BUSH PLANTS AND STANDARDS 5 1 



the shoots that start from the upper parts 

 of the plants should be stopped shorter 

 than those starting from the sides. It 

 may also be desirable to tie down some of 

 the stronger shoots that develop at the top. 

 This stopping and tying should be continued 

 until about the last week in June or the first 

 week in July. Some growers continue the 

 stopping much later than this, but if the 

 plants were propagated early they should 

 be as large as desirable before making their 

 flowering shoots at the time stated. More 

 stopping will naturally make more flowers, 

 but they will not be so large, the foliage 

 will be smaller, and the general effect will 

 not be so good. When stopping is discon- 

 tinued before July ist many of the growths 

 made after that date will produce four- 

 to five-inch blooms, even though the plant is 

 carrying from two to three hundred of them. 

 The treatment for standards is exactly 

 the same as for bush plants, except that, 

 instead of stopping the plants at two to 

 four inches high, the stem is allowed to 

 grow to whatever height the standard is 

 intended to be. Then the stem is stopped 

 and the body of the plant, or "head," is 



