Lifting and Planting Carnations from the Field 



comes out bright, shading again becomes desirable. One method of shading 

 is to mix fire clay, or any clean clay, to the consistency of thin paint, and 

 spray this over the glass with an ordinary greenhouse syringe. This mixture 

 is easily removed by the first rainstorm, and may be quickly re-applied, 

 if desired. To those who wish a comparatively permanent shade, the glass 

 may be striped, using a mixture of white lead and kerosene oil, or naphtha, 

 prepared as follows : Two pounds in weight of kerosene to one pound of 

 white lead. Put on the glass in stripes three to five inches wide, leaving from 

 two to three inches of clear glass between each stripe and the sash bars ; 

 this provides a very nice shade, which may be left upon the houses a con- 

 siderable length of time. It also can be taken off easily by rubbing with a 

 dry, stiff brush. As soon as the plants are sufficiently well established to 

 begin active growth, the shade should be gradually removed. The glass 

 should be in a clean, bright condition early in the month of October, and abso- 

 lutely clean by the ist of November, excepting, possibly, in the Southern 

 States, where the sun is still sufficiently hot at that season to injure the plants 

 or cause the blooms to fade. 



Viola Allen 



