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April, after which just enough shade should be applied to keep 

 it from wilting. 



CIBOTIUM SCHIEDEI 



There are several beautiful, stately so-called Tree Ferns, but 

 only a few of them are of interest to the florist, the most useful 

 being Cibotium Schiedei, a native of Mexico. 



For store, conservatory or show house, this makes an excellent 

 decorative plant. Furthermore, being able to stand a dry atmos- 

 phere, to w4iich many of our other ferns object, we find it frequently 

 giving satisfaction as a house plant. 



While the plants are easily grown from spores, because of the 

 space they take up and the time required to obtain specimens 

 with long fronds, the retail grower finds it best to purchase fully 

 developed plants from the specialist. You will want only a few at 

 a time. In fact, for the average show window, one plant with a 

 spread of from 4 to 6 ft. is quite enough. 



CINERARIAS 



If you want to brighten up the show house during the Midwinter 

 months, there are no better plants to do it with than Cinerarias. Your 

 customers may object to them on account of their coarse foliage or 

 because they don't make ideal house plants, but they caimot help but 

 admire a properly staged benchful, witii its lively colors. It is just 

 another way to advertise and make people think of flowers. 



Every retail grower can manage to have good Cinerarias 

 during the Winter months — in fact the plants seem to much prefer 

 the old sash house and a rather close atmosphere to anything else. 

 They want to grow where it is moist, yet not too warm; they like 

 good soil and plenty of water; and, as with the Calceolarias, they 

 want to be kept free from green fly. Almost any plant house with 

 a temperature ranging from 45 to 50 deg. but closer to the 45 deg. 

 point dm-ing Winter, and plenty of sun wiU suit them. Put them in 

 ia hot house and on a bench where they will dry out quickly — and 

 you can do nothing with them. 



For Christmas Flowering 



Many thousands of Cinerarias could be disposed of by retail 

 growers around Christmas and it is an easy matter to have a 

 batch in flower during December. You can always seU plants in 

 flower at holiday time for from a dollar and a half to two 

 dollars each. At present we don't cater enough to those who can- 

 not afford to spend more. We have no trouble in getting stock 

 which we have to retail at five or ten dollars in order to make 

 anything, but during and right after the World War, we didn't 

 pay enough attention to those who couldn't pay that price. 



