MUMS FOR ‘43 
Pictured on our 
front cover are, 
from top to bot- 
tom, Blazing 
Gold, Saratoga, 
Justrite and 
Pink Beauty as 
grown by the 
Green Mill 
Gardens for the 
Chicago florists. 
cuttings thru us. 

them. 
All indications point to an active market next fall for all the 
good mums in every class that can be produced. Labor is the 
limiting factor. For this reason an increasing number of growers 
are taking advantage of the labor saving plan of ordering their 
Also, labor is reduced and the quality of growth improved by 
planting well rooted cuttings direct. Having such cuttings ready 
the day you want to plant these is only possible thru ordering 
The present situation increases the importance of ordering early. While some less 
labor is involved in growing pompons, chances are that this will place a premium on 
the large disbudded ones. 
NEW METHOD OF PACKING CUTTINGS 
PICTURING OUR NEWLy WORKED OUT 
METHOD OF PACKING MUM CUTTINGS. 
The packing will be done at the propagat- 
ing bench; each row across the bench is a 
unit of 25 cuttings. These units are taken 
from the row, and without wrapping as is 
ordinarily done, are placed in the square 
compartments noted in the pictured box. 
Removal of the cuttings direct from the 
sand to the box, where they rest on damp 
moss, permits the least possible drying of 
the roots that sometimes occurs with the 
ordinary handling method. But the prin- 
cipal value found with this plan is that it 
allows some air circulation thru the cuttings 
in transit. When wrapped closely as is 
ordinarily done, mold or rot might and 
sometimes does develop. A certain amount 
of air is vital to any form of plant life and 
we believe this method will supply it in a 
way that will place the cuttings in your 
hands in even better shape than formerly. 
Less handling of cuttings too, with the new 
method and that is an advantage. This 

method has been thoroly and satisfactorily 
tested. 
Above snapshot was taken with a back- 
ground of nearly a million clean mum cut- 
tings. They will be planted out for pro- 
duction of cuttings later. Far safer and 
cleaner than carrying over old stock plants. 
