HELICHRYSUM.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 6 (Supplement)

HELICHRYSUM.

These popular so-called "Everlasting Flowers," are fine subjects for the border. They grow three feet, high, flower profusely, and the colours arc bright and various. Sow the seed outdoors, where the plants are to bloom. Good rick soil and a sunny position is necessary for success. If the flowers are cut before they fully open, tied in bunches, and hung head dowuwards in an airy shed to dry, they will retain their beauty for most of the winter, and can bo xised for vases.

of, the • cane but especially about six incites below the surface.; in the case of Lonicera," at the lower end, ami,' less vigorously,: allj the way up.. Why these ililVercrit habits of apparentlysimilar cuttings under ideiitiOal conditions? ,

Vet'again, if cuttings of young, tender shoots "lire made' from , Dorothy l'erkins and American Pillar Roses respectively, each with a bit' of old wood adhering— whether nicry a tiny "heel" or ail inclilong piece: of old cane —the Perkins cuttings will promptly develop roots (if the.heat and humidity are sullicicut), but those of American Pillar will not. If, however, the Pillar cuttings are taken without any attached fragment of old wood they will root as quickly and as vigorously as did the others of/porotliy Perkins. What hidden influence is contained in those minute fragments of last year's tissue?