. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. -'v'.irr'"7--»-;'T" ?F';i\ xV'-r'"7 '?p^Tyj'^Tr-'.WRV" DrcEMBKU 28, 1911. The Weekly Florists^ Review. 13. PEOPAQATING. The Early Cuttings. It is time now, if you wisli to prac- tice early planting, to get cuttings of some of the slower growing varieties into the sand. Early housing is neces- sary these days if you want to keep up with the band wagon, and especially is this true if you are growing for the wholesale market, where it is ever a case of the survival of the fittest. One thing I wish particularly to call to your atten
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. -'v'.irr'"7--»-;'T" ?F';i\ xV'-r'"7 '?p^Tyj'^Tr-'.WRV" DrcEMBKU 28, 1911. The Weekly Florists^ Review. 13. PEOPAQATING. The Early Cuttings. It is time now, if you wisli to prac- tice early planting, to get cuttings of some of the slower growing varieties into the sand. Early housing is neces- sary these days if you want to keep up with the band wagon, and especially is this true if you are growing for the wholesale market, where it is ever a case of the survival of the fittest. One thing I wish particularly to call to your attention, however, and that is, that if you propagate early, you must make up your mind to give the cuttings room and attention later, lest they become potbound and stunted and far inferior to cuttings which may have been propagated in March. If you are not prepared to give your young plants at least 214-inch pots, and 3- inch will be necessary for some, then you would better wait at least another month before putting the cuttings into the sand. That would not necessarily mean that you could not have splendid success next season, but you could hardly expect to produce such elegant stock by early fall as we see nowadays at the shows. Selecting the Cuttings. Having provided a suitable propagat- ing bench, with all that is required for properly caring for the cuttings, you are now ready to take the cuttings and prepare them for the sand. Every year there is considerable controversy be- tween the buyer and the seller of car- nation cuttings, as to what is the best kind of cutting. Some maintain that a heel cutting is the only kind that is fit to put into the propagating bench, -and unless they see the heels on the cuttings there is trouble in store for the shipper. Others use the tops of flowering stems which have not begun to run up to bud. With those who propagate only for themselves it is entirely a question of which will make the strongest plant and give the best . results, and, i
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