Treatment of Young Carnation Stock 



lo break new growths at the joints or axils of the leaves. When ready to 

 be set in the field, or when they are to be set upon the benches in June for 

 culture under glass throughout the summer, all plants that have been struck 

 in January and February should have been stopped back at least once, and 

 each plant should have from four to five good strong breaks that are pretty 

 well advanced in growth. It will be of no disadvantage if these growths 

 are well advanced toward the first stages of bud formation. 



Carnation Plants Ready lor Planting in the Field 

 a — Plants that hare been stopped h — Plant not ret ready lor stopping 



Cuttings rooted in January and February, which are to be carried in 

 pots until June and planted upon benches for growth under glass through- 

 out the summer, should receive not less than two shifts after potting up ; 

 first from the two-inch to a three-inch pot, and then into a four-inch pot. 

 Such plants should have from four to six strong breaks that are pretty well 

 advanced toward the bud formation. 



In order to get the best results from cultivation under glass throughout 



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