CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE CARNATION . . 17-30 



CHAPTER II. 



THE CARNATION IN AMERICA ..... 31-37 



CHAPTER III. 



GENERAL GREENHOUSE CULTURE ..... 38-48 



Raising Plants from Seed Propagation from Cuttings . 38 



Potting Young Carnation Stock . . . . . 39 

 Planting Carnations in the Field Preparing Field Soils 



Cutting back or Stopping .... 40 

 Preparation of Soil for Greenhouse Culture The English 



Method The Field Method .... 41 



Filling Benches Benching Carnations ... 41 



Early versus Late Lifting ..... 42 

 Digging Plants from Field Selection of Stock in Digging 



Planting on Benches . . . . 43 



Watering the Bench after Planting Shading . . 44 



Cultivation of Soil in Benches Staking and Tying . 46 



Feeding Benched Plants Stopping or Topping . . 47 



Disbudding Insects and Fumigation Diseases . . 48 



CHAPTER IV. 



SOILS ......... 49-60 



Preparation of Soils for Bench Culture ... 50 



Preparation of Bench Soils in the Field ... 52 



Composition of Potting Soil for Young Plants . . 53 



Sterilizing Soils ....... 56 



CHAPTER V. 



MANURES AND FERTILIZERS ..... 61-70 



What Becomes of Our Fertility? .... 62 



Phosphoric Acid ...... 64 



Potash ........ 65 



Liquid Manures ...... 66 



Natural Manures . . . . . . . 69 



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