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Lotus Flower: The lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera) is a grandiose flower. Its blossoms exude a rich fragrance and stand with the leaves above the water on stout stems. When blooming is over, the seed pods remain. Colors are white, rose, pink, yellow, and red. The American lotus flower (Nelumbo Ma) has yellow petals and is only slightly less impressive than its tropical kin. Treat it as a hardy lily. Leaves are often 2 feet across and quite unusual in that they shed water as if they were the back of a duck.
You must have space for both of these plants. Tubers are placed in a tub 20 inches in diameter or larger and kept with 6 to 12 inches of water above the soil. They must have six hours of sun a day.Kalmia angustifolia, sheep laurel, becomes a shrub Lathyarus latifolius, perennial sweet pea, large rose and white flowers, a vine Liatris spicata, blazing star, pink flowers, 1-5 feet Lobelia Cardinalis, cardinal flower, beautiful red, 2-4 feet, likes wet places Lobelia siphilitica, blue lobelia, light blue, 1-3 feet, likes wet places lotus flower corniculatus, birdsfoot trefoil, 6-8 inches, usually prostrate Malva moschata, musk mallow, 1-2 feet Melilotus flower albus, sweetclover, biennial, 2-4 feet Nemophila menziesii, baby blue eyes and a charming annual, 6-12 inches See Also Canada Birthday Flower:Actinidia Enthusiasts Newsletter, P.O. Box 1064, Tonasket, WA 98855 African Violet Society, Box 3609, Beaumont, TX 77704 African Violet Society of canada birthday flower, 8 Smith St., Moncton, NB E1C 8G2, canada birthday flower American Bamboo Society, 1101 San Leon, Solana Beach, 16505There need be no question in your mind about the market for good flower photography. One of the big slide film distributors has found flower fanciers the most consistent buy ers of all among slide collectors, even though the pictures offered are strictly of specimen flowers. These cannot possibly have the same appeal as pictures of flowers grown by the buyer in his own soil. The only flower fancier who is not an eager prospect for pictures of his blooms is one who has never seen a color slide transparency of a beautiful flower projected. A close-up of a lovely flower on a screen is a sight to make anyone, flower lover or not, gasp at its beauty. On The Other Hand See Pictures Of Flowers:With this equipment, you will be able to produce those startling close-up pictures of flowers which, when enlarged by projection on a screen, seem to magnify the original beauty of the flowers. And these are the pictures of flowers which your clients cannot duplicate with their own cameras. They are the shots which will establish you as a flower photography specialist. The other pictures of flowers you have occasion to shoot, those showing garden layouts and pleasant clumps and clusters and masses of flowering plants, will take care The best sources of customers for your flower photography are the garden clubs and the flower clubs in your community. If you don't know the flower clubs, get in touch with a florist for the information you need.There are two reasons why flower photography is a bit difficult for the amateur gardener to do himself. The first is that, to be truly effective, flower pictures of flowers must be in color, which due to its short exposure latitude demands special care in lighting. Second, for fully exploiting the beauty of flowers a good many of the pictures of flowers should be extreme close-ups which require special equipment and careful calculation of exposure factors. |
