General Greenhouse Culture 



foliage straightens u\) and becomes pluni[). This is an in(Ucation that the 

 plants have taken hold of the soil and are ready to grow. Care must be 

 taken to keep the plants properly moist as soon as they have commenced 

 growth, for more depends upon watering the benches and keeping the 

 soil in proper condition during the fall and early winter months than upon 

 almost any other feature of carnation growing. If fancy flowers are to be 

 grown, care must be used that the benches shall not dry out to such an ex- 



Cnmation Governor Roosevelt 

 The same house as shown on page 42, in Koveniher foUowinu,, just eoming into bloom 



tent as to cause the plants to wilt. Wilting hardens the plant, shortens the 

 stem and tends to reduce the size of the flower ; and while such a check will 

 probably produce a larger crop of flowers at a given period, the quality will 

 be inferior, as the blooms will usually be smaller and the stems shorter. On 

 the other hand, if the soil is kept too wet, it will in time become sour and 



