Bedding Plants 
The full line of bedding plant stock in 
rooted cuttings is now ready. Many items are?+— 
suitable for low-priced selling plants this 
Spring. 
Fine AGERATUM of the Biuez Brrp and 
IMPROVED FRASERI and PurpLE BEAUTY 
GIANT type make attractive plants at low 
prices. We have the rooted cuttings ready 
now. We have new varieties, “WHITE RIvER- 
sIpE. and ““PurDUE PripF,” which are being 
sent out this year. 
CANNA Roots are now available in strong 
2-3 eye divisions ready for starting for your 
Spring sales. Get the good ones that sell, like 
Kinc Humpert, YELLOW Kinc HumBert, 
and PRESIDENT. There is no increase in prices 
over those of last year for our usual good 
quality. = 
Azaleas 
Would you like to grow your own? Many 
florists have been unable to buy large-sized 
plants of AzaLras to finish off for Christmas, 
Valentine’s Day and Easter blooming. At this 
time of the year we can supply you nice, 
2l4-inch pot plants of such popular sellers as: 
Cora Betts, HEXE, SNow, and also some of 
the [Npica types. 
These could be potted immediately into 
larger sizes and planted out this Summer to 
make a salable plant for the coming season. 
If grown another year outdoors, they would 
be excellent specimen plants. 
We are now selling limited quantities of the 
new “ORANGE CorauL BExts’’—a seedling of 
much deeper and livelier color than Cora. 
Betis which may eventually replace it. 
In May we will also have 1-year bench 
grown plants which are naturally larger than 
the 2'44-inch size, ready for planting outdoors 
or into 4-inch pots. 
Of course, we also have a fine list of Azaleas 
ready to force for Fall delivery. 
At the Carnation Show 
It is remarkable how fast the oldtime varie- 
ties are disappearing from ken. The standard 
varieties — comparative newcomers — KING 
CARDINAL, VIRGINIA, CHARM, ROSALIE, OLI- 
VETTE, were excellent and showed what can 
be done with proper culture and suitable 
climate. The standouts among the newest 
introductions were NORTHLAND (while), GIANT 
PeTeR FisHer, VirGiIntA HERCULES, and 
Tom Knrper (this received the Dorner Medal). 
Some of the novelties are also worth consider- 
ing. ‘They add spice to the trade and could 
really be used in a big way, if the retailers 
(who really set the public’s taste) would only 
use them more. 


Light Your Asters 
Are you going to grow some under cloth 
this year? If so, start them this month, allow- 
ing about six weeks from sowing until planting 
out. As soon as pricked off into bands or pots, 
use additional electric light (25-watt lamps 
spaced 5 feet apart) for about three hours 
each evening until ready to set out. That will 
hring your outdoor crop in about July 15-30 
Royal types are best. Remember that wilt 
resistant varieties are not guaranteed. If you 
want to be sure of a crop—steam sterilize 
your outdoor soil. It may sound expensive 
and extravagant, but it is sure. 
Visit the Shows 
They are morale builders. Advertise them 
in your windows, if close by. Talk about them. 
People must learn that flowers, though not 
essential to war production, are essential to 
the effort behind their production. March 
sounds like a flower show month with all the 
big ones coming almost at one time. 
SECOND NATIONAL SHow, Rosss, INc. 
Buffalo; March 6, 7, 8 
NATIONAL FLOWER SHOw—Chicago 
March 15-22 
Boston FLowER SHow—Boston 
March 16-21 
INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW—New York 
March 16-21 
PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW—Philadelphia 
March 16-21 
Sr. Lours FLOWER SHow—St. Louis 
March 14-22 
Derroir FLowER SHow— Detroit 
March 21-29 
