CONTENTS 



PAGE 



CHAPTER I. 



The Origin and Eaklv History of the Carnation . . 17-30 



CHAPTER H. 



The Carnation in America ..... 31-37 



CHAPTER HI. 



General Greenhouse Culture ..... 38-48 



Raising Plants from Seed — Propagation from Cuttings . 38 



Potting Young Carnation Stock ..... 39 

 Planting Carnations in the Field — Preparing Field Soils — 



Cutting back or Stopping .... 40 

 Preparation of Soil for Greenhouse Culture — The English 



Method— The Field Method .... 41 



Filling Benches — Benching Carnations ... 41 



Early versus Late Lifting ..... 42 

 Digging Plants from Field — Selection of Stock in Digging 



— Planting on Benches ..... 43 



Watering the Bench after Planting — Shading . . 44 



Cultivation of Soil in Benches — Staking and Tying . 46 



Feeding Benched Plants — Stopping or Topping . . 47 



Disbudding — Insects and Fumigation — Diseases . . 48 



CHAPTER IV. 



Soils ......... 49-60 



Preparation of Soils for Bench Culture ... 50 



Preparation of Bench Soils in the Field ... 52 



Composition of Potting Soil for Young Plants . . 53 



Sterilizing Soils ....... 56 



CHAPTER V. 



Manures and Fertilizers ..... 61-70 



What Becomes of Our Fertility? .... 62 



Phosphoric Acid ...... 64 



Potash ........ 65 



Liquid Manures ...... 66 



Natural Manures ....... 69 



