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For cut flowers the large flowering or Aster types 

 are the best, care being taken to select only the long 

 stemmed varieties. These can be grown so as to produce 

 three or four flowers on sprays fifteen to twenty inches 

 long, three to five sprays to the plant. They should be 

 planted where they can be protected from heavy frpst 

 and winds, as the flowers will not come to perfection 

 if exposed to severe frost. A good practice is to grow 

 them in $he field, planting good, young pot-grown 

 plants as soon as all danger from frost is over, in 

 rows three and one-half feet apart and twelve inches 

 in the row, topping back until there are five or six 

 good branches. These will make bushes about two feet 

 high by the time to take them in. Those to bloom 

 early are put in cold frames three feet deep, planting 

 them almost as close as they will stand, this being done 

 as soon as they commence to show buds, which is gener- 

 ally about the middle of September. The sash is kept 

 off in daytime, but put on when the nights are cool, 

 so that they are in bloom by the time the outdoor 

 flowers are killed by the frost. More are put in in 

 about two weeks after the first, the last being left 

 as late as can be done safely. Even if they get a light 

 touch of frost, it does not hurt them until the flowers 

 commence to show color, when they are put in a house 

 where they can be given a little heat when it is very 

 cold. In this way a succession of crops may be main- 

 tained from early O.ctober until late December, and, 

 by doing some disbudding, sprays of from two to three 

 flowers on good, long stems will be produced. There 

 is nothing better for bunching or table decorating at 

 this time of the year. 



Then there should be some of the exquisite 

 smaller varieties grown in the same way to be used 

 for the making up of bunches of the larger flowers, 



