To The Hybridizer, Flowers Are More Than Beautiful
Most of us agree that flowers excite the keenest pleasure because of their beauty. Yet, to the hybridizer, these most ornamental features of most plants have their outward beauty, but
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Growing Tips For Annual Asters For Your Garden
Annual asters rank among the half-dozen most popular garden annuals in America. Called China asters (Callistephus chinensis) to distinguish them from native hardy types, they have been standbys in American
How They Planted A Garden Of Fragrance
A public garden in South Bend, Indiana, has no usual “keep off the grass” or “don’t touch” signs. Instead, it is specially planned so that people can touch the flowers.
How To Care For And Grow Primrose Plants
One of the most familiar signs of spring is the Primula Vulgaris ‘Grandiflora,’ a semi-evergreen perennial that is first to bloom and provide a burst of vivid colors in gardens,
How To Use Christmas Roses Indoors
Few flowers hold greater delight for the flower arranger than the Christmas rose. Many are how it can be used in the house — with the smooth green of laurel
Tips On Planting A Cutting Plot Of Gladiolus
Everything a cut flower ought to be, the gladiolus is infinitely varied, powerful, strong in arrangements, or light as a butterfly. It is long-lived and stays fresh in water for
Tuberous Begonias Today Deliver Exotic Appearance and Brilliant Color
Exotic in appearance and brilliant in color, these luscious flowers of summer, which have been vastly improved by hybridizers both here and abroad, are bringing new splendor to our gardens.
Can Everyone Grow Begonias Or Are They Difficult?
I planted my first tuberous begonias right out in my flower border where they were at the mercy of rains and dampness. In the end, they rotted. The next season,
Did The Flowers Of The Future Come True?
Mr. Joseph Harris of the Joseph Harris Seed Company, Rochester, N. Y., would like to see yellow sweet peas and pure yellow petunias brightening the landscape but concedes that these
The Plant I Want For Christmas
1st AWARD: Mrs. Geo. MeCcoch IV Cambridge A Peace Rose “PEACE. ” It’s not a very long word and not difficult to spell. But I do believe that it has