256 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



to flower as during Midwinter. Snapdragons, like Sweet Peas, can 

 be planted any time during the Winter months; it is just a matter 

 for those who want every available foot of bench space for bedding 

 stock to figure out how to squeeze in a crop of them, between the 

 Chrysanthemums and the time in Spring when he needs the benches 

 for his pot stock. 



Florist's Sorts 



Nelrose, Enchantress, Silver Pink and Ramsburg's Light Pink 

 are all desirable sorts; in fact, if you have only space for a few hun- 

 dred plants, you will do every bit as well to plant just pink shades 

 alone. Nelrose not only makes a fine cut flower, but from rooted 

 cuttings in February you can grow by the end of May 5-in. pot 

 plants in full bloom which are bound to sell; for bedding, also, this 

 sort is to be recommended. If you desire the long 4-ft. stem ones 

 for early Spring flowering, the tall growing sorts should be used, 

 for they are, after aU, the showiest and can also be grown for out- 

 doors. With the exception of the very dwarf sorts, all Snapdragons 

 should have support of some kind to keep the stems straight. 



There is offered today an excellent strain of seed of some of the 

 popular varieties, and quite a number of growers prefer growing 



from seed entirely, claiming the 

 plants are more vigorous and 

 more rust-resisting; the sorts 

 come almost true from seed. 



To grow from cuttings 

 when you once have stock on 

 hand and the plants are in good 

 shape is easiest and quickest. 



Snapdragons for Outdoor 

 Planting 



The average florist has not 

 a great deal of use for Snap- 

 dragons du,ring the Summer 

 months, but \ for all of that he 

 should plant out a nice lot of 

 23^-in. stock for cutting; they 

 will be especially fine during 

 September, with its cooler 

 nights. Such plants wiU also 

 furnish the very best kind of 

 cuttings for such stock as you 

 want to grow on for Winter. 



Besides what you want for 

 your own requirements, a good 



Fig. 91.— Aquilegias grown under glass. 

 Field-grown clumps lifted in Fall, over- 

 wintered in frames and planted in a solid 

 bed m February in a Violet house temper- 

 ature will start to flower in April. The 

 cut flowers are fine keepers and with then 

 Maidenhair Fern-like foliage are much in 

 demand. They should be more used 



