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The Florists^ Review 



15 



A GROWER S NOTES. 



I A |p:i|i.'i- li.v CIkiiIcs li. Ili'ir. dl" SI rM-<liiir^'. l';i.. 

 iiMil hi'fuiT ^1 KciciiiliiT iiicciiiif; 111' tile I.MncMstcr 

 ('..iiiily I'loiisis' (lull. 1 



W't' plant out youiiy caniMtion iilaiits 

 t'loin pots ill tlif ficlil as cail.v in May 

 as we can, in rows twenty iiiciu's apart 

 an<L <'1('\ en im-lit's apart in tlic rows, 

 lulf i\ atinji tiicin with a liand harrow 

 after tncry lain aiul kt'ciiiii;^ tlic har- 

 row iiiovin;,' in dry weather. Toipjiiny 

 in t lie Heici cannot he iloiie too care 

 I'lilly. Do not wait iiiitii a yreat iiiini- 

 i>er ar<' ready. There may i>e in tlie 

 lirst t<tiipiiiji- only a few hun.lred. All 

 season we try to keep the plants down. 

 ne\i'r ailowiiij;- them to <:et too high, 

 as we (inci the higli. "leygy"' plants 

 are more liahle to be hard wooded an<l 

 ha\c dead foliage. 



Of <-oiirse, the high tojiped plants 

 look larger than they really are he- 

 '■aiise they h:i\e fewer side slioots. Von 

 all know ditVcrent \arieties must lie 

 topjx'd differently, hut none should he 

 allowed to get too higli. 



In preparing the houses for pl.-inting. 

 whi(di with us is done the last week 

 of August, we <de;iii out all the soil .•ind 

 gi\f the houses ;i thorough cleaning. 

 vvhit(>wasliiiiu the sides of the heiiclies. 

 'riu' hottoin hoards are taken out and 

 swept clean, then llo;ited in lime water 

 and c;irried hy forks on tra«dis to drv 

 II' the sun. After they are .Iry, w'e 

 place ;is many in a pile' as a man can 

 readily carry. Xcxt they are taken 

 hack fo their pl.-o'cs .and 'jiiit in piles 

 'd four. In th.at position thev do not 

 warp as they would if spi.M,! 'o\cr the 

 '"'ik-Ih's. We le.ave them in piles until 

 we are ready to (ill in the soil. 



''I I'la.iiin- the hottom hoards, we 

 i'llow a small sp.a.,. hetween ea.-h 

 ''<""■''. using excdsior to cover cra(dis 

 ''' '"''''I' ^'i'' manure from f:illin.. 

 'I""i;.^li. The henches are tiien re.adv 

 loi- th,. soil. I ,.;,n say that hv treating 

 ;''"■ '"•"'•'' !'<':" ds in this wav we hav 



' " ';''''■ »" 'i>^<' ■•' ;;re:it maiiv of tiie 



same hoards ever sin.M. I h.av." h.-en in 

 hasiness. wliicl, is fourte.Mi years. 



FiUing the Benches. 



We ,iu not sift or screen the soil as 

 "'' '""■'' ''"'• i'"t hy handling it over 

 two ..r three times and watching for 

 '■lo'ls when loa.ling the harrows, we get 

 It in good shape. I„ screening the 

 ;.'" • '' •'■"" •■"•"" "-f car..fnl. von will 

 'I'i'l ••• great ,leal of y„„r hest'soii and 

 •"■•"""•<• waste.l. I K„„w it was so in 

 our ease. 



After th.. henches are filled with 

 Hoi . we w.-iter just enough for planting. 

 Hetore planting we shade the houses 



and .-iftei |p|antiiig .".(Id or HIH [dants 

 we keejp watering them o\cr and o\'er 

 again, to he sure the soil is saturated. 

 .\fter that, we only give them a light 

 spr.aying two or three times a day, 

 de|)endiMg much on the kind of 

 weather we are ii;i\ ing at the time; 

 ever trying to get the soil hack to its 

 normal condition, yet never allowing 

 tiie plants to get dry until they are 

 W(dl established; being c.areful not to 

 let di'afts of air blow oxer them, for 

 if they iire once wilted, it will take 

 some time to get them hiok to th.di 

 normal condition agiiin. 



We take all the buds oil' alien jd.-int 

 ing the |ilaiits in the houses and. in 

 f;i,ct. for some time al'tei- they arc 

 housecl. 



Beacon, for mie. will st.art .a great 

 m;uiy buds soon aft(r housiny, with 

 short stems. I must say i iglit here. 

 Beacon truly is a grand c;irnation. .i 

 free bloomer, of fine li.abit of growth, 

 and carries out to the end of the season 

 with nie. wliii li l:ist season \\;is the 

 eiicl of .Inly. .\iid so lon^ ;is it does 

 that for us. we surcdy will not drop it. 



My nrgiiment is that you are onh 

 taxiiiii \()ur plants when vnii .allow 



S. J. Goddafd. 



I'resl.Iont ..ftjie American C.irnation .Society, who bee 

 an Atliliatlon"' Director »< tlic .s. A.F.) 



