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The Florists^ Review 



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Carnation House of the Goldsboro Floral Co., Goldsboro, N. C. 



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run u hi Iniiiil \ >iii;ill wi' |,i't'lcr 

 ■ .Idwn llic ili>taiicc IjcI Wfrii tin' 

 -■iini'W liat. 



- >|,a,iiiy 1)1' tlic jilaiits is a inatti'i' 

 ■■[■.{]■•' ami cents ainl is not so easily 

 ' a- one niij^ht think. U' you sjiace 

 ,■ a|,ait. you will a,M to tlie (|ual- 

 1 |jei'lia|is ail'l some to tiie iiuni- 

 ' lilooins jter ]ilant. hut yon will 



■ i\\ n the numlier oT Mooins jut 



liiot ol" lien,-h space. If yon 

 <'•> closely, you will .a'M to tin' 

 ' I of blooms ],er S(juare toot ol 

 . Imt the i|uality will sutVei. Of 

 '\,i extremes we \\tMil,| most cei- 

 I'li'l'ei' tht' t'ormer, hut to a\oii| 

 1-- our aim auil that is the point 

 l\\ays easily attaini',1. 



Digging and Housing. 



•■' >i>u are icady to heyiu ^iettiny 

 '• plants. To cany in the' plants 



■ trays made of jzlass hoxes. They 

 ,1 c(ui\(Miient si/.e for one man 



I'ile an, I are ma<le of material 



fonn,l ready at haml on almost 



"\\in;,r cstalilishmeut. ]la\e one 



lUUin^r an,l two ;fatlieriii:: the 



a> fast as they are ,lu;:'. Iia\e 



lalu' them riyht into the houses 



pl.int(Ms ami ,lo not allow them 



I onl in the ^uu uii,-o\ eri',|. \\ <■ 



Ml lap o\ I'r t lii'iii w hill' t hi'\' a re 



III lie plant I'll, to pi cv I'lit \\ ilt • 



the liiiilaii is kept moi>t, all 



:'U'-'fr will lift ;i .L!ieat deal more 



'< yon w a iit t n ca n y into i he 



" the liathereis will li'durt- the 



"il to aliout the si/.e of your 



it .all crumldes off. iio i^ie.at 



doiii', Imt we ]irefer to ha\t.' 



h soil with t li(> roots. 



I' oi- ten days lieldre you are 



' pl.aiit in. t^o over the ]d;nits 



e\ eryt hill;;- that will need toji- 



'"'■e the jilants are taken in. It 



I '*) shape uji the plants and a 



> '-s will swell ami bo ready to 



•' us soon as the plants rosuiiio iB 



i'here is perhaps iiothin}^ more 

 ''~' than a lot of fop heavy 



plaiit-^ fill bi'iichiiiL; and w Inn the plant- 

 are lieiii'^ Il Ited i- not t 111' |ii oper t inic 

 for tiiiMiiii:'. A. I-', d. r.aiii-. 



IF STABLE MANURE IS SCARCE. 



Stable manure is ^^cttiiiii ^i-.-iii," here. 

 Wluut would you ;id\isi' ns to use as ,a 

 substitute for it, in preparing;- soil for 

 carnations and chrysanthemums.' W'lUild 

 \ on recommend the inaniiie in -^acks lU' 

 a commeici.-il feitili/er. and in what 

 |ild|iol t ioii^ .' II. 1^. 1 1 . 



The grower who i< un;ilde to --I'cuie 

 an ample snppiv ol --table m. inure doe- 

 not. as .a r(Ml-ei|Uelii-e. need to i|uit bll-^i 

 ness, althoUiih he IS -urel\ up aLiain-t 

 iiioic or less seriou< i iniui \ enieiue at 

 tiiiu's. A certain proportion ol' ni.aimre 

 I consider absolutelv nere---ai\- under 



the |ircsent day methods of ;;-rowinuS 

 ul It is uiH|uestiunably true, also, that 

 elegant stock can be grown with far 

 ess manurt; than most of us use. pro- 

 \iiling the soil is sutlicieiitly well pre- 

 pared. 



I wiiiild suggest that you select a plot 

 of soil that is ill fairly good shape. 

 Plow it in early August at, I sow down 

 to cow peas. After the e.-uly frosts, 

 |ilow these uiidei' and SOW down again 

 to rye. which should again be turned 

 mdt r III the spring, when it ha- reached 

 •■I height of about lifteeu niche-. This 

 -liouj.l |iiit the -oil in faiil\ good shape 

 to n-e that siininier, but it eaii be made 

 mill h lietti'i- with aliothi'r ye.'ir's jirepa- 

 ratioii if \ nil will ]iiit mi, in-te:i'l ol' tin) 

 r\e nop. a lii:lit '-nat ol' staide ina- 

 iiiir,' (biiiiiL; the winter, fnl low i nu' that 

 will', plnwinu .-Mid -oWin^ .a clnp ol red 



. lo\ er in f I ai 1\- spring. I I > "U ''^i" 



•_;,'t no -lalile MiaiiiMe at all, \iiii nii.^lii 

 put on ;i dri's-iiiu:' nf 'he -iiiedded .-allli; 

 ma iiiiri' .|ii-t bet m e plnw i nu in 1 lie 

 -piiii:^. I'-e .aliiiiil two tun- to :i pint 

 llMI\ Ion feel. Till- iill^illt to ^1\ e \ nli 



:i fail b Liond siiil t n -I alt w it li. and 



.ll'tel the plant- aie e-taldl-lied >iiU 

 -hiiiild lilnl nil dillii-iiil \- in keep mil: t Inlii 

 in :^ood urnwiiiu; londition with the aid 



nl' i lid ir lolls feed i nu. 



'I'he I'lilCLioi iil: Sll^uesl nill- may lie 

 liio.lilie.l to -lilt vniir p;i rt il- li ia r -nil, a- 

 \arions -ml- need dilVeii'iit I n-.-i t men' . 



SiiMie da\ we ina\ learn to L:rii\^ ibiw 

 el - w it lioiii -table m,-i niire. I 11 fai-t , a 



lew i;roWer- I kliow li;i\e ad\aili-e'l so 



far ill the ii-e nf chemical manures ;is 



to usi ly a little -table m;iiiure. A 



-|-e;i1 deal of study and a LCreat deal of 

 i;ii-e ;iie |-ei|ii i red, however, in the tlsc 

 of the idii'n,ii-;il prep;ir;i t ions, .a- they 

 are :ill extremely coiirentrated and se- 

 rious danijii.;,' may result t'roni the lea-r 

 lareh'ssiiess ,i|- ienolalice. They .-ire -.-il'i,; 

 on ! \- ill 1 lie hand- ol' .-in ex pert. 



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Springfield. Mass.- Xii Ind.as I'.ios. 

 Iia\e piirilia-ed the ereeiihouses on the 

 b'obert I'., ('raiie e-tate .-ind threi' .acres 

 III' l;ind. inilndini: the trai-t on whicli 

 the house- -taiid. The plan is to mo\-(,' 



the raii;ji hennis ^tieet to the' newly 



aci|uil-ed Jilopert \ . 



S. A. Starr, Proprietor of tlie Goldsboro Floral Co.. and Mrs. Starr. 



