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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



times grown into specimen plants the second year, but the bloom is rather 

 inclined to be small. 



General Purpose Plants. 



One way that plants may be satisfactorily grown without a great deal of 

 trouble is to plant out the small plants, without the pots, in good garden soil, 

 as soon as the weather perrnits. Pinch off the end of the shoot or shoots soon 

 after planting, and again in June and July. If pinched after Aug. ist they will 

 probably be somewhat late in flowering. If kept fairly moist they will be fine 

 large plants by September, in the early part of which month they should be 

 carefully lifted and potted, then stood in a shady place for several days, and the 

 foliage kept moist by sprinkling or syringing until they have recovered the 

 check received in lifting. Many growers, however, now keep their plants in 

 pots the whole summer through. 



To Obtain Very Large Flowers. 



The method usually practised to obtain very large flowers is to root the 

 cuttings late in May or in June, then place in a small pot, and in two or three 



weeks put in a five or 

 six inch pot, the side 

 growth being carefully 

 kept nipped ofif in order 

 to throw all the vigor 

 into the main stem, 

 which must be support- 

 ed by a stake, and tied. 

 As soon as buds ap- 

 pear, select the largest 

 and most perfectly for- 

 med one, and the plant 

 should never be allow 

 ed to produce another 

 bud to even the size of a 

 pea. Thus with all the 

 strength of the plant 

 concentrated in one 

 flower, and with all 

 conditions favorable, 

 flowers are produced 

 that will measure six, 

 eight and even ten in- 

 ches across. 



