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dings, receptions, or any private or public 

 function. For this purpose the plants may 

 be propagated in May and stopped twice or 

 three times. Some of the tall-growing va- 

 rieties may well be used for this purpose. 

 Part of the plants may be grown without 

 disbudding, as the sprays of bloom will be 

 more graceful than so many larger blossoms, 

 although large blooms may also be used with 

 good effect. Many varieties of pompons 

 grown in pots, or in benches or even out- 

 doors, and lifted and potted, are useful for 

 this kind of work. 



Florists located in small towns, where the 

 prices paid for large blooms cannot be 

 obtained, may produce sufficiently good 

 blooms for the majority of their customers 

 by growing their plants either in beds or 

 benches under glass, or even out of doors 

 — lifting and potting them after the buds 

 have set — and allowing from three to six 

 blooms to a plant. 



Many growers prefer to grow their stock 

 plants out of doors, lifting and potting them 

 or planting them in boxes before cold 

 weather sets in. Where cut blooms are 

 grown in considerable quantities some rev- 



