Jii.v 16, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



277 



roots, which cannot possibly !"■ i 

 tanged in their natural position. Soi 

 will lie cither coiled or in a tangled a 

 twisted mass, thereby preventing go 

 soi! contact. 



No one will deny imi that the end 

 practically every fiber i- broken off 

 lifting ami new i. i.iilet- must form 

 h.re the main root can he supplied hv 



natural and evenly radiating directions' 

 It may be well to state that in inak 

 in" the above statement. 1 am speakim 

 in a commercial sense, where so niuel 

 depends mi rapidity in the handling ol 

 plants and where carelessness i- apt ti 

 enter into the operation of this ali-im 

 pmt. mt work. 



As -non as fifty plants are benched 

 they should In- watered. This is besl 



.1 ■ In leaving the plant- in a slight 



furrow, watering each plant well, but not 

 in quantity that the water will rui 

 through. Later level the -nil around lie 



plants, keeping it loose. Will cessan 



syringing all the -nil will -nun be ..- 

 inoi-t a- it -houhl be. 



CARNATION NOTES- WEST. 



Procedure in Benching. 



\vu have thrown out your old t 

 l plant- a- t In- \ gave out and 



tilled your benches \ ou 

 them ready to be replanted with young 

 sloek by this time. Those who planted 

 out fairk early, and had good plant- to 

 put out. will have, by this time, some 

 good plants of fair size and replanting 

 mat begin at any time you care to go 

 ahead with it. in fact. I have lately 

 seen several houses already planted with 

 field plants, and they invariably looked in 

 line shape. We are preparing to plant 

 this week and from then on it will go 

 on unceasingly until it is all done. The 

 middle of August should see us planting 

 our la-t ones if we have good link. Our 

 plants have done very well in the field 

 this season and most of the varieties 

 have mad.' very fair sized plant-, so that 

 tin- season's planting begin- as prom- 

 ising as any we have made in recent 

 year-. 



I have several times in previous notes 

 given you our mode of procedure, and to 

 some of you this will seem merely like a 

 repetition of an oft told story, but there 

 are always those that have only begun 

 growing carnations and to those' it may 

 he of -nine help. There i- nothing new iii 

 tin- line this year. The main thin- i- and 

 always has been to get the plants from 

 the field set into tin- -nil in the house 

 with tin- least possible hi— of vitalilv. 



Be -ure that each man is capable of 

 doiny hi- part intelligently ■ im instance, 

 don't take a man from the plow to do 

 the digging, or a boy who has been on 



Large Bay Trees Exhibited by Siebrecht & Son. 



the place a month. The digging i- as 

 important a- the planting, and of 



Those who 

 them to the 

 and willing 



The main thing for the digger is to 

 get all the rout-, and by deep ,li_^in u i. 

 the only way it can be done. If the -nil 

 i- mellow he can push the spade down it- 

 full depth: the surplus -oil will readily 

 fall away from the mots. Lay the plants 

 mi limn' -id.- carcfitllv and let tl..- helper 

 -hake off what -oil should come off, thus 



po-ihie. It \oti need all the good plants 



plant of fair size as he goes 

 of course if there are plenty 

 nil he will take .mix the best 



can and picks up each plant 



in beai tin- I. lam.- when the plants fail 

 to du well tin- next winter, lie should 

 -ci the plants iii-i a- deep as they were 

 in the field. .Make a hole plentv larse 

 enough and fill between and around the 

 roots « ii 1. fine -nil and pi ess '..ell around 

 the roots and leave a 



wax you like it for putting: or better, 

 moist enough -., it will nut draw the 

 moisture out ,,t the roots. After plant- 

 ing a hundred or two take the hose and, 

 having the water run -h.w. till up each 

 depression and sprinkle tin- plants well 

 overhead. This sprinkling must be kept 

 up from this on. several times a day. 

 until you can see that the plants have 

 taken hold. The number of times each 

 day will of course depend on the weather. 



If the weather i- 1 about every two 



hour- is often .- gh, hut mi very hot 



days everj hour during midday will he 

 necessary and at such times you should 

 wet down the walks and under' the bench- 

 es and in fact .-mix phi,,- \ ,,u can that 

 will help to keep the 1 -r iimi-l \u 



strong ilraiigiu- should strike tin- plants 

 either: you max have to keep the ven- 

 tilator- half open, hut a few degrees 

 warmer will do less harm than a draught 



Tin 



the tr 

 er is 



condition. 



Topping in the Field. 



Now about topping the plants in the 



field. You usually knew .. week ahead 



what varieties you are going to plaid 



next and you should go ovei them ami 



take nil' every -hunt that w ill i I ton 



big • ii in | I.i in ing t ime. I ha1 w ill 

 give the plant a , haii-n to get balanced 

 up again. No good grower will bench 



