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pot plants each Spring to take up his time with it. I believe he is 

 ahead if he purchases some 3-in. or Sj/^-in. stock by the first of June, 

 plants it in the field, lifts the plants by the middle of September 

 and pots them up into 5s, places them in a house of 50 deg. over 

 Winter, maybe gives them another shift in February, and has them 

 ready for his Spring trade. Those who are in need of smaller plants 

 for boxes or hanging baskets and who want to grow their own 

 stock, can sow seed at almost any time during the year. 



Next, perhaps, to D. indivisa comes D. terminalis, the popular, 

 oldtime, red leaf sort we use so extensively for Christmas, either as 

 single plants or in plant arrangements for baskets. This sort, like 

 many others, is usually propagated from canes. These are cut up 

 into l3^-in. pieces and laid in sand in the propagating bench with 

 about 70 deg. of bottom heat, where they make root and break. 

 The retail grower with old plants on his place of varieties such as 

 D. terminalis, D. fragrans and others, can cut the plants down, use 

 the canes in this way and root the tops — and, most likely, new breaks 

 will appear from the base of the cut down plant. 



Some Fine New Sorts 

 Some very fine Dracaenas have been introduced of late years; 

 these make ideal house plants, and to a great extent they have made 

 up for the shortage of palms. Among many we might mention the 

 following: D. Massangeana, with a large green leaf with creamy 

 stripe along the center; D. Lord Wolseley, with a broader leaf than 

 D. terminalis, but a fine shade of red; D. Lindenii, green with yellow 

 border; and D. Warneckii, with a green and silver- white leaf. These 

 are just a few of many, and the retail grower, around the hoHdays 

 in particular, should always stock up well with a good number of 

 them. If he is short on blooming plants, such stock will come in 

 very handy and what isn't sold is a good asset later on; for Dra- 

 caenas kept in a 55-deg. house will not spoil, but will keep on grow- 

 ing in value. Most any of them in the smaller sizes are fine for made- 

 up baskets. 



DUSTY MILLER 



See Centaurea 



EGHEVERIA SECUNDA GLAUCA (HEN AND CHICKENS) 

 Echeverias really belong to the Cotyledons, of which there are 

 a great many sorts, but most of them are of but little interest to 

 the florist. We know C. secunda glauca best for we see it used most 

 extensively in carpet beds in connection with Alternantheras, 

 Santolinas and others; or in the cemetery in the same company. 

 I don't know but what quite a few retail growers could use a few of 

 all these plants to good advantage by making a little display of 

 their own on their show grounds. In most cases a small border 



