182 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
late, get a few plants and keep them in pots. Next 
year buy before March a hundred or so rooted 
cuttings, or in April small plants, and set them out 
before the middle of May. Cultivate well during 
the summer, being sure to keep all flower buds 
pinched off, and have a nice supply of your own 
plants ready for next fall. 
In putting the plants into the bench (or pots) se- 
lect a cloudy day, and then keep them shaded for a 
few days, with frequent syringing of the foliage, 
until they become established. Keep the night 
temperature very little above fifty degrees, and not 
above seventy-five in the daytime, while sixty will 
do in cloudy weather. As to the watering, they 
should be well soaked when put in, and thereafter 
only as the ground becomes dry, when it should 
again be wet, care being taken to wet the foliage as 
little as possible. In the mornings, and on bright 
days, syringing the foliage will be beneficial, but 
never in dull weather, as the leaves should never 
be wet over night. 
As the flower stems begin to shoot up they will 
need support. If you can get one of the many 
forms of wire supports used by commercial flo- 
rists, so much the better; but if these are not obtain- 
able the old method of stakes and strings (or prei- 
erably raffia) will do very well. To obtain 
large flowers the flower stems must be “ disbudded ” 
— that is all but the end bud on each stalk should 
