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mice damaging the plants while on ship- 

 board. 



"Small foreign shipments are sometimes 

 made by removing the soil and placing the 

 plants in tin boxes, filling the intervening 

 spaces with dry cocoanut fibre or moss. It 

 is very important, when packed in this 

 manner, that all the leaves be removed except 

 those undeveloped at the top. If the plants 

 have been hardened there will be little loss. 

 It is easy to test a system of packing by pre- 

 paring a shipment, putting it aside, and open- 

 ing it after a period of time equivalent to that 

 required for transit to the proposed des- 

 tination, and noting the condition; or pot up 

 the plants and determine how many will 

 survive." 



GROWING FOR CUT BLOOMS 



Growing the plants for cut blooms, whether 

 for wholesale or retail trade, may be done 

 with reasonable assurance of fair profit If 

 good, economical business methods are used. 

 If the purpose is to grow for the wholesale 

 market, the grower should, if possible, locate 

 near some large city, where there is likely to 

 be a good and steady market for his product. 



