88 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



COLDFRAMES IN FALL AND WlNTER 



The retail grower, during Fall, can keep a lot of so-called stock 

 plants and even a small stock of bedding plants in a coldframe until 

 the early 'Mums are gone. He can start his Freesias in pots and 

 keep them nicely in a frame until, perhaps, the end of October or 

 early November, when he wants them for benching. Harrisii, 

 candidum and formosum Lilies, instead of using up bench space 

 needed for Hydrangeas, Azaleas, Rambler Roses or potted shrubs for 

 early flowering, all can be kept in a frame until some crop is 

 through flowering indoors, or until they are wanted for forcing. 



Plants of Delphinium, Shasta Daisy, Coreopsis, Aquilegia, 

 Polyanthus Primula, Canterbury Bells, Pansy, English Daisy, and 

 Forget-me-not are better off kept in frames until wanted for Spring 

 forcing under glass, than if kept in a coldhouse where they take 

 up valuable room. 



Paperwhite Narcissi, Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Hyacinths and 

 other bulb stock to be used for extra early forcing, all should be 

 kept in a coldframe rather than outdoors, so they can be gotten at 

 any time. A lot of Paperwhites, planted in flats and allowed to 

 come along slowly, can be kept in a good frame up to December, 

 a few flats being brought indoors as wanted. 



Again, we can use a coldframe for storing our cut Boxwood 

 and Winterberries for Christmas; perennials potted up in late Fall 

 are best kept in a coldframe; Roses for outdoor flowering to be sold 

 during Spring in pots can be potted up and kept in frames, and 

 jnany of your more tender perennials, which often suffer outdoors even 

 when protected, overwinter nicely when heeled in in a frame and 

 covered with glass sash. 



COLDFRAMES IN SPRING 



If you have a limited glass area and are crowded up to the rim, 

 it is a "grand and glorious feeling" to be able to empty a bench of 

 2j^-in. Carnations and place them in a coldframe by the end of 

 March or early April, to empty the shelves of the Pansy flats and 

 take them outdoors, and to get out the Sweet Peas and Gladioli 

 in pots, so as to make room for other things which need a shift and 

 more space. Beds of planted out candidum Lilies, Darwin Tulips 

 or Narcissi can be hustled along quite a bit by placing frames and 

 sash over them. Others in the bulb stock group can be held back or 

 protected in frames with shade on top. 



A lot of seeds can be sown in a coldframe in early Spring, where 

 with the protection of the glass, you can gain weeks over those sown 

 out in the open. Quite a number of annuals sown indoors can be 

 transplanted into coldframes and will get along there as well as, if 

 not better than inside. The same holds good with small perennials. 



