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Bering, however, that quantity will be at the expense of qual- 

 ity, as the flower-producing capacity of each plant can be 

 concentrated into one or more shoots, or even into a single 

 terminal bud. Some growers take out the terminal bud as 

 soon as it appears, and thin out the lateral shoots to two or 

 three, and in this manner obtain fine blooms, but not quite 

 as early as if the terminal buds were retained on each shoot. 



