Forcing Houses for Carnations 



amply proved that the larger, wider house is more desirable, not only in 

 carnation growing, but in the forcing of many other flowers and plants 

 as well ; and at the present time a strong preference prevails among the 

 most advanced growers of carnations and roses for the larger structures, 

 more of which arc beiuG: annuallv built. 



A Canadian Carnation Range. J. H Diinloj), Toronto, Can. 



The lighter the house (in other words, the more nearly the light in 

 which the carnation plant is forced approximates the normal outdoor light 

 which obtains at the natural blooming season), the better the results obtained, 

 not only in the quality of bloom, such as size, and length and strength of 

 stem, but in the quantity which the plants will produce. For this reason, 



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