PART TWO 



A CULTURAL MANUAL FOR THE 

 RETAIL GROWER 



IN the following pages will be found, alphabetically arranged, the 

 different plants used by the florist. Except in a very few cases, 

 I have written the descriptions and cultural notes from my own 

 personal acquaintance with them, and have dwelt upon each accord- 

 ing to its importance to the florist, pointing out just what its useful- 

 ness consists of, and how to handle it so as to obtain the best 

 results. 



Outside of a dictionary of gardening it is impossible to compile 

 a list of plants in which every variety is represented, and after aU, 

 such a list wouldn't be of nearly as much value to the retail grower as 

 one that makes him acquainted with the actual "bread-and-butter" 

 sorts. This I have tried to supply, even going so far as to omit the 

 names of quite a number of plants which, whUe desirable, are of 

 but little interest to the average florist; some I have omitted be- 

 cause we have other more valuable plants which, to some extent, 

 take their place and bring better returns. 



I have also dwelt but briefly on the different and most uptodate 

 sorts of, for instance, Roses, Carnations, Sweet Peas, Geraniums, 

 Cannas, Peonies, Iris, Phlox and other plants, for the reason that 

 while these plants themselves are among the most popular, they 

 have long been so, and no doubt always wiU be. With each year 

 the number of their varieties changes and increases. The most 

 complete, uptodate list today is out of date tomorrow— which, by 

 the way, is the best possible indication that we are going forward. 



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