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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



:ist 27, 1903. 



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1. i . ha rge is 

 .■ next charge 



inn- they were 



... 



i - an 



''.i nil 



erty has proved 

 still more careful 

 m er the change. 

 Bride and Bride 



atching t" 



ill iimm begin 



a grosser habit, wm stm ca 

 goodly supply, but ilium- i 

 dark weather they are quite as i 

 ,it' :ni overdose as some of tin- i 

 [y mure delicate varie! ie 



Golden Gate and ivory an 

 tin' teas tin- least susceptible 



'".-'■ 



:nnl are mi tins 



unit 



of till 

 ■ these 



in- best 



papi-'.i; \\ urn s 



ih -1 of operation per square foot 



of bench spaci show - us that the cost of 

 operation is 50 cents per square foot of 

 bem li spaci and 1 ha 1 ges on 1 hat basis 



won],] Ih in.nl- It catch crops are put 

 in that only o. oupv the 1 ■■ -n- ■ 11. ■ in .1 

 r-ges would be heavier 



1 he 1 1 ops g] 



.inter than 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 

 During the next month, when, in all 

 probability, we will have to use more 

 or less filing at night, it will be well to 

 keep a -h:n p ey the benches, partic- 

 ularly where the pipes are directly under 

 them, as the transition from natural to 

 artificial heat affects the plants in many 

 ways. Under natural heat the soil dries 

 out from the surface downward and 

 continues to dip until it reaches the 

 boards or tile. In artificial heating, 

 where the pipes are under the benches, 

 these conditions are in a great measure 

 reversed, and great care will have to be 

 taken not to let the soil on the boards 

 get so dry as to injure the roots. 



Appearances are very deceptive, espe- 

 cially where a mulch lias been used, and 

 nothing but a strict examination of the 

 soil can be safe. There will also 1 fli- 

 er portions of the benches which, under 

 the altered conditions, will demand clos- 

 er attention. In Meteor houses, where 

 a higher temperature has to be main- 

 taine.l, great care is required to keep 

 the bi in lies all equally moist, for if the 

 roots are allowed to become over dry 

 during this change a crop of yellow 

 foliage »ill be the result, from which 

 it takes them a long time to recover. 

 Varieties which are as erratic as Lib- 



and most suitable kinds for the less ex- 

 perienced grower. 



Ventilation will require particular care 

 during this period. The ventilators 

 should never be closed tight unless to 

 keep out rain, as this causes sweating, 

 which soon softens the foliage. 



A careful study of each particular 

 . ase and the attending conditions with 

 a little reflection will usually keep us 

 mi the safe side and carrj us safely over 

 this critical period. Eibes. 



slow. We use one of those sod crushers 

 made up at Tonawanda. near Buffalo, 

 and two men with one of those ma- 

 chines will do us much as a dozen men 

 with screens and do it better, because 

 it breaks up till the lumps. Grinding 

 the manure permits spreading it on the 

 beds in a thin layer, a half inch in 

 depth, which is all you want at this 

 time, besides putting it into better con- 

 dition for the roots to get at it. Stir 

 the surfaci of the soil just before putting 

 1. n the manure and give a watering after 

 the mulch has been pot oil. 



Now vou will be ready to put the sup- 

 ports on as -nine of the varieties are 



of these will be getting longer they will 



need - thing to hold them upright. 



All that will be necessary for the pres- 

 ,111 and tin some little time to come 

 will be to hold the plant together so that 

 the base of the flower-stem cannot fall 

 away from the plant and perhaps break 

 off. There are many devices on the mar- 

 ket and most of them have merits of their 

 own. The main thing to consider be- 

 sidi 3 the holding up of the plant is that 

 the support should not crowd the plant. 

 VJost of the " ire supports are now de- 

 signed to be made larger or smaller ac- 

 cording to the size of the plants and 

 tin strongest objection to them has been 

 done away with. Their cost at first 



ties 



rted, 



and will last many seasons and in the 

 long run their cost is not so heavy as 



CARNATION NOTES-WEST. 



Seasonable Treatment. 

 you put on the mule 



1 of ma- 



1st notes, 

 did not 



it first seems. 

 Perhaps the most popul 

 use now- is a wire support 

 of the plant and a networ] 

 string about a foot above 

 hold the flower stem- and 



method in 

 ir the body 

 if wire and 

 ie bench to 



it. This method 

 ter access to the 

 ■11 weeding and 

 lethod, but also 



uecessitates frequent going over the 

 plants to put the shoots inside the rings. 

 We shall this year use the same method 

 that we have used for several years past. 



('( 1ST CAKI'-T.i 



Kentia Behnorcana 1,000 



Preparing soil, planting and placing 



Care and space. ... feet u.rk- 



Potting into 2-inch, preparing and placing 



Cleaning 



Care and space feet weeks 



Shifting into 3-inch, preparing soil and placing 



Cleaning and restaging 



Care and space feet weeks 



Shifting into 1-ineli, prepariim soil and placing 



come from any source unknown to you. 

 Be sure that it has not been ruined with 

 disinfectants before it was brought to 

 you. It should lie about half rotten, in 

 such a state that it can be ei umbled up 

 when it is put on the benches. I do not 

 approve of using manure that you will 

 have to plaster over the bench like you 

 would put cement on a walk. That 

 kind will lie too close, keeping the air 

 away from the soil and causing the whole 

 to sour. 



To get the manure into proper condi- 

 tion for mulching it should be handled 



from three to five ti s at intervals of 



about a week. Many growers rub it 

 through a 1-inch mesh screen before put- 

 ting it on the benches and this is a 

 very good practice, but it is a trifle 



1 have described it several times in 

 these notes and will not go into details 

 unless some reader should want it de- 

 scribed later, when 1 shall be glad to 

 do so. I will merely say that it consists 

 of wires stretched lengthwise of the 

 bench between the rows and strings run 

 straight across between each row of 

 plants, and be sure you stretch the wires 

 tight. 



I was glad to see in the Eeview that 

 the A. ('. S. is going to consider the 

 advisability of examining carnation 

 seedlings several times in a season be- 

 fore awarding certificates of merit. This 

 would be a decided step forward, I think, 

 and every grower of carnations will be 

 benefited by it, whether he be a seed- 

 ling grower or a cut bloom grower. 



