CHAPTER VI 

 ROSES FOR CUT FLOWERS UNDER GLASS 



Its importance The style of house Even span and 

 three-quarter span Iron and wood frame The cost 

 Benches or solid beds The benches Soil and 

 manures How to compost Soil preferences Filling 

 the benches Cleaning the benches Lime and sul- 

 phur wash Planting Watering Cultivation Im- 

 portance of ventilation Avoid changes of tempera- 

 ture To prevent mildew How to use sulphur The 

 cutical autumn period The early firing Tempera- 

 ture A combination of factors Time from planting 

 to flowers Prune when cutting Blind wood not of 

 importance Kinds that will grow together Roses 

 with carnations Manuring and mulching Manage- 

 ment in spring Professor Stuart's formula Quan- 

 tities of fertilisers to use Carrying over Treatment 

 of new plants Why buy from a dealer Propagation 

 Select flowering wood How to make a cutting The 

 sand for propagating Soil for young plants After 

 the cuttings strike Shifting into larger pots Sum- 

 mer plunging Spring care Flowering Tea Roses in 

 pots Hybrid Perpetuals in pots All about growing 

 American Beauty. 



THE art of growing roses under glass has 

 been brought to its highest perfection in 

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