October 19, 1912 



HORTICULTURE 



535 



ROSE GROWING UNDER GLASS 



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Questions by our renders In line with any of tlie topics presented on tbls page will he oorrtlally received and promptly answered 

 by Mr. Kuziclsa. Such communications should invariably be addressed to the office of HORTICULTURE. 



The Rose Cellar 



This is never missing in a rose growing establishment. 

 Although cellars on some places are very crude the rose 

 or Mower cellar should receive a little more attention, 

 keeping it nicely painted and neat at all times. It is 

 surprising wliat a great difference a little paint and a 

 cleaning up will make. Brooms are not so very high- 

 priced and no one should be afraid to use one often for 

 fear of wearing it out. Brush dow^n every cobweb and 

 do not give Mr. Spider a chance to make more. Get rid 

 of Mr. Spider himself. 



On places where considerable of the output is retailed 

 or sold direct to retailers, many sizes of boxes must con- 

 tinually be kept on hand all lined with paper and ready 

 to use. Keep these nicely piled up and free from dust. 

 It is disgusting to see a box leave the place all covered 

 with coal dust. If you use paper boxes have some way 

 to keep them out of water, for although boxes are made 

 more or less waterproof they were never intended to float 

 around in pools of water on the packing bench. A good 

 way is to have a frame made of some material i/o in. in 

 tliickness. This can lie covered with galvanized wire V:^ 

 in. mesh, and by laying this wire covered frame on the 

 ]iacking table under the box. the l)ox will be perfectly dry 

 as all water will go through the screen and the frame will 

 keep the box away from it. 



Red Spider 



Keep right after Mr. Spider and whenever you get a 

 chance syringe the plants quickly and thoroughly. It 

 does little good to soak the whole house and then only 



have it syringed in places. Make sure you reach every 

 little corner — every leaf in fact — and if you do this every 

 time you syringe you will have but little trouble with 

 spider. Syringing is the best and cheapest remedy we 

 know of so far although there are one or two good insecti- 

 cides that will rid plants of it. However it is very diffi- 

 cult to reach all the foliage — the bottom side of it at that 

 — and not w-aste any material. There is always bound 

 to be waste and this is what would make spraying to keep 

 spider out too expensive. 



Watering Plants After a Crop 



Do not make a mistake so commonly made among 

 Beauty growers and apply water to plants that have been 

 cutting heavily, as you did when the crop was coming on. 

 Plants after a crop should have a little lime and be run 

 on the dry side a little until after they begin to break, 

 when a light dressing of bonemeal and a light mulch of 

 cow^ manure may be applied, after which the plants can 

 receive as much water as usual. In drying out the plants 

 do not let them get dry enougli to damage any leaves, but 

 at the same time if too much water is applied at this 

 period a dose of spot will almost surely follow. 



Yellow Leaves 



Wliere at all possible, keep the benches free from yel- 

 low leaves. It is none too good for the plants to have a 

 lot of their own leaves around their roots decaying and 

 breeding diseases. Pick them all up as fast as possible, 

 and burn them. Do not leave them decaying on a rub- 

 bish pile near the greenhouse. They will only harbor 

 l)ugs. breed fungus and make the place look bad in the 

 bargain. This is the way to treat spot, too. Pick it off 

 and burn it at once. Clean underneatli the bench once 

 in a while too, not sweep the leaves under them. 



when the Job is through. Sufficient room must be left 

 to allow of watering. Immediately after potting they 

 should receive a good soaking and also be syringed over 

 twice daily while good weather lasts. Should it be con- 

 templated to leave them outside for sometime, provision 

 can be made for plunging the pots. Do not allow the 

 trees to become drv at the root or the flower buds are 

 liable to fall. 



Care of Cucumbers 



To obtain the best results from cucumbers periodical 

 top-dressings should be given to keep the roots active 

 and stimulate the plants. At the time of planting it 

 was recommended only to give the plants sufficient soil 

 to cover tlie balls after being removed from the pots. 

 Immediately the roots were seen pushing througli this, 

 a top dressing should have been given to them, after 

 which a repetition of the same process will be necessary 

 at intervals of about ten days. Until the plants have 

 attained some size and have some fruits to support just 

 a moderately rich soil will suit them. Wlien a crop is 

 swelling use the following mixture: Two parts loam, 

 one part leaf soil and one part horse manure with a 



little sand. Keep the roots moist at all times, as a 

 cucumber- resents draught. Syringe the plants each 

 morning in good weather and also at the time of closing 

 down, which should be early enough to allow the house 

 to run up to 90 degrees and have the plants dry by 

 night. Fumigate immediately green fly or any of its 

 associates make their appearance. 



Bush Beans 



Bush beans are a profitable and welcome vegetalile for 

 winter culture, being easily grown and producing a crop 

 in a short space of time. To keep up a succession sow 

 at intervals of a week or ton days, in the benches eighteen 

 inches apart, using the double row system. Use the best 

 soil procurable, which lessens the necessity of feeding 

 later. Keep a night temperature of 55 degrees to 58 

 degrees, advancing by day. and syringe each morning in 

 good weather to keep down red spider. This and mildew 

 are about the w'orst impediments to good health a bean 

 has. For general purposes we have discovered nothing 

 amongst the new'er varieties to surpass Black Valentine. 

 The crop is larger than the majority and they always^ 

 "eat" good and crisp. 



