50 How TO fiROW Cut Flowehs. 



effect connected with their use. Also, because others 

 may find conditions to exist which call for a Systematic 

 search not only for the cause, hut the remedy. 



Those conversant with the black prairie soil of Illi- 

 nois will have noticed its peculiar texture when wet, 

 and it would seem 'that it must possess these necessary 

 ingredients. Certain it is, the writer has seen Ameri- 

 can Beauty in perfect form with some growers who are 

 using this upland sod, and it would seem that if 

 oUiers fai\ of good results with the same soil, there 

 must be other conditions necessary to success that have 

 not been complied with. These will be considered un- 

 der their various heads as we proceed. 



CHAPTER XII. 



STOCK FOR PLAXTIXG. 



An important preliminary to planting, is the selec- 

 tion and propagation of the stock we are to use for 

 that purpose. While a general description of the art 

 of propagation and growth of plants is foreign to my 

 purpose, so far as it relates to the subject matter under 

 consideration, I think it of sufficient importance to 

 claim our earnest thought. With good stock, planted 

 at the proper time, succeeding steps are comparatively 

 easy. With medium or inferior plants at the start, it 

 is an uphill fight all the way through, and a conse- 

 quent loss. 



