. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ??>;'-? 5, y. ?je -::;. \ ,- ?? ^ -.•'.•?j'Tw- •» '? . ? :the> mwm mittm TRICKS IN TRAINING s»^ MAMMOTH MUMS -'''. ' Skill worthy of a prestidigitator, combined with toil and care in unlimited quantities, is required of the grower of 14-foot hush mums. But every florist will find the effort expended in training a plant of smaller size a profitable investment in an advertising way. Iflliij. T the autumn shows in New York each year, the visitors view with admira- tion the splendid roses, carnations, orchids and exhibition mums, and look with in
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ??>;'-? 5, y. ?je -::;. \ ,- ?? ^ -.•'.•?j'Tw- •» '? . ? :the> mwm mittm TRICKS IN TRAINING s»^ MAMMOTH MUMS -'''. ' Skill worthy of a prestidigitator, combined with toil and care in unlimited quantities, is required of the grower of 14-foot hush mums. But every florist will find the effort expended in training a plant of smaller size a profitable investment in an advertising way. Iflliij. T the autumn shows in New York each year, the visitors view with admira- tion the splendid roses, carnations, orchids and exhibition mums, and look with interest upon the novelties in the various lines, but it is only when they come to the large bush chrysanthemums that they make any striking display of their apprecia- tion. For the last several years the immense potted mums exhibited by the gardeners of the large estates in the vicinity of the eastern metropolis have been the big feature of the shows for the newspapers and the visiting public. There is something spectacular about them that moves the crowds gathered around them to outspoken and extrava- gant praise. An Advertising Opportunity. Of course, the time, labor and care, not to speak of the experience and skill, necessary to train a plant such as that shown in the illustration on this page, is beyond the ordinary commer- cial florist. But to win admiration of the public, it is not necessary to attain the size of the plants exhibited by John Canning, of Ardsley, N. Y., which measure more than fourteen feet in diameter and carry over 1,400 blooms; Mr. Canning's ambition is to beat the mi- kado's gardener, at Tokyo, who has set the mark of sixteen feet four inches. If a florist's shop exhibited a plant of no more than half that size, it would win speedy attention from the passing public. A plant of this size will, indeed, re- quire a large ex- penditure of time and care, but the result in advertis- ing would warrant the attempt b y many florists. No exhaus^tive trea
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