66 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Lift some Polyanthus Primulas ; they should go into the Violet 

 house. Lift your English Ivies and pot them up. The green and 

 variegated Vincas should also come in; cut them well back and 

 either pot them up after they have been divided, or place the clumps 

 in a frame until you get room on the benches later on. 



It is at this time of the year that you appreciate your cold- 

 frames. There is no better place for many kinds of plants, either to 

 overwinter in or to be kept in for a few months. 



If you want to have stock of herbaceous plants in pots for next 

 Spring and Summer (there is always a demand for such plants, and 

 this demand is sure to become greater as we go along), you had better 

 lift a good number of the different varieties you carry or have out 

 in the field now. Heel them in a frame so you can get at them 

 next February or March when ready to pot them. 



Have you labeled all of the Dahlias and Cannas? The first 

 good frost will make this impossible, so get at it in good time. 



Lift your Gladioli and dry the bulbs off nicely outdoors before 

 they are brought under cover. Whenever possible, keep the va- 

 rieties separate. 



Whenever the tops of the Dahlias or Cannas have been cut 

 down by frost, lift them before a spell of bad weather sets in. This 

 holds good with all outdoor operations: do what you can, and do it 

 quickly. 



There is nothing like turning soil over deeply in Fall, and letting 

 it lie rough over Winter so the frost will go through it and sweeten it. 

 If there is transplanting to be done, get at it. Move your stock to- 

 gether; have the beds and rows of perennials filled up properly, and 

 turn over what empty space you have, so as to be able to get at the 

 Spring planting early next year. There is always a rush during 

 Spring; work piles up and, at best, you have only a few weeks in 

 which to do the planting of hardy stock. Therefore, if for no other 

 reason, do what you can in the Fall. Get whatever you can in ths 

 line of outdoor work out of the way. 



WATCHFUL WAITING INDOORS 



We are making toward Winter. We may experience ice one 

 day and 60 deg. the next, and a rainy week may be followed by 

 warm, sunny days. All this means that we must watch out with 

 the firing and ventilating to maintain under glass the right temper- 

 ature and growing atmosphere. 



Nothing hurts Roses, Carnations, or Chrysanthemums the 

 three main crops with so many florists more than sudden changes 

 of temperature, particularly when they are once used to indoor 

 conditions. It is really harder to run a greenhouse now than when 

 Winter has once set in. 



