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in the chapter devoted to "growing exhi- 

 bition blooms." It is only necessary to 

 understand that the same operations are 

 to be performed on the bush plants, the sole 

 difference being that their flowering shoots 

 are smaller than the stems of the plants 

 grown for specimen blooms. 



TYING THE BLOOMS IN POSITION 



When the plants have been disbudded, 

 preparations should be made for getting 

 the blooms tied in the positions that they 

 must occupy in order to make a symmetrical 

 plant. Some means must be used to support 

 the blooms in their positions. There are 

 two methods of accomplishing this. Both 

 are excellent if well done and either of them 

 may be used with good results under vary- 

 ing conditions. One method is to use stakes 

 of either wood, bamboo, or galvanized wire, 

 the latter being much the neatest of all. 

 One stake is placed to each flowering shoot 

 and the latter tied to it in such manner as 

 will hold the bloom in the desired position. 

 If a plant is misshapen, and bending and 

 twisting the branches must be resorted to 

 in order to get it in shape, this will probably 



