48 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Order fertilizer and let your patrons know you have on hand 

 what they need for their lawns and gardens. The sanie with grass 

 seed. Order the shrubs you will need for Spring planting. 



The little Cyclamen most likely will need a shift, but don't 

 overpot them. They should have a 55-deg. house and a sunny 

 bench. Start to root 'Mum cuttings of the early sorts. 



Sow out Tomatoes, Eggplants, BuUnose Peppers, Early Cab- 

 bage, Cauliflower and Parsley. There are always some among your 

 patrons who are willing to pay a fair price for large Tomatoes, Egg- 

 plants and Sweet Peppers in pots during May and June. 



Propagate Stevia this month and include the dwarf double sort. 

 Root Genista cuttings with a little bottom heat. 



APRIL 



Bedding Stock 



SPRING is here for sure iiow, and in the plant houses we have to 

 step lively in order to keep up with things. With Easter out of 

 the way, the Geraniums want their fioaal shift. Strong 2J^s can be 

 shifted at once into 4s, and the same holds good with Salvias, Petunias 

 and Heliotropes. For the Geraniums, make use of a heavy soil and 

 pot firmly.. 



There is still time to root cuttings of many plants which, in 

 from eight to ten weeks at this time of year, will grow into salable 

 stock. Among these there are the Salvias, Petunias, Ageratum, 

 Heliotrope, Lantanas, Abutilon, and others. Make your main batch 

 of Coleus cuttings toward the end of this month; in a month from 

 the time you place the cuttings in the sand you will have salable 

 plants in a 2- or 23^-in. pot. 



Have you a good stock of Mme. Salleroi Geraniums? You will 

 peed this old favorite as it is still used a great deal for bordering. 

 Then you most likely will have call for some of the other variegated 

 leaf sorts such as "Happy Thought," "Mountain of Snow," or 

 "Bronze Redder." Look over your stock and make note of what 

 you may be short of; your assortment should be complete. See if 

 you have all of the following: Rose Geraniums, Lemon Verbenas, 

 Lantanas, double and single Lobelias, double and single Sweet 

 Alyssum, Cupheas, variegated Glechomas, German Ivies, Impatiens, 

 Achyranthes, Abutilon for bordering (such as "EcUpse," or "Sa- 

 vitzii"), small Bostons for veranda boxes and vases, Asparagus 

 Sprengeri for the same purpose, Alternantheras, Fuchsias, Ivy 

 Geraniums, Pelargoniums, DahUas, Cannas, Ageratums, Helio- 

 tropes, EngUsh Ivy and bedding Begonias. If short you will have 

 no trouble in obtaining either rooted cuttings or 23^-in. stock of 

 most of these items. Don't carry just Geraniums, Cannas and 

 Salvias. You need more of an assortment — in fact, the larger it is, 

 the better. 



