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MARKET NURSERY WORK 



by the severest frosts of winter. Though there are a great number 

 of varieties those mostly grown would not much exceed two 

 dozen, though fanciers could easily reel off the names of three 

 times as many. For all practical purposes a nurseryman, 

 unless he is a Viola specialist, will limit himself to the smaller 

 number, choosing rather to grow large stocks of a few leading 

 varieties than a small stock of many. 



In taking cuttings of Pansies and Violas, those young growths 

 arising from the base of the plants should be chosen. The 

 larger top growths are purely and simply flowering growths, 

 being hollow and incapable of originating roots. (See Fig. 12.) 



Good 



Pansy Cuttings 



Bad 



FIG. 12. 



Make them about 2 inches in length shorter if necessary rather 

 than longer cutting close below a joint and trimming away a 

 pair or two of leaves. Insert about I inch apart with 3 inches 

 from row to row, giving the usual close treatment in partial 

 shade till rooted. The bed should be as advised for Arabis. 



PENTSTEMONS 



This is another subject which requires the protection of glass 

 during its incipient stages only. It is a plant with a great future 

 before it, therefore one to be noted. The cuttings should be 

 taken from mid-September till mid-October and put in exactly 



