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spreading plants, with a dozen to three dozen 

 flowers of fair size, the plants are pinched back 

 as they grow, to get the desired shape and num- 

 ber of branches. And all the buds but the ter- 

 minal bud on each branch should be removed. 

 In professional parlance this is called "dis- 

 budding." 



For exhibition purposes, the plants are spread 

 and trained by tying the branches to a wire 

 frame, so as to get a perfectly formed, circular 

 mound of blooming surface. Care must be 

 taken to select the buds to be left, so they will 

 open at about the same time. There is a 

 good deal of fun in trying your hand at this 

 training. 



To get fine blooms, the plants should be fed 

 with bone meal, tankage, liquid manure, or some 

 special "mum" fertilizer, until the buds begin 

 to show color. 



The insect pest most likely to give trouble is 

 the aphis — in this case a black variety. It can 

 be controlled absolutely by the use of 40 per cent, 

 nicotine sulphate; or, under glass, by fumigat- 

 ing with a nicotine preparation. 



Plants for Winter Flowering 



With all the pleasure that cutting your own 

 flowers will hold for you, I don't think you will 



