86 How TO Grow Cut Flowers. 



ward in hopes of being able to walk out into God's 

 sunshine. The result was what must always be ex- 

 pected under like conditions, long spaced joints, spind- 

 ling growth, impaired vigor. Splendid subjects for 

 black spot, falling leaves, disappointed hopes. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 THE CUTTING OF CUDS. 



The stage at which this should -be done depends 

 upon the use to which it is desired to put the flowers. 

 If you are near your market and they are for immedi- 

 ate sale over the counter, they will need to be more 

 advanced than if they are for shipment to some distant 

 point. It has been proved that roses will both show 

 and keep better, not to be offered for sale the same day 

 they are cut, but be kept in water from twelve tO' 

 twenty-four hours, according to the varieties. 



The work of sorting, packing and getting the product 

 to market, consumes the morning hours, and usually 

 needs to be performed, in cool weather, before the day 

 is sufficiently advanced, to gather such as have devel- 

 oped during the night. Experience and careful watch- 

 fulness will enable one to form an accurate opinion a^ 

 to the amount a bud will develop between the hour it 

 is cut, and the time it is to be placed on the market.. 

 For this reason the cutting of buds is work the pro- 



