Contents 



CHAPTER VI. 



PROPAGATING AND SHIPPING YOUNG STOCK . . . 71-86 



Like Produces Like ...... 71 



Propagating House Construction of Propagating Bench 77 



Propagating Mediums ..... 79 



Putting the Cuttings in the Sand Bench ... 81 



Packing Cuttings for Shipment . . . . 84 



Propagation by Layering ...... 85 



CHAPTER VII. 



TREATMENT OF YOUNG CARNATION STOCK PREPARATORY TO 



PLANTING OUT ........ 87-93 



Shifting ........ 89 



Pinching Back or Stopping ..... 90 



CHAPTER VIII. 



FIELD CULTURE OF CARNATIONS ..... 94-101 



Cultivation after Planting .... 97 



Stopping Carnations in the Field .... 9 8 



CHAPTER IX. 



LIFTING AND PLANTING CARNATIONS FROM THE FIELD . . 102-110 



Filling the Benches . . . . . . 102 



Marking Out the Bench Digging the Plants from the Field 105 



Watering ....... 108 



Shading the Carnation Houses before Planting . . 109 



CHAPTER X. 



TREATMENT AFTER BENCHING AND UNTIL THE PLANTS ARE IN 



BLOOM . . . . . . . . 111-117 



Staking or Wiring . . . . . . in 



Cultivation of Soils on Benches . . . . 114 



Disbudding . . . . . . . 116 



CHAPTER XI. 



PICKING, PACKING AND SHIPPING CARNATION FLOWERS . . 118-126 



The Bunch Method and the Box Method . . . 122 



CHAPTER XII. 



INSECTS AND PREVENTIVES ..... 127-133 



Green Fly ........ 127 



Red Spider ....... 128 



Use of Salt as a Preventive of Red Spider . . . 130 



Thrips ........ 131 



Cut Worms . . . . . . . 132 



Carnation Stalk Borer .... . 133 



