. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 710 The American Florist. Dec. Sy argenteo-variegata and J. Virginiana glauca and the boxes such as Buxus myr- tifolia and B. latifolia. Nicely grown dwarf Austrian pines also make fine tub plants and certain of the spruces and firs may be sometimes used to advantage although as a rule these are too stiff in character to look well. Ketinispora (or chkmEecyparis) ericoides is excellently adapted in its compact conical form for vase work but it bronzes up with the first touch of cold weather and may be objectionable
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 710 The American Florist. Dec. Sy argenteo-variegata and J. Virginiana glauca and the boxes such as Buxus myr- tifolia and B. latifolia. Nicely grown dwarf Austrian pines also make fine tub plants and certain of the spruces and firs may be sometimes used to advantage although as a rule these are too stiff in character to look well. Ketinispora (or chkmEecyparis) ericoides is excellently adapted in its compact conical form for vase work but it bronzes up with the first touch of cold weather and may be objectionable to some on this account but in some situations, especially in com- panionship with brightfoliaged varieties, it has a distinctive beauty. The hem- locks are very pretty and graceful but are Uable to shed their foliage in a short time. Where the exposure is not too severe Euonymus Japonica makes an ideal tub plant. The effect is much improved by planting a fringe of English ivy or Euonymus radicans around the edge to droop in festoons over the vase. There are many lovely conifers that would be admirable for vase work were it not that they are entirely too expen- sive. The taxuses or yews are as a rule too costly, as are also many of the neat little slow-growing retinisporas and thuyas so effectively used in ornamental garden planting, for, when spring time comes the vase plaots are all dead plants. CIilcas:o. florists' club grand ball.—NEW COM- PANY INCORPORATED.—PARK PLAN MAY BE DROPPED.—NEWS OF GARDENERS' AND florists' union.—notes of TRADE. Chicago is just now experiencing a touch of the real brand of winter, but while the trade has been praying for this kind of weather there is no noticeable improvement in market conditions. Trade this week has been very irregu- lar, some days bringing activity while others were practically dead. The week opened with an almost unprecedented demand for colored carnations. Every- thing in this line was well cleaned up at good prices,
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