April 18, 1914 



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NOTES ON CULTURE OF FLORISTS^ STOCK 



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Care of Allamandas 



In ordev to luivc thest' [ihints in a nice compart form 

 they will need tying and .staking from time to time. 

 As tliey grow they will hecome crowded and shonld be 

 spaced (|uite often to let the sun and air around them. 

 When their pots are full of active roots they will need 

 lots of water. Give them plenty of syringing until well 

 filled with bloom and about twice a week give liquid 

 manure veater. They should never be allowed to go be- 

 low 65 degrees at night and with sun they can be al- 

 lowed to run up 15 to "20 degrees more. Keep the at- 

 mosphere moist by wetting down the paths and under the 

 benches two or three times a day. To increase stock 

 place soft-wooded cuttings in the warmest propagating 

 bed you have, as they should have at least 75 degrees 

 bottom heat to root well. 



Ferns 



The best way to grow fern spores is to sow them in 

 pans. A soil for small ferns should be a mixture of 

 sandy peat or turfy loam and leaf mold. The temper- 

 ature is right if held at the [xiint of 60 degrees, as near 

 as possible, the whole year through. Air is necessary 

 to counteract stagnation, but strong drafts are death to 

 tender, young fern-growth. A light shading during the 

 brightest hours of cloudless days from about now until 

 the end of October is good for all ferns. 



Ramblers for Easter J9J5 



In order to have Eambler roses form good bushy 

 plants, start now and get some one year old plants. 

 They should be cut back so they will have three or four 

 strong eyes to break from. I think it is better to pot 

 them into their flowering size now. Do not overlook the 

 fact that they should have a well prepared compost to 

 make fine flowering wood, say a fibrous sod that has 

 been mixed with manure at the rate of three to one 

 and to every ban-ow load add a 5-inch pot of bone meal, 

 and another of wood ashes. Always see that pots are 

 given good drainage. These can be started in a house 

 that stands at about 50 degrees at night. Syringe them 

 every good day, but give water carefully until root 

 action has started good. They can be grown underglass 

 until July or August. 



Mr. Farrell's next notes will be on the following: Asters; Bego 



Planting Gladioli 



Have a good piece of ground and see that the soil is 

 worked deep and that there is plenty of well-decayed 

 manure worked into it. It would be well to sort the 

 corms over and plant all the small ones at the first plant- 

 ing leaving the largest for the last planting. You can, 

 make a succession of plantings from the middle of April 

 until the end of June. Plant them from 2 to 3 feet 

 apart in the rows, leaving about 3 to 4 inches between} 

 the bulbs in the rows. Tliey should be planted at least 

 four inches deep. Wlien they show above the grouiKi 

 keep the cultivator going every week until they hare 

 reached a height of about 8 inches. Just before the laat 

 cultivation give some quick acting fertilizer betweea 

 the rows — it can be put on at the rate of three or four; 

 hundred pounds per acre. 



Sowing Campanulas 



Campanulas can be brought into bloom from the mid- 

 dle of April and up to Memorial Day when they are 

 seen in perfection. Canterbury bell, cup-and-saucer 

 (calycanthema) has proved itself indispensable. Other 

 varieties have been tried, but they do not respond to 

 culture under glass as this one does. Get some seed of 

 the white and pink varieties and sow now in flats or 

 pans in equal parts of loam and leaf-mold with a little 

 sand. On this sow the seed, cover and press firmly. 

 Give them a warm house until they show signs of com- 

 ing up, when they should be placed in a light and cool 

 house that runs from 45 to 50 degrees at night. Wlien. 

 large enough prick out or pot off. Wlien May comes 

 they can be planted out in the field, giving them about 

 15 inches between the plants and with proper cultiva- 

 tion you can grow fine strong clumps by October. 



Ripening «p Freesias 



By giving these little bulblets a little care while they 

 are ripening up they will finish up their growth so as to 

 leave good strong bulbs for future use. Withhold water 

 gradually until the tops are all ripened up, when they 

 can be shaken out, sorted and stored away until they 

 are wanted again. 



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