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up well, and we go down a row, a man on each side, with a spading 

 fork and lift the plant up enough to break those roots. That we think 

 gives the plant a chance to ripen up. That is done a week or ten days 

 before we dig them. If they are wet underneath, then we cut the tops 

 off after we have had a frost, and then we take them out, covering 

 them up in case of a dangerous frost. That may have been unnecessary 

 precaution, but the frost seems to do them good. I think the secret 

 is to get your bulb well cured, or well ripened. 



Mr. Williams: What would be the advantage of letting the canna 

 tops freeze; why not cut them off? 



]\lr. Dole: There would be no advantage of letting them freeze to- 

 il ight and digging them up tomorrow. Let them freeze and get two or 

 three weeks of fairly warm weather afterwards. The frost checks the 

 growth, I do not know why. It is simply an idea, but every florist 

 seems tQ think it is beneficial to the roots. It stops the growth, that 

 is when it stops the flow of the sap. For several years we Lave had 

 to dig our cannas after the first frost because it turned very cold 

 shortly afterwards. 



Mr. Simanton: I think one reason is they are the most beautiful 

 at that time of the year until it does freeze. 



Mr. Williams: I would like to ask if you can keep your dahlias as 

 easy as your cannas? We have not been able to. 



Mr. Dole: We keep them in the same place. We cut them off like 

 the cannas, and in the same way we leave what dirt hangs on them. 



Chairman: This discussion has been very good. We know that 

 florists that have a carnation bed has a dry spot to keep his cannas. 

 If we have anyone here who has a surer way let us hear from him. 



Mr. Atkinson: Do not keep them on a damp cellar floor. 



Chairman: Our next paper is entitled "Prospects for Wholesaling in 

 Nebraska," by Mr. August Eiche. I will say that Mr. Eiche is sick at 

 the present time, but he has entrusted his paper to our secretary, who 

 will read it. 



PROSPECTS FOR WHOLESALING IN NEBRASKA. 



AUGUST EICHE, LINCOLN. 



I have been asked by your secretary to write a paper on the whole- 

 sale florist business in Nebraska, and the outlook for the future. In a 

 large way, I consider Nebraska one of the very best states in the union 

 for the grower of flowers. 



We have so many of the essential elements for the production of 

 first class stock so near at hand it would indeed be strange if we did 

 not produce as fine stock here as grown anywhere in the country. With 

 this stock, then, we are able to compete where first class flowers are 

 demanded, with any of the large growers in the East or elsewhere. We 

 have the best soil in the world, plenty of fertilizer for the hauling, and 



