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grown in these pots during the Summer months. This will assure 

 the best flowering wood. Let the plants get touched with frost in 

 Fall, then bring them into a deep coldframe to stay there until the 

 end of January. After that keep them in a 45-deg. house, moving 

 them to warmer quarters by the end of February. They can, if 

 necessary, stand a real hot house after that, but they are better 

 off if not forced too hard. If wanted for Easter and found a little 

 ahead of time, they can be placed in cooler quarters again. 



Wherever this Deutzia is hardy it should be included in the 

 list of dearable flowering shrubs as should the other sorts such 

 as Pride of Rochester, magnificata, venosa, Lemoinei, candidissima, 

 crenata and Watered. These are among the most showy of early 

 flowering shrubs, but unfortunately, they are not all hardy enough 

 everywhere. They don't always winterkill, but may freeze down far 

 enough to spoil the flowering wood. 



DIANTHUS (PINKS) 



Gf the hardy varieties of Dianthus, a number are of- value to 

 the florist, and I might say that of these Sweet WiWiaim. {Dianthus 

 barbatus) is the most valuable. For not only is it a showy plant in 

 the hardy border, but also it can be used to good advantage as a 

 cut flower. This is true especially of Newport Pink, since of this 

 color there isn't an oversupply 

 in May and June. The easiest 

 way to propagate Dianthus is 

 from seed sown in July or 

 August; later on transplant 

 the seedHngs six inches apart 

 where they are to flower the 

 following. Spring, or you can 

 transplant stock in FaU or 

 Spring. They don't all come 

 true and if you should wish to 

 improve your strain, select a 

 few of the best plants when 

 they are in flower and save 

 them for seed. 



Of the border Pinks there 

 are some fine double sorts 

 which make showy, low border 

 plants even when not in bloom. 

 You wiU find that the best 

 way to propagate them is by Fig. 147— Dianthus babbatus. Old- 

 means of cuttings, rooted in fashioned Sweet William belongs m the 

 ,_,„..,"'. „ perennial border, but the retail grower 



early FaU inside, or m a frame ^^^ j^ig^ g^^^ jt for cut flowers and then 



and carried in a cool house. sell the plants 



