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CONTENTS . 



PARAGRAPHS 



ments, forcing hybrid perpetuate, use of unsold plants. 



(Pages 250-251) 311-317 



Chrysanthemums : 



Greenhouse culture : botanical classification, impor- 

 tant present-day varieties and their colors, commercial 

 varieties. 



Classification as to types of bloom : incurved, Japa- 

 nese, anemone, pompon, single, spidery, plumed and 

 feathery. (Pages 253-256) 318-320 



Classification as to types of plants : exhibition potted 

 plants, potted plants for general culture, potted plants 

 trained to a single stem, single-stemmed plants in beds 

 and benches, plants for commercial cut-flowers. (Pages 

 256-258) .... |i - ; '.- , '. 321 



Propagation and culture for commercial cut-flowers : 

 potting the cuttings, soil, benches, filling the benches, 

 planting, watering, feeding, topping, tying, disbudding. 

 (Pages 258-263) 322-333 



Outdoor culture : propagation, outdoor planting, stak- 

 ing, prolonging the season of bloom, insects and diseases, 

 watering, feeding, disbudding. (Pages 263-265) . . 334-340 



CHAPTER XIV 



CUT-FLOWER CROPS : VIOLETS, ORCHIDS, SWEET PEAS, 

 MIGNONETTE, SNAPDRAGONS, WALLFLOWERS, LU- 

 PINES AND FREESIAS. (Pages 266-310.) 

 Violets : classification, present-day varieties, propaga- 

 tion, soil, methods of culture, field and house culture, 

 field planting, season of year for planting in greenhouses, 

 solid beds or raised benches, planting, care of plants, 

 temperature requirements, ventilation and watering, 

 house culture with artificial heat, frame culture without 

 heat, marketing. (Pages 266-273) .... 

 Orchids: classification, habitat, popularity, prepara- 

 tion of plants for shipping, treatment of freshly imported 

 plants, potting, propagation by seeds, temperature re- 

 quirements. (Pages 273-277) 



341-356 



357-365 



