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The wholesale growing of pot mums isa specialty with Johnson 
and Bergholt (Green Mill Gardens) Chicago. 
pact plants and clean foliage to the ground, we easily understood 
why they had no plants in flower on hand for our photographer. 
4-5 cuttings are used in the foreground pots. Most of the plant- 
ing was done in July. 
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POT PLANTS 
STANDARD 
Albatross Honey Dew 
Alameda Indianapolis Pink 
Ambassador (White) Justrite 
Apricot Queen Marketeer 
Blazing Gold Mefo 
Bonnaffon DeLuxe Monument 
Christina 
Detroit News 
Friendly Rival 
Glitters 
Gold Lode 
Golden Glory 
Good News 
Helen Frick 
MEDIUM -SIZE 
Bright Light 
Ethrelda 
Graceland 
Gypsy 
Judith Anderson 
Kathleen Thompson 
Lila Lily 
Little America 
Melba 
Mrs. H. E. Kidder 
Mrs. David F. Roy 
Mrs. A. J. Stahelin 
Rose Chochard 
Saratoga 
Smith’s Superlative 
Sun Gold 
Thanksgiving Pink 
DISBUDS 
Ohio State 
Persian Rose 
Queen of the Pink 
Richard Mandel 
Sunray 
Thyra 
White Izola 
Yellow Beauty 

With such com- 
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The demand for well grown pot 
plants is clearly increasing. Whether 
this is due to increasing business or 
the lasting quality of mums, it 1s 
important to appreciate and take ad- 
vantage of it. Of first importance is 
an unchecked start. To assure this 
plant use well rooted, clean cuttings, 
3-4 of them in a 5 to 6 in. pot. 
While this calls for some care in 
watering, it cuts*out the costly job 
of repotting which is necessary. Also 
to assure a nicely balanced plant, 
space the cuttings well. Most growers 
do this planting in June and 3 
pinches are usually required. The 
first one is made 2-3 weeks after 
planting. The second, about 30 days 
after planting; the last pinch after 
the breaks from the second get to 
drawing out and is usually made in 
August, and if the breaks have drawn 
considerably and are soft, pinch 
rather hard. Remember that the 
finished plants of the small flowered 
kind shouldn’t exceed 12 to 18 in., 
while the disbuds should not exceed 
18 in., and to get maximum size to 
flowers and value in plants, attend 
to disbudding large flowering ones 
timely. The general feeding prin- 
ciples that apply to bench crops 
should be somewhat intensified with pot plants, 
especially after they become well pot bound, 
and at this stage it is even more important to 
watch watering closely. From most sections 
comes an increasing demand for large-flowered 
classes for pots, but the medium size ‘‘disbuds,” 
especially adapted to this purpose are most 
popular. The most suitable varieties for pot 
plant purposes are indicated thus ‘‘P.” 
In addition we offer the following list as 
most popular for this purpose: 
POM POM 
Clara Jameson Minong 
Dark Pink Jewell Nuggets 
Dorothy Turner Rodell Imp. 
Silver Ball 
Silver Bells 
Thorina 
Ethel 
Golden Splendor 
Golden Spray 
Irene White Jewell 
HARDY GARDEN VARIETIES 
Aladdin Pygmy Gold 
Algonquin Red Cushion 
Ruth Cumming 
Wolverine 
White Cushion 
Yellow Cushion 
Barbara Cumming 
Francis Whittlesey 
Jean Cumming 
Jean Treadway 
Pink Cushion (Amelia) 
