. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 766 The American pLokrsT, D 'ec. by putting three or four short stakes in around the plant and tying a piece of stout string all around it, will prevent its being broken by strong winds, heavy rains and so forth. With the above treatment a great show of flowers can be had at a very little cost. But if you want to see the pompon in its best form it will well repay the addi- tional care necessary to obtain it. To do this select an open spot in your gar- den, away from the shade of any trees or vines, but protected s
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 766 The American pLokrsT, D 'ec. by putting three or four short stakes in around the plant and tying a piece of stout string all around it, will prevent its being broken by strong winds, heavy rains and so forth. With the above treatment a great show of flowers can be had at a very little cost. But if you want to see the pompon in its best form it will well repay the addi- tional care necessary to obtain it. To do this select an open spot in your gar- den, away from the shade of any trees or vines, but protected somewhat Irom strong winds. Plant out young, healthy plants from small pots as early in May as is safe. When they have started to grow fairly well take a sharp knife and stop the main leading shoot back to within seven or eight inches of the ground. In a short time it will throw out quite a number of shoots. These should be allowed to become six or eight inches long. Then reduce these to seven or eight, course, the strongest, and in thinning them out leave them so that the plants have about an even amount on all sides. These shoots that are left, and which are to form the main basis of the plant, should in turn l)e shortened back to five or six inches. After this the plant will make very rapid growth and the weak lateral shoots should be carefully cut away and the stronger ones allowed to grow on till the buds are all set. If these details are watched carefully, a large bush, two feet or more through, will be nicely formed. At this stage staking and tying suffi- ciently to prevent storms breaking the branches will be necessary. After the buds are set, thin by carefully pinching out all except five or six from each shoot of the larger flowered varieties, but for the small button-flowered kinds eight to ten buds can be left on each shoot. This will allow the individual flowers to develop to perfection and Ije much larger and of better color than when all the buds are le
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