Rooted Cuttings 
1 am often requested to quote prices on rooted cuttings of certain varie¬ 
ties some customer particularly desires. Now the plants I ship are really 
“plants,” not rooted cuttings. They are usually root divisions taken off 
very early in the spring and set in nursery rows in a specially prepared soil, 
where by shipping time in the spring and early summer they have developed 
an excellent root growth and are from 6 to 12 inches tall. Rooted cuttings 
are cheaper and if any of my flower-minded friends will let me know in 
sufficient time I will try to fill their orders for rooted cuttings during May’ 
and June, but it takes at least 3 weeks advance notice and a month would be 
better. 
While on the subject of rooted cuttings I might add that I believe 
there are considerable possibilities for a little profit in the Korean Hybrid 
field for the amateur who sells some of his flowers. Late cuttings taken 
in June and rooted by mid-July can be potted up in 2 1-2-inch pots and 
will make an excellant pot plant by fall. The style of bloom, colors and 
excellent foliage of the Koreans lend themselves ideally for this purpose. 
Here last year Korean cuttings handled in such manner made excellent 
pot plants by the latter part of October—about 10 to 12 inches tall with a 
flower at the top and a bud in the axil of each leaf. When ready for sale 
they were transferred to the usual paper pot and found a ready sale. When 
grown under partial shade (slat house) the foliage was unusually nice. 
Any one wishing to try a few this year should let me know well in advance 
so I can prepare the rooted cuttings. I intend to grow a few this way 
myself “just for the fun of it.” 
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Discounts 
I have found that nearly all of my flower-minded customers selected 
a plant or two of many varieties, and as a consequence it was quite 
a task to gather, label and ship so many small orders. On top of this I 
discovered that while I would work cheerfully every spare minute tending 
to the wants of my mums, I did NOT enjoy gathering and shipping them. 
I have never been able to learn why, but the fact remains that I do, so in 
order to minimize this job I am offering a straight discount of 
10% to my customers who will pool their orders to where they amount to 
^5,00 or over. If you wish them kept separate in the package I will do 
that for you, but the saving of time will be worth that much to me—and 
you will get the discount for your trouble. 
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