. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Our Old Fashioned Colo- nial Bouquets delivered in Heart Shaped Boxes at $ $ and $ each, are sui^ble for any one you wish to remember Corsases of Orchids or Violets, Roses and Lilies of the Valley in Valen- tine Boxes, $ up. better if partly shaded and should be kept somewhat on the dry side. In order to get flowers in. November and December—and I may say only a , few growers get many flowers at that early date, and these not • of the best quality—propagate your cuttings in early spring, carry along in pots and, pick oflf all flowe


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Our Old Fashioned Colo- nial Bouquets delivered in Heart Shaped Boxes at $ $ and $ each, are sui^ble for any one you wish to remember Corsases of Orchids or Violets, Roses and Lilies of the Valley in Valen- tine Boxes, $ up. better if partly shaded and should be kept somewhat on the dry side. In order to get flowers in. November and December—and I may say only a , few growers get many flowers at that early date, and these not • of the best quality—propagate your cuttings in early spring, carry along in pots and, pick oflf all flowers and buds. In Au- gust, plant them in quite shallow benches. Or, better still, continue to grow them in pots, but stand the pots oil benches containing loam into which the roots can push through. Treating them in this way, some growers have good success. On the other hand, one lurge specialist plants them in solid 2134 MICHIGAN AVEfTUE. Pli*B*« Calnmat ISOO-KOl. You Get it at a Glance. treble or quadruple wliat they ever have been before. PBOPAQATINa SHASTA DAISIES. I have some 1-year-old Shasta daisies which are good-sized clumps and which bloomed well last summer. I wish to increase my stock of plants and still have as many flowers as pos- sible in the coming summer. Will the undivided clumps produce more flowers than well cultivated divided clumps during the coming summer? V. R. F. The undivided clumps would give the best returns the first summer. Had di- vision been made in the fall, the re- sults would have been more favorable to divided clumps. You can sow seeds of Shasta daisies now and get strong plants before spring sale time. Many of these will bloom moderately the first season. C. W. YELLOW SiABaUEBITES. What care and treatment should be given yellow daisies or marguerites? When should the cuttings be rooted in order to get them to bloom by Novem- ber 1? I have been rooting them in sand about February, then putting them in 2-inch pots. As soon as it was warm


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