4 GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT. 



in proportion to the heaviness of the soil. After being 

 potted the cuttings should be placed in a house with a 

 night temperature of a little less than sixty degrees. 

 They require the same care as other plants, careful 

 watering, with an occasional syringing to keep down the 

 red spider, proper ventilation, and an avoidance of drafts 

 and direct sunlight for a few days, being the main 

 things desired. 



Unless tobacco stems are strewn on the beds, it will 

 be necessary, once or twice a week, to burn tobacco 

 stems in the house, or syringe them with tobacco water. 

 From the time the cuttings are potted off until they 

 have finished flowering and are ready to be thrown out, 

 or rested, they should be kept growing, every precaution 

 being taken to avoid a check, if the best results are de- 

 sired. Some, however, prefer to grow the plants rapidly 

 until they are in four-inch pots, and then give them a 

 short rest. As soon as the roots have filled the pots, 

 and before the plants become pot-bound, shift to three 

 or three and one-half inch pots. By the last of April, 

 if they have had good care, the first batch will have 

 filled four-inch pots and will be strong enough to plant 

 in the beds for early flowering, while the others, as they 

 come on, can be repotted, and will soon be large enough 

 to be transferred to the beds. Only strong, well-grown 

 plants should be used, and if possible all should be 

 planted out by the first of July. By this early planting 

 not only can a large crop of blooms be secured during the 

 summer, when there is a good demand at a fair price, but 

 the plants will be so strong that they will be able to give 

 large crops during the fall and early winter, when they 

 are most needed. Planting some of the beds by the first 

 of April, for summer use, will often be desirable. 



SOIL FOR ROSES. 



While the different varieties will not always thrive 

 with the same kind of soil, it is generally admitted that, 



