Illustrations 



I'AGE 



Carnal ion Enchantress — Single Bloom . . . . . loi 



Soil Sterilizer in Position — Filling the P.ench . . .103 



The Carnation Field — Ready for Lifting . . . .104 



Digging the Plants from the Field ..... 106 



The Same Field Ten Minutes After Digging Was Commenced . 107 



Setting Carnation Plants on the Bench .... log 



Carnation Viola Allen — Single Bloom . . . . .110 



Illustrating Wire Ring Supports . . . . .112 



Illustrating End Supports of Iron for Stretching Wire . .113 



Bench of Carnation William Scott — Illustrating Supporting with Wire 



Netting, and Wire and String . . .115 



Carnation Prosperity — Single Bloom ..... 117 



A Wholesale Grower's Flower Room . . . . .119 



Bunch of Carnations with Name Tag . . . . .121 



Case of Carnation Blooms — Illustrating Box Method of Shipping . 123 



Interior of a Wholesale Florist's Store in New York City . . 124 



Red Spider ........ 129 



Thrips Tahaci ........ 131 



Carnation Leaves Affected with Fusarium Leaf-spot . . 140 



Carnation Leaves Afifected with Bacteriosis .... 142 



Carnation Plants Packed for Shipment .... 145 



Original Type of Sash House Used for Growing Carnations . . 148 



Section of Three-quarter Span Carnation House — Hitrliings & Co. 



Construction ........ 149 



Section Showing Latest Tj^pe of Carnation House — Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co. Construction ....... 151 



A Canadian Carnation Range — J. H. Dunlop, Toronto . . 152 



A Canadian Carnation Range — The Dale Estate, Brampton, Ont. . 153 



Interior View of Carnation House, Briarcliff Farms, Ossining,N. Y. — 



Hitchings & Co., Builders ...... 155 



House of Carnation Enchantress in a Western Establishment . . 156 



Even-span Propagating House — Exterior View . . . 158 



New Galvanized-Iron U-Bar ...... 159 



Type of U-Bar Semi-Curvilinear Roofed Carnation House — Pierson- 



Sefton Co., Builders ...... 160 



End of Wooden Bench ....... 162 



Cross-Section of Solid Bed ...... 163 



Iron Bearer for Sub-Irrigation Bench ..... 165 



Cross-Section Sub-Irrigation Bench ..... 166 



Sub-Irrigation Bench Ready for Cementing .... 167 



Sub-Irrigation Benches Ready for Irrigating Tile — Built on Sloping 



Ground ........ 168 



Sub-Irrigation Benches — Testing the Cement Tanks . . . i/i 



Section of Sub-Irrigation Bench — Showing Root System of Plants 173 

 Sub-Irrigation Tile — Showing Root System of Plants . .174 



Sub-Irrip;ation Bench— Showing jNIanner of Laying Terra Cotta 



Foundation and Protecting Supporting Columns . . 175 



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