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buyer loves a change and with the variety afforded by 

 the Chrysanthemum there should be no lack of novelty. 



POT PLANTS 



Pot plants are not very largely grown any more, 

 commercially, though there is no reason why they 

 should not be made a profitable asset in a general 

 florist's business. The style of plant most generally 

 seen is rooted about April, kept pinched until June and 

 then allowed to come up with from four to eight shoots 

 in a seven-inch pot. There is no apparent reason why 

 single stem, six-inch pot plants, should not be made 

 commercially profitable, and, undoubtedly, if well 

 grown and finished, they would create a market for 

 themselves anywhere. 



Many plants are annually grown outside during 

 the summer, lifted the first week in September and 

 potted. If the operation of lifting be carefully per- 

 formed so that the roots are not injured too much, and 

 the plants are shaded until they take hold of the new 

 soil, it is surprising what nice stock can be produced 

 in this manner. 



The Chrysanthemum stands today as a staple 

 flower, commercially, in its season, and the pessimists 

 who predicted a speedy decline of its popularity are 

 living to see what was termed "a passing fad" perma- 

 nently established as the flower of the people and the 

 "Queen of Autumn/' 



