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gested. For mid-season kind, 
turn on lights about Aug. 20. 
For December varieties, start 
a week later. Do not start 
later, or finished stock will 
tend to have long necks 
and sometimes, malformed 
flowers. Use 40 Watt bulbs 
with reflectors. Space lights 
5 feet and high enuf to spread 
the light well over the bed. 
Turn lights on when darkness 
is reached and for 8 hours 
daily. Continue the lighting 
for three-fourths as many 
days as it is wished to delay 
flowering; in other words, if 
you wish to defer flowering 
20 days, keep the lights on 
them 15 days. It is not con- 
sidered practical to delay 
flowering more than 8 or 4 
weeks. Take first bud show- 
ing after light treatment 
stops. 
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ECONOMIC QUESTIONS 
Tho this crop occupies bench space 
largely during summer when overhead is 
low, the profit in it is usually close and 
unless costs are watched, the margin in it 
might easily disappear. We are not plug- 
ging for high-priced novelties when we say 
the question of varieties is important. 
While it is somewhat determined by local 
demands, it must be remembered that 
some kind are quite generally better than 
others. We have tried to designate such 
in this catalog. Our long list is necessary 
because some growers find certain k'nd do 
well with them, and they insist on calling 
for them, tho others might be better. 
Some of the inferior ones we have been 
carrying, and that we are sure are super- 
seded, have been dropped from this list. 
Also, don’t overlook the value of the Sin- 
gles and the Anemones. Some, especially 
in the new ones, are quite attractive, and 
in your interest, we do not hesitate to say 
that some new ones in all classes should 
be tried annually; for none are sent out 
that are not at least an improvement with 
the originator. 
In our own experience we find a sub- 
stantial advantage in two ways to have all 
our plant stock in the form of rooted cut- 
tings. First there is a saving of half or 

“October Pink’’ the new single that doesn’t lose its color when shaded. 
Heavy producer, clear rose pink. That’s John Jacobs, West Chicago, 
Illinois, the grower on the right. 
more in cost of a cutting, over early propa- 
gated stock. ‘Easy to figure this out. Sec- 
ondly, an unchecked rooted cutting will 
start off and grow more freely and be 
more resistant to disease than early stock 
that has been transplanted twice, topped 
and more or less checked. We use the first 
lot of early cuttings to plant out for later 
cuttings. We try to have all cuttings in 
the sand a month to six weeks before date 
for planting. If cuttings are potted or 
planted out 38-4 weeks before planting, 
they should receive little or no check in 
replanting. The extra labor and space in- 
volved should be balanced by extra growth, 
but avoid early propagated stock. 
COST OF CUTTINGS 
An increasing number of growers who 
maintain cost records are finding it profit- 
able to pass all responsibility for their 
cuttings over to us. We furnish them per- 
fectly rooted the day you want to plant. It 
is significant to note that all of our large 
buyers of 50 to 100,000 cuttings, each, are 
among the most successful growers. In 
figuring the actual cost of cuttings you 
must go further than making and sticking 
them in the sand; $5.00 per 1000 should 
cover that. First cost is space covered 
with stock plants all winter. We figure 
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