184 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



there are no frosts to check them or winds to bruise them, the flowers 

 have a delicacy they could not have in the open. 



Those used for forcing are often transplanted or are grown in pots, 

 so as to keep the roots compact for a strong root system is always needed 

 to produce abundant blooms. Sometimes, a little before blooming, just 

 as the buds are swelling, branches are cut off and kept in vases of warm 

 water. This will hasten the time of flowering and some times give 

 blooms for a tardy Easter in the Northern States. 



We have been thus explicit, giving away many of the cherished 

 secrets of the trade because we want the people, farmers and others, to 

 take an interest in their propagation. Billions of them should be 

 used to glorify the great prairie lands. We have just begun with them. 

 I know of but one place which has a full collection, and that is a very 

 progressive nursery which will have fifty kinds and yet their possibilities 

 seem endless. When you know that you yourself can multiply them and 

 originate new kinds, you will begin to have greater respect for yourself 

 and for your own abilities. Horticulture should not be a sealed book 

 to the farmer. It is a part of his calling as much as grain growing and 

 stock raising. The great trouble with him is he uses but a small part of 

 himself or of his capital. 



