THINGS TO BE DONE IN OCTOBER 67 



A little feeding will do the Chrysanthemums good as soon as 

 the buds are formed. Keep your houses well ventilated and let a 

 rather dry atmosphere prevail over night. As soon as the first 

 Chrysanthemums leave, have the benches cleared and follow up with 

 something else. If you retail your stock do not cut too close. Keep 

 up a show all through the Chrysanthemum season. 



As a crop to follow Chrysanthemums, which are through flow- 

 ering by the middle of October, you might consider single Violets. 

 Others are Sweet Peas, Snapdragon, Calendulas, Stocks, Pansies, 

 Marguerites, Schizanthus, Paperwhites, Freesias out of pots, Callas, 

 formosum Lilies or Carnations which were lifted in August, potted 

 up and kept in a frame up to the present 



Usually in the smaller establishments where a great variety of 

 stock is handled, there is no trouble in quickly filling up every avail- 

 able inch of space. It is more a matter of finding or figuring out 

 what to fiOOi up with in order to get the biggest returns. 



Bulbous and Other Stock 



With each day something else will be arriving in the way of 

 bulbs. Whether Tulips, Narcissi, Hyacinths, Iris or something else, 

 plant as soon as you can — that is, all those you want to force under 

 glass the coming Winter. For outdoor planting you have plenty of 

 time. 



Have you piled up enough soil for this Winter, and in a place 

 where you can get hold of it no matter what the weather? Put a 

 good number of Stevias in a cool house to be brought into warmer 

 quarters as needed later on. Do not plant all of your Paperwhites 

 at one time, for you do not want the flowers all to come inside of a 

 week. Keep 60 deg. in the Poinsettia house; the plants grown on 

 benches can get along with a httle less. Light doses of liquid cow 

 manure are of benefit to the pot 'Mums up to the time the buds 

 show color. 



The Carnations should be disbudded and stiU lightly cultivated. 

 Keep the flowering stems clean of the small lateral growth which 

 usually appears in Fall. The outdoor 'Mums need sashes over 

 them. It is not frost alone that hurts them; rainy weather is fully 

 as bad for the flowers whfle opening up. 



Keep the propagating bench busy this month. Your main crop 

 of Geraniums, rooting now, will be ready for potting in November. 



NOVEMBER 



Thanksgiving Preparations 



YOU can cut Pompons ten days before Thanksgiving and have 

 them in good shape for that day; the flowers wiU answer nicely. 

 You will need a cool, dry and rather dark place in which to keep 



