. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . moving sideshoots, and proper watering are some ofthe things which have to be attended toat present. Every plant, wdiether singlestemmeil or of bush form, should be prop-erly staked by time, and if for any higher in price which, as far as the aver-age retail grower is concerned, is a goodthing, for he is just as well, if not bet-ter, off by forcing just about one-half asmany as he is used to, but force thembetter. If you have to make money outof Paperwliiteg by the amou
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . moving sideshoots, and proper watering are some ofthe things which have to be attended toat present. Every plant, wdiether singlestemmeil or of bush form, should be prop-erly staked by time, and if for any higher in price which, as far as the aver-age retail grower is concerned, is a goodthing, for he is just as well, if not bet-ter, off by forcing just about one-half asmany as he is used to, but force thembetter. If you have to make money outof Paperwliiteg by the amount of themyou grow, you never make it so you cannotice it. if you grow or handle justsufficient in number so you can use themto advantage, and not have the whole lotcome in at the same time, Paperwhitesare among the useful flowers to have dur-ing the Midwinter months. Freesias Plant Plenty of Them Have you planted a good number ofFreesias: By all means plant enoughand arrange to have them come intoHower froni the middle of Hecember onun to Easter. The retail grower canappreciate good Freesias and they can be. Specimen Hydrangea grown by A. Bieschke, Noroton, Conn. reason you haveut attended to this al-ready, it should be done at once. A sin-gle stemmed plant may appear as per-fectly able to support itself, but it wontwhen, later im, a heavy tlower forms atthe top and therefore every plant,whether of a tall or dwarf habit, shouldbe staked. Ilu-re is nothing gained bywaiting until the Hower buds show. Withthe early scu-ts the bud to be left on theplant for flowering has to be selectednow, and it goes without saying thatthis requires careful handling. Youcant put a bud back when once brokenoff, and therefore the good flowci alwaysstarts on top. If an accident shouhlhappen there are lower or side budswhich might be taken, but if you start todisbud at the bottom this is not so. Youdisbud so as to let all of the strength gointo one flower and in order to get thebest results you
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