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ary. You can take cuttings up to May, all of which will grow into 

 flowering plants. They can go to the field in Summer and be benched 

 about October first. Or you can carry them in pots up to July and 

 bench them about the time the Carnations are housed. Still another 

 way is to grow them in pots altogether and carry them in a frame 

 during Summer; or in September pot up some of the plants in the 

 field to be placed in a coldhouse and brought to warmer quarters 

 as wanted during the Winter months. The plants can stand any 

 temperature above 32 deg., but will be ruined if allowed to freeze. 



With the dwarf double sort, pot culture is not very desirable. 

 If you want the stock for cut flowers, the plants grow too short in 

 pots. In order to have a long season of flowers, simply keep the 

 plants in a low temperature and let them come along slowly. 



STOCKS 



In order to be at their 

 best, Stocks must be grown 

 under glass. In that way 

 they make fine cut flowers 

 for which the retail grower 

 finds a ready sale from 

 early Spring on up to Me- 

 morial Day. 



They are also desir- 

 able for outdoors as Sum- 

 mer bloomers, when fine 

 spikes are obtained. Or 

 they are of value grown 

 on in pots and to be had 

 in bloom around Memo- 

 rial Day. Many plants in 

 2J/2S grown from seed sown 

 in early March can be 

 disposed of during the 

 Spring months. Such 

 plants for bedding or 

 planting out are far supe- 

 rior to such as have to be 

 moved with naked roots. 



FOR GROWING UNDER 

 GLASS 



Of the. many fine va- 

 rieties, there is none better 



Fig. 271. STOCKS, VARIETY BEAUTY OF NICE. 



This is good for both Summer-flowering outdoors 



and for early Spring cutting under glass 



