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TO PREVENT PREMATURE BUD SETTING 
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If these piants are received after September Ist and before May Ist, 
additiona! lieht should be given. Use 60 watt bulbs spaced 4 feet apart, 30 
inches avove the plants. 
Lighting ;echedule for cach month as follows; — September, 2 hours; 
October, 3 hours; November, 4 hours; December, 5 hours; January, +5 hours; 
February, 4 hors ; Mateh, 3 hours; and April, 2 hours. Preferably lighting 
should le cone at midweht, but can be started any time after sundown, 
ADDITIONAL LIGIITING IS DOUBLY IMPORTANT ON ALL EARLY 
SHADING AND GARDEN VARIETIES 
Hardy Pot ‘Mums Jor Methers Day 
SINGLE PINCH METHOD fWoO PINCH METHOD 
1 Plant 5 rooted cuttings from 1 Plant 5 rooted cuttings from 
lighted stock March 3 in a 6” lighted stock Feb. 11 and pinch 
pot. ye SALE day. 
2  Pineh plants March 10. 2 Apply 4 hours of additional 
light each night from Feb. 11 to 
March 10, 
Pinch second time March 10, 
give short day treatment April 
14, if necessary. 
4 Apply black cloth April 14, if 4 Grow in 60 degree house. 
necessary, 
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3. Grow in 60 degree house. 
These plants have sales appeal as they can be sheared back after blooming 
and will flower again in the early fall, being of the hardy type they will con- 
tinue blooming annually in the garden as a perennial. 
