CHAPTER XIII 



CUT-FLOWER CROPS CARNATIONS, ROSES 

 AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



THE business of flower-production for the supply of 

 markets in cities and large towns is an important one. 

 The selection of the species one decides to grow will 

 depend in a large measure on the soil in that particular 

 locality, the demand for the product and the interest 

 of the grower in the species with which he is to 'work. 

 Within recent years, there is a much wider range of 

 species grown for cut-flowers. Roses, carnations, chrysan- 

 themums, violets and sweet peas are in great demand, 

 and are considered the standard florists' flowers. In 

 addition to these, orchids, antirrhinum, mignonette and 

 gardenias are grown quite extensively, while astilbes, 

 marguerites, myosotis and stocks are somewhat less ex- 

 tensively grown. There is an increasing interest among 

 flower-growers in annuals and herbaceous perennials 

 which may be forced for cut-flowers. 



CARNATIONS 



268. Botanical classification. Order, Caryophyllacese ; 

 Pink family ; genus, Dianthus (Greek, Jove, and anthos 

 flower) ; species, caryophyllus (Greek, caryon a nut, 

 and phyllon leaf, referring to fragrance of flower, which 

 is like the clove tree). (Fig. 23.) The forcing carnation 

 is var. longicaulis. 



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