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ing the Fall months when he 

 needs them) but rather as stock 

 to plant after the Chrysanthe- 

 mums leave the benches. For 

 that you should root cuttings 

 about the end of August, or sow 

 seed about July fifteenth. This 

 will give you plants in 3}^-in. 

 pots by the end of October or 

 early November, and in most 

 cases the soil in the 'Mum 

 benches is good enough, but if 

 you want to, add a layer of fresh 

 soil before you spade it over. 

 Stock planted around the middle 

 of November in benches and kept 

 in a 48-deg. house will not flower 

 much before March. Another 

 way is to plant on soUd beds fol- 

 lowing Chrysanthemums and if 

 you should have a house you 

 want to keep just from freezing, 

 the Snapdragons can stand any- 

 thing over 32 deg. They won't do 

 anything in such, a house, but 

 if you Uft a plant about Febru- 

 ary you will find tbat there are 

 all kinds of new roots ; and if you 

 start about March to keep the 

 house near 50 deg. you will find 

 that in a short time the plants 

 catch up with the others, and by 

 the middle of April are a mass of 

 buds, and you wiU have a great 

 crop of flowers during May. 

 However, I don't think there is 

 a great deal gained by it, not, at 



least, for the man with limited space; by planting on benches fol- 

 lowing early Chrysanthemums and keeping the house near 50 deg. 

 you can have your main crop cut by early May or the first of that 

 month, and have the bench ready for bedding stock, which appeals 

 to the man who gives his Geraniums and other bedding stock the 

 final shift around that time. 



If you want a crop of Snapdragons for Memorial Day, it is time 

 enough to root cuttings during early February or to sow seed in 

 January and bench or plant out 2J^-in. stock about March twen- 

 tieth. It doesn't take nearly as long in Spring to get the plants 



Fig. 90. — Snapdragon (Antirrhinum). 

 This is a favorite with everybody. Of 

 late years it has been largely grown by 

 florists under glass, for which purpose 

 some excellent varieties have been 

 brought out 



