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to handle Ericas most likely will also handle Acacias and Chorize- 

 mas. If you have any leftover plants, cut them back a little, shift 

 them into larger pots in May and plunge them outdoors in a frame 

 over Summer. You will have no trouble in overwintering them nice- 

 ly in a cool house, so as to have them in flower again during March. 



CHRISTMAS CACTUS 



See Epiphyllum 



CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTESCENS 



See Marguerites 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Roses and Carnations are with us all through the year, while the 

 season of the Chrysanthemums is over in just about ten weeks; yet 

 the latter make up for it by occupying the entire stage when they do 

 appear. Everything else in flowers has to take a back seat during 

 their stay; they crowd all competitors into the comers of the dis- 

 play cooler. They decorate the show window and the store as nothing 

 else is able to, and with their endless variety of sizes, forms and 

 colorings make possible exhibitions all their own in the largest show 



halls of the country. 



JUST about when the Hickory sheds its weather-beaten brownish 

 leaves, the Bur Oak and Maple put on tints of Fall, the Dahlia 

 and the Cosmos hang their heads newly touched by frost and Nature 

 outdoors makes ready to go to sleep, the Chrysanthemums in 

 gorgeous color array usher in a new, busy Winter season for the 

 florist. They hven and brighten up dark November days and help 

 us to celebrate Thanksgiving ; and then, one by one, they make way 

 again for the Rose, the Violet, the Carnation, the red Cyclamen, 

 the Poinsettia, and the Christmas rush, having tarried with us but 

 for a little while. We are pleased enough when we behold the first 

 flower ready to be cut, and equally glad when the last one 

 leaves us. 



Their Value to the Flohist 



Chrysanthemums will thrive in a greater variety of soils and 

 cUmates than perhaps any other plant the florist handles. They 

 respond freely to good care, and while the wholesale grower doesn't 

 always find them profitable, mostly on account of market conditions, 

 they are one of the most important crops the retail grower has. 

 Not only can they be successfully grown in the most uptodate 

 greenhouse structure, but good results may be had if one has only a 

 sashhouse. They fill the benches when emptied of bedding stock 

 and, in turn, make room for a Winter crop, for small stock to be grown 

 on for another year, or for Easter plants. 



The florist out in the country couldn't have a better advertise- 

 ment for the opening of the Fall and Winter seasons than a little 



