
Rooted Cuttings 
I am often requested to quote prices on rooted cuttings of certain 
varieties some customers 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. 
If any of my flower-friends are handling plants and/or biooms on 
a small commercial scale and have found it difficult to get the large 
mum firms to ship small orders promptly, I suggest that you send me 
a list of the varieties you are interested in, and if you wisn as many 
as 25 of a variety and do not specify varieties that are new and “‘scarce,” 
I imagine I could quote you on most varieties at approximately half 
the “each” price; that is around 6 cents per plant in lots of 25 or more 
of a variety, provided the variety is not a new variety, shipped by ex- 
press collect of course. ; 
Rooted cuttings are cheaper, but many amateur flower growers and 
small florists are not prepared to pot the rooted cuttings and grow 
them on until they are ready to set in their permanent place—hence 
the above offer. However, rooted cuttings are cheaper and if any one 
is prepared to handle them and will let me know in suificient time I will 
try to fill their orders for rooted cuttings during May and June, but 
it wili take at least 3 weeks advance notice and a month would be better. 
The price on rooted cuttings of the not-too.scarce varieties will be about 
3 cents each in lots of 25 or more of one variety. On most of the scarce 
varieties I would not be able to quote prices at ali, unless very cate 
in the season. 
While on the subject of rooted cuttings I might add that I beiieve 
there are considerable possibilities for a little profit in the Korean Hy- 
rid 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% inch pots 
and will make excellent pot plants by fall. The style of bloom. colors 
and excellent foliage of the Koreans lend themselves ideally for this 
purpose. Here Korean cuttings handled in such manner make excelient 
pot plants by the latter part of October—about 10 to 12 inch2s tall witn 
a flower at the top and a bud in the axil of each leaf. When ready for 
sale they are marketed “as is” or trarisferred to the usual paper pot, 
or several may be “made up” into a 6 inch or larger pot. When they 
are grown under partial shade (slat house) the fol'aze is unusually nice. 
Anyone wishing to try a few this year should let me know well in ad- 
vance so I can prepare the rooted cuttings in time. 
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 4 
task to gather, label and shiv so many small orders. On top of this I 
discovered that while I would work cheerfully every spare minute tend- 
ing 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 more. If you wish them kept separate in the package I will 
do that for you, but the saving of time will be wortii that much to me 
—and you will get the discount for your trouble. 
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