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HORTICULTURE 



August ZZ, 1919 



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TIMELY GREENHOUSE WORK. 



If you are fortunate enough to get 

 any Easter lilies this year pot them 

 up as soon as possible. The bulb 

 situation is so uncertain that the 

 number of lilies planted in private 

 greenhouses will be greatly reduced. 

 Commercial growers will necessarily 

 be short too. A rich compost is needed 

 for these bulbs and they do best in 

 six or seven inch pots. After you have 

 put them all in cold frame, cover them 

 with five or six inches of soil, but 

 don't allow them to become too wet. 

 Before the first of January they can 

 be brought inside and given a place 

 on the bench where the temperature 

 will run about 50 degrees at night. 

 Good bulbs of Bermuda lilies are com- 

 ing in now and with all lilies, the 

 quicker they can be potted up the bet- 

 ter. Be sure that you have your com- 

 posl ready when time for the work 

 conies. 



substitute other flowers under some 

 circumstances. It is necessary to go 

 over the beds every day and apply 

 water if the ground is dry. It isn't 

 too early to begin thinking about the 

 supports which your carnations will 

 need when the benches are full. It 

 certainly pays to start the carnations 

 right, giving them plenty of air and 

 sunlight. You can't expect to get good 

 results from plants that were stunted 

 in the fall. 



There promises to be a big demand 

 for carnations the coming year even 

 though there has been a tendency to 



This is also a very good time to pre- 

 pare the soil for the benches. Of 

 course your compost is already at 

 hand, but be sure that it is turned 

 over and well broken up. If it isn't 

 finely chopped the ingredients will not 

 be properly mixed. Florists like other 

 growers are finding it difficult to get 

 enough barnyard manure, although of 

 course that is the ideal fertilizer, and 

 so far as possible should be used when 

 the compost is made up. If you can't 

 get it in sufficient quantities you can 

 use bone meal or tankage at the rate 

 of fifty pounds to the yard of soil. 



