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and hence for commercial work, are those of well defined colors^ 

 and in this direction bat little has been accomplished in the last few 

 years. 



During the past season we grew many of the more recent kinds^ 

 with a view to arriving at some definite conclusions in these and 

 kindred matters. They were grown side by side in the center 

 (solid) bed of a long-span-to-the-south greenhouse. This bed is 60 

 feet long by 6 feet wide, and the prepared compost, resting on a 

 heavy clay bottom, is about 12 inches in depth, the constituents of 

 the mixture being decomposed clay-sod and well-rotted manure, 

 about three parts of the former to one of the latter. It was late in 

 the season when operations were begun, the plants having been 

 placed in position, about ten inches apart, August 9 and 10. When 

 they had fairly started into growth, some three weeks after plantings 

 a light mulching of short barnyard manure was applied, and twice 

 during the season the bed was dressed with a commerciffl fertilizer, 

 each time scattering about three pounds of the artificial manure 

 over the entire surface of the bed. Manure-water, prepared from 

 unadulterated cow-dung, was given twice a week until the buds 

 began to show color, when all manuring practically ceased. The 

 liquid was applied at first in very weak solution, using a three gal- 

 lon measure of the solid manure to 100 gallons of water, and 

 gradually increased in strength until the end. "Water was applied 

 as the plants appeared to need it, and after bright days they were 

 sprayed overhead. Each plant was restricted to one stem, which 

 was trained to a bamboo stake, and only one bud, crown or terminal 

 was allowed to develop on each. As a result of the late planting, 

 the flowering of the plants was generally late, and a number of them,, 

 which were rather small and weakly at the outset, failed to bloom.. 

 In the way of comparing the varieties when grown under equal con- 

 ditions, however, the test was fair and carefully made. 



Our notes on the leading varieties which bloomed with us are 

 given in detail. In parenthesis following the name of the plant 

 will be found the name of the disseminator and date of distribution.. 

 Then comes a general estimate of the variety, followed by descriptive 

 particulars. Where we had two or more plants of a variety, one 

 was grown to a crown bud and the other to a terminal. These terms 

 are represented by their initials in the notes set back from the mar- 

 gin, which refer to the taking of the buds and their arrival at the 

 stage of full development. The errors in names as received from 



