. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 346 The American Florist. Mar. 18, potted of£ and pinched back when four inches liigh will be very useful in fill- ing in and add to the effect of the ar- rangement. While this is not a showy- plant yet its spikes of wliite flowers are quite an addition, and being a rapid grower is a cheap plant with which to fill in. Chrysanthemums. The grower of large chrysanthe- mum blooms, especially if for exhibi- tion purposes, is now preparing to propagate the stock, and for the very early varieties preparations should now
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 346 The American Florist. Mar. 18, potted of£ and pinched back when four inches liigh will be very useful in fill- ing in and add to the effect of the ar- rangement. While this is not a showy- plant yet its spikes of wliite flowers are quite an addition, and being a rapid grower is a cheap plant with which to fill in. Chrysanthemums. The grower of large chrysanthe- mum blooms, especially if for exhibi- tion purposes, is now preparing to propagate the stock, and for the very early varieties preparations should now be also made. The advent of Golden Glow made a new proposition for the chrysanthemum grower. There have been some very handsome blooms of the variety grown ever since it was introduced, but there has also been large quantities of inferior flowers. To have blooms by September 1 the bud must be taken early in July and the cutting must therefore be rooted early, surely by April 1, in order to obtain the properly grown plant. Another va- riety that does better with early pro- pagation is Miss Virginia Poehlmann. This variety will break a very good lot of cuttings when the stock plants first start to make their growth, but after this crop is taken, off, is very slow to make a second lot, and if a quantity is desired the early propaga- tion must be depended upon. To pro- cure large, deep, well finished blooms the March struck cuttings give the best results, but there must be plenty of head room in the houses to grow plants propagated so early. In the growing of the medium sized or com- mercial blooms of nearly all the varie- ties April and May struck cuttings are early enough. The stock plants should now be looked over and if growing rapidly the tops taken off and they will branch out and give a boun- tiful supply of cuttings when wanted. Ceataurea Moschaia and Cyanus. The sweet sultans, Centaurea mos- chata and bachelor's buttons. C. cy- anus, are being grown extensively now and ar
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