. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 220 The American Florist. Feb. 2j, Twin Flowered Narcissus Golden Spur. The iuvoni|)!uiyiug: illustration is inter- esting slunvins as it does the veiy un- usiuii feature of a twin-tlowered Nar- cissus (loUlen Spur. Iloworot't & Wat- kliis, the well-kuowii bulb merchants of London, Kni;.. who sent us the pho- tograph from which the illustration was prepareer wa,v is also an item; the stock is now in much better shape to grow and will give not only better cut- tings, but more of them, consequently they 'Yill ro
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 220 The American Florist. Feb. 2j, Twin Flowered Narcissus Golden Spur. The iuvoni|)!uiyiug: illustration is inter- esting slunvins as it does the veiy un- usiuii feature of a twin-tlowered Nar- cissus (loUlen Spur. Iloworot't & Wat- kliis, the well-kuowii bulb merchants of London, Kni;.. who sent us the pho- tograph from which the illustration was prepareer wa,v is also an item; the stock is now in much better shape to grow and will give not only better cut- tings, but more of them, consequently they 'Yill root with less loss and make better plants. This does not apply so much to some varieties as to others. The evil results of starting stock roots too soon is generally called over propa- gation, hut should be called improper propagation. Where early plants must be had for shipping soutli, part of the stock should be planted early and then thrown out when it becomes weakened, depending on the later stock for the main crop. We are giving considerable stress to this point as we have seen so many failures resulting. Another cause for failure is the lack of proper selection of stock, I will give a quotation from an article in one of the trade papers wTitten by its regular correspondent after visiting a concern that grows dahlias largely: "Here is where the order clerk and the propagator can work in harmony as the small or undersized roqts are equally as good for propagating," This is very erroneous, for two reasons. As every dahlia grow'er (and many others to their sorrow) know, there are two kinds of degenera- tion in dahlias. In one tlie plant grows more vigoroiisly, taller and stronger in every way, but the flower comes semi- double. The root also is larger. In the other, the plant is dwarfed and smaller in every way, the flowers are more highly colored (like the peach when at- tacked by the yellows), much smaller, showing very little vigor, although com- ing perfectly dou
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