens, also the Persian and
Turban ranunculi, grown in a cold
house, are welcome in spring. These do
well in a violet temperature and must
never be forced.
This by no means completes the list
of bulbs which can be grown under
glass, but few others are of much com-
mercial value except for outdoor bed-
ding, and these will be treated in a
later article.
Unpack bulbs as soon as received and
keep them just as short a time as pos-
sible out of the soil. They fritter away
strength every day they remain in the
bags or boxes.

AMERICA AND NIAGARA.

Of the innumerable introductions by
John Lewis Childs nothing has ap-

proached Gladiolus America in impor-
tance in a trade way. Since the day
that Roosevelt's yacht, the ayflower,
was decorated with America and the
variety brought to the attention of the
entire world, it has come to be the
most largely grown gladiolus in the en-
tire list. Wherever there are florists
this variety has been a money-maker.
The accompanying illustration shows the Childs field of America as it ap-
peared a few weeks ago, blooming at
Plowerfield, on Long Island.
Not since the advent of America has
Ohilds had a variety which has at-
tracted the interest which has attached
to Niagara. This is one of the seed-
lings raised by Frank Banning, at Kins-
man, O. In type the variety resembles
America, but the flowers appear to be
somewhat larger, measuring four and
one-half inches across. In color the
flowers are a delightful cream shade,
with the two lower inside petals or seg-


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