POINTS FOR THE BEGINNER II 



of buds, nip out all but one, leaving the 

 strongest, which is generally at the too. 



MORE FLOWERS FROM TERMINAL BUDS 



"I prefer to grow the terminals^ and three 

 to a stem. Although the flowers are not 

 so large, they are more graceful, both in 

 the garden and when cut. When the 

 young plant is about five inches high nip 

 off the top (Plate III, Fig. 7). Shoots then 

 start from base of the leaves, forming a 

 plant with three to five branches (Plate III, 

 Fig. 8). Each of these stems will probably 

 terminate in cluster of buds (Plate II, Fig. 

 2), which is disbudded as necessary at the 

 stage shown in Plate II, Fig. i. I leave 

 three good buds, well separated, which will 

 develop as shown in Plate II, Fig. 3. 



"These clusters could be reduced to one 

 bud to a stem for larger flowers, or allowed 

 to develop naturally into a number of flowers 

 (Plate III, Fig. 10). The latter, however, 

 are too crowded to give perfect blooms. 



MAKING A BUSH PLANT 



"For a bush plant, start with one the 

 size of Plate III, Fig. 7; pinch out the tip, 



