THINGS TO BE DONE IN NOVEMBER 69 



Bring in what Paperwhite flats you have outdoors in frames; they 

 cannot stand freezing. The same holds good with the Freesias. 

 Give the flats of Roman Hyacinths a Httle bottom heat if they are 

 slow. You should see the buds by the end of this month in order 

 to have them in flower by Christmas in a 50-deg. house in which 

 they will be short and stocky and just right for dishes. 



Stock up with palms and ferns before it gets too cold. Bulb 

 pans and low dishes are always used a great deal during the late 

 Fall and Winter months. See to it that you have enough of them 

 on hand. Get ready to plant Lilium giganteum and other Lilies 

 such as auratum and rubrum, which wfll be here soon. 



Looking Ahead in Good Season 



Have you hfted a few Bleeding Hearts and variegated Funkias 

 for Easter ? These should be lifted now, potted up and placed in a 

 deep frame. Spiraea Vanhouttei, Lilacs, Snowball, Forsythia and 

 others can be forced easily for early April. 



Are you pushing conifers for window boxes and vases? You 

 should do so, and for the piu-pose secure a good supply of plants 

 from your nurseryman. They can be heeled into a frame and easily 

 kept in good shape. Keep on rooting Geraniums, Marguerites 

 and other bedding stock. Half -ripened canes of climbing Roses cut 

 in pieces containing about three eyes wiU root in a few weeks in a 

 Carnation house in sand with a little bottom heat and can be car- 

 ried along over Winter for planting out the following Spring. 



Be sure to plant a good number of Darwin Tulips in pans for 

 next Mother's Day. Right now is the time to do this and this lot 

 should be marked and kept separate from your other stock outside. 

 Also plant a few thousand bulbs outdoors in 5-ft. beds, so you can 

 cut flowers when your others in flats and pans are gone. 



Do not let the Cinerarias suffer for want of a shift; they are 

 making their main growth now, and need room to spread. The 

 Calceolarias also are getting busy and, like the Cinerarias, need a 

 cool, airy house. 



The Primula malacoides do not need a house over 48 deg. ; the 

 larger ones want liberal sized pots. 



DECEMBER 



Cultural Notes for Midwinter 



E are entering into dark weather and steady firing has to be 

 depended on in order to maintain a desired degree of tem- 

 perature. What is foremost with us this month is Christmas. At 

 the beginning of the month things may be slow in regard to business 

 but the rush is bound to come. While you want to be able to cut 

 every Carnation possible and, with the high prices prevailing around 



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