. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. WM. MURPHY 8 FIELD OF OARNATIONS JUNE 17, 1902. wet weather might set in and hold long enough to release this compound and a weak, waters' growth be the result instead of bloom. Young men, you who are working and educating your minds in this great work, it is in your interests that my thoughts have been directed in preparing this paper. Read books by acknowledged authorities, read the florists' papers of the day, attend the florists' conventions when possible, be progressive, learn much by observation, be industri
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. WM. MURPHY 8 FIELD OF OARNATIONS JUNE 17, 1902. wet weather might set in and hold long enough to release this compound and a weak, waters' growth be the result instead of bloom. Young men, you who are working and educating your minds in this great work, it is in your interests that my thoughts have been directed in preparing this paper. Read books by acknowledged authorities, read the florists' papers of the day, attend the florists' conventions when possible, be progressive, learn much by observation, be industrious, be tem- perate, be men. Let your motto ever be "; Wm. Murphy's Success. The accompanying illustrations show that the season has not been unfavorable for the stock of some of the carnation growers in the vicinity of Cincinnati, cer- tainly not for Wm. Murphj-. One of the pictures shows his field shortly after planting and another shows the growth made under the influence of the copious rains which in other places were heav^- enough to cause niuch injurj- to the plants. In the foreground in the pictures of the field is Murphy's White, the variety of which the owner thinks so highly as a commercial sort. It is a cross of Brides- maid and Lizzie McGowan. It origin- ated five years ago with C. C. Murphy, of Cincinnati, who last season sold the stock to its present owner. The interior view shows a house of this variety benched Jul v 1 and photographed August 12. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Till-; HUD. Crown buds ai-e now forming rapidly and for a little while the work of taking the buds nnist claim our closest atten- tion. The buds of all early varieties should be taken as fast as they make their appearance. Early planted stock expected to produce fancy or exhibition blooms, and which have been treated accordingly, should at this time be four to four and one-half feet high. To have brought them to this height \\411 mean that two and in sonic cases three buds liave
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