56 MARKET NURSERY WORK 



The best place to stand them is a cold, shady frame. Water 

 them heavily when they are put in and sprinkle every morning 

 to keep the large and clamorous leaves as fresh as possible. 

 Before a month has passed those leaves, finding insufficient 

 nourishment, will begin to wither and will eventually die off, 

 spoiling the look of the batch for some little time. But after 

 they are gone a movement can be seen in the crown which 

 begins to become prominent, and this is a telegraphic sign that 

 the roots are beginning to come. We know then that all is 

 well, and if we continue the same treatment a pair of large new 

 leaves will form about November and the welfare of the plant 

 is assured. 



No attempt must be made to force these young plantsthey 

 cannot stand it, for their root system is but slowly developing 

 but allow them to come along at their own pace, feeding them 

 as the small supply of soil in which they are becomes exhausted ; 

 quite a large percentage will show bloom, and not only show it, 

 but develop it and perfect it. Those which do not bloom should 

 be potted into 48*8 during the spring and encouraged to grow 

 healthily, so that by August they will hi turn have developed 

 their crowns with a certainty of producing large heads in the 

 following spring. Such plants as these will stand a little gentle 

 forcing and be in the market a month before the cuttings. 

 There is a great demand for such plants. 



MARGUERITES 



The demand for both the single and double forms of the 

 Marguerite is always heavy. There is scarcely a garden in the 

 country for which it is not required, so that the nurseryman 

 is bound to raise considerable numbers if he is to supply his 

 customers. Presumably a great many nurserymen do not find 

 it convenient to winter it, for during March and April " the 

 trade " clamours for it and buys in at from 8s. to IDS. per 100. 



The essential conditions for its successful cultivation in a 

 young state are coolness and moisture, combined with a soil 

 sympathetic with both and of an open, springy nature to 

 encourage an extra vigorous root. Grown healthily under 

 these conditions, it is able to withstand the attacks of its mos; 



