that are frail, and produce a lot of sickly, small leaves, will be very 

 much improved by being disbudded. You should always aim- for 

 good plants from the beginning. I prefer throwing away the 

 small and sickly ones at the start rather than be bothered with 

 potting them two or three times and after all getting nothing out 

 of them. 



The plants should be propagated and handled in such a man- 

 ner that they will become salable in rotation. Farleyense will 

 keep a long time without getting too old or dried up, but the house 

 will hold a good many more plants by having them in good rota- 

 tion. It works splendidly, if you should have quite a demand for 

 cut fronds, to cut four or five of the bottom leaves off of your 

 strongest 5-inch ; then give your plants a shift into 6-inch pots in 

 good, rich soil, and you will be able to sell them a little later on 

 at good profit. About Christmas, when cold weather sets in, or 

 any time during the Winter, you are likely to get some of your 

 plants chilled. You will be able to tell it by the peculiar pinkish 

 color the young leaves assume. They may not have got enough 

 to make the tender fronds turn brown, but if this is going to 

 happen you will notice small, dark spots in the underside of 

 the leaves, sometimes hardly visible to the naked eye. Such 

 leaves will in two weeks' time be damaged entirely and disfigure 

 the plants if left on. The best way to treat your salable plants 

 when chilled is to pick them out and sell them to the stores. 

 The plants look splendid with their pinkish tint on the young 

 leaves and they will look well in the city for two weeks. Any- 

 way, a Farleyense is not likely to last any longer than that with 

 the city florists and as the plant is already chilled it is quite hardy 

 and not likely to flag. If the young leaves are of a rich, brownish 

 pink color, it is all right and often a sign of good health ; but as a 

 rule when the young fronds take on a slight rosy-pink hue, it is a 

 sign of cold, not always enough to do serious damage, but de- 

 manding careful watching. On windy, cold nights, let the tem- 

 perature go up to 72 degrees. It is necessary to grow Farleyense 

 as cool as you can without allowing them to be chilled. If 



