The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-26
Novelties in the Easter Plants
New York Florists Are Now Abandoning Church Contracts
to Decorate Private Homes-Many New Species.

be the "Hiawatha," that was discover
ed by a grower near Yood's Hole. Mass.
where the biologists hold their sum-
mer conclaves. This man is devoted to
Longfellow and names all his produc-
tons after some parsonage in the po-
etry." He has had an Evangeline, and
the Frenchman out on Long Island has
taken his Hiawatha and developed il.
The Hiawatha is a potted rose plant.
growing rather like a rambler, but
its cluster blossoms are large and very
perfect and of pure American Beauty
tint
A Whitestone establishment devotes
itself entirely to growing plants rather
than cut flowers. The ends of the
earth are drawn upon for specialties.
There is mimosa from Australia, gor-
geous Queen Alexandra marguerite.
with shaded brown center
from the Cape of Good Hope. which
Monsieur. the proprietor. pronounces
like a cockney. saying Cop The
rare varieties found in foreign lands
are taken and developer for the mar
ket.
Heath, it seems is the most difficult
of all known nursery ''specialties' to
grow The plants are fine, delicate
things. meant only for near view.
what the grower calls "exquise for the
table basket" The life of the flower
artist is not an easy one, but this sea-
son there will be erica Cavendishii. >"
coral heath: yellow, magenta, and sew
eral other shades ready for the wealthy
patron. Heaths are grown at tenn
perature between 50 and 30 egrees
Fahrenheit. in dry air, to simul-te their
native high altitude.
Acacias of rare varieties are cultivat-
ed for the exclusive" trade. This
year there is one with white blossoms
and fine heart-shaped leaves, acacia
quisite things meant to be seen close at
hand OF the larger display of shrubs
there is rare plant originally brought
from the West Indies by a French Ad-
miral, and Loyalty called after him.
"Bougainvillea," the French florists
say it glibly. but the Yankee buyer for
the exclusive shop prefers to mention
it as speciality in light purple"
The wealthy this year are also to be
treated to a Japanese hydrangea, an
Oriental looking variation Of the usu-
al and a little hydrangea plant, cover
ed with huge white blossoms, called
the Jeanne Dare
For the common ordinary folks they
still continue to consume few mil
lion of bulbs at Easter time. 1t is
not so exciting as the list of ''spe-
cialties" for the wealthy. but it makes
an impressive total. This estimate is
made by bulb importing house for
New York City and the nearby region
supplied by New York dealers. About
100000 Easter lilies, "a conservative
figure" Most of these are Japanese,
the best from far Formosa, and only
5000 from Bermuda.
Bermuda lilies have temporarily sue
cumbed to the greed of mankind. 1t
seems that when lilies are grown for
bulbs you must sacrifice the blossoms.
For the last few years some rapacious
souls have grown cut stalks for the
market and tried to have the bulbs.
too. AS punishment to fit the
crime the Bermuda lilies have been at
tackled by disease. Importers found
that from 60 to 6j per cent of the
bulbs had to be thrown away, SO the
Bermuda lilies will have to take va
cation of several years to recover from
overwork.