grown too hot they do not keep well at all, and you cannot do 

 much with them either for cut fronds or pot plants. 



Aim to have your best plants from September to Christmas. 

 There are always plenty of good plants till after the holidays. 

 After New Year the market is better and small defects on the 

 plants will not be noticed as readily as when stuff is plentiful. 

 Save up stumps during April and May for Summer propagating. 

 Natural heat is all that is wanted at this time of the year for suc- 

 cess in propagation. Cuttings started at this period will make 

 excellent plants to> open the market with in the Fall the following 

 year, while you have your young plants that are propagated dur- 

 ing the early Spring months to carry you through till June. 

 Cuttings started in January should, if handled properly, make 

 salable plants by Christmas, and those started during February 

 and March could very well hold the season till June. 



As to the growing of Farleyense for private places, a special 

 house is not necessary. They will do well with other ferns if the 

 temperature does not go below 68 or 66 degrees at night. The 

 regular night temperature for Farleyense is 68 degrees at night ; 

 74. to /6 is a nice growing temperature during the day. The more 

 artificial heat you have the lower the temperature, of course. 

 Farleyense likes pure air, as do other foliage plants. You can 

 pretty nearly tell by the color of the foliage whether the tempera- 

 ture is right. It is a good plan to fix cheesecloth under the ven- 

 tilators in some cases. The plants cannot stand much draft ; they 

 require a little higher temperature in thumb-pots and 2 and 3-inch 

 pots, especially when - newly potted, otherwise the temperature 

 mentioned above is all right. I have had superior Farleyense in 

 ;the palm house on private places. If they are located in a place 

 ;sheltered from the strong current of air through the ventilators 

 land the temperature is right, they will do well. Where only a few 

 t plants are,- wanted cuttings could be taken during Spring months. 



A few clinkers or crocks or any rough material put in the 

 'bottom of a large seed pan with an inch or so of sand on, the cut- 

 tings placed on top, covered lightly with sand and watered, a 



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