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The Florists^ Review 



17 



PLANTING IN THE FIELD. 



Pushing the Work Systematically. 



I'ljititiiij; tlic ^duiii; cani.'itioiis in tlic 

 field is one Ji>li tlijit \(.u want to coni- 

 jih'tc as (jiiickly, (nnc VdU liaxc lic^iin, 

 as it is possible to do it. Ilaviui; satis 

 tied voiirsolt' as to tlie weatlier condi- 

 tion-^ lioiii this tini(> on and liaxin;: 

 ^^ot \r)ur inside ^vo^k' in siuli shape 

 tiiat you will lie able to yi\'e your uudi- 

 \ idi'd .-ittentioii to the jdaiitin^, you are 

 leady to make a start. It ie(piiies a 

 little f()resi<:ht and s,\stein, where any 

 • juantity is to be handled, but system 

 is a piime iipees.sity on any plaee, if 

 things are to move alonj; smoothly. A 

 lew |)oints that we find a fjreat Jielji 

 to us mi^iit be of some benefit to vou 

 as \\,di. 



I'Md'ore \\c beijin opei'af ioTis, we make 

 lip ;( ii>t ot' .-ill tlie varieties on each 

 bem h. These are jotted down in rota- 

 tion a-- tlie\ --tand on the b(>neli, and 

 iiot.-ition is lu.ade. .•ipproxiniatt-ly, of the 

 innnber of plants ol' earh \ari(>ty. ]iv 

 c-onsultin;: tln'--e lists, we are able to 

 liii-ate e:ii ii batih ol' ;iuy \ariety with 

 nut haxinL; tn liunt all over the i>laie 

 for a batch tiiat we tliouyht we h.ad 

 soniew lierc. V.;\i]\ lp;it<h is idieidved oil' 

 .•IS it is taken nut. Try this ;ind you 

 will be sni|iiised .-it the amount id' time 

 it will -a \ e yen. 



Filling the Trays. 



Ila\e i'ii(niL;h ti;i\s ot a coiiv imi ient 

 si/<' to hiijd .•!■- nuiny dumped jdants as 

 \(ii;r force can set mil in .-iii .•ifternoon. 

 unless you have l'noU^ll helji to be abb' 

 to lia\e one foiie diimpili;; wllile the 

 other plants out. We find that on 

 lo'arix' every jdacc' there .are se\'er;il 

 men who have iiKue or les> woik to do 

 iii'-idi'. before the\ can ludji on the 

 jpl.antiU'j. »^o we put ;ill the available 

 lu'lp to diimpiii;,' out pl.anl- in the morn- 

 inu, -ettin^- the jdants in ti.-ivs. and by 



I n we n-uallv have enoui;h plants 



dumped to run ;dl hand-- ;it pl.anliiiL: fo|- 

 the ;i f I i-rnooli. <>ui' -oil i- I'aiilv -aildv 

 ;ind dries olV (piicklv, enjildini.' u> to re- 

 s,.me pl.antiiiL; soon afti'r a r.aiii. .'■^o, 

 if ;i rainv cj.ay comes .alon;^. unless it 

 h;is tlie .appearance ol' ;i prolon^ied s|i(dl, 

 we dump out elion^^h jdants for ;| w lode 

 d;iv 's jilantiny, h.aviny liist i;ivcn the 

 jd.-iiits a eood w.ateiiiiL;, sn tli,-it they 

 will not slitter for w.ater even sjiniild 

 tliev staliil ;i idUjde ol' .|ay<. j'.e sine 

 vou jiiiiviile enoui;li biirl.aji to cover 

 the jdants al'tei tliev are dumped out 

 of the pots ;iimI :ile w.-|ililiL: to be 

 jd.aiiled. .-IS i hev will .|rv (.iit (|uici^|\ nn 

 a bri'_'ht dav. 



With Line and Trowel. 



I>urin,i:' the jjlantiuL;- we divide the 

 force into drojijpers and id.anters. A 

 iiooil man will jdant .about ;is fast as 

 .•I boy will didji the jdants. We us(> a 

 line to jilant by and trovvids to j)l;int 

 with. We li.ave known fiidds th.at were 

 so midlow that one could j)l;(nt without 

 a trowel, but even in suidi (iidds we 

 think a trovvid is best. It enables the 

 men to yet down to the moist soil bet- 

 ter after .a day or two of sunshine has 

 ilried (uit the soil somewhat on tlie 

 suit'ace. We use hand ciiltiv titors and 

 tlierefoie plant more clostdy than otluMs 

 who use horse-jpow er for cult i vat i n;j. 

 Our lows are sjiaced sixteen imdies 



The Editor is pleased 

 when a Reader 

 presents his ideas 

 on any subject treated in 



fu 



^fe. 



As experience is the beet 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by an 

 exchange of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are brought out 

 by discussion. 



Goo<l pimmanship, spell ins and 

 grammar. iIkpukIi dosiriiltk', are not 

 ncct>s>ary. Write as you would talk 

 \vlien iloing your lx.'st. 



WE SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM YOU 



PLANTS WINTERED OUTDOORS. 



jijiart. while the jdants are set .about 

 ei;4lit inches .ajitiit in tlie row. Have 

 the jilants set Just ileej) enough to eovcr 

 the ball of soil with a half im h of loos,, 

 soil to keeji it I'roni dryin;; out. 



lie sure to have the plants stamlinj^ 

 iiji straight. We have seen many 

 pl.ants s(d leaning,' to one side, whic li 

 1^ vvron:;. If you h:i\t' ever boueht 

 plants ;iml I'ouml them one-si. led, th.at 

 |s the le.ason f(U' it. 1 )o .all the neces 



sa I y walking on the jdanted jiortion ol' 

 the (l(dd, ami aftei- eaidi d.av's jd.antiny. 

 I.efoli' •jlllttini; time. Ii.ave the clllti- 

 ^ a t o' - 1,11 t h I oiii^h. A. I". .1. 1 '.ail I . 



L.ast I'all we h;id a surpp,,- ut' carna- 

 tion pl.ants. which were lett in tho 

 (iebl. Woiibl you kindly let us know 

 whi'lher It wdiibl do to |d;iiit these in- 

 shle ill the <-omiii;;' t'all.' The jdantij 

 are small, but bushy. I'lease notice 

 that wd are loi-.ated in the -out lieasi ert>. 

 pan ot W;,s|iinj.;tou state. b'. I;. I'. 



It' these jdants are ]uo|.eily caieil 

 lor until benching time, there is tio 

 reason why they should not make o(io(l 

 jdant^ for that jiurjiose. In your cli- 

 mate, where the winters ale not so se- 

 vere as they ;i re fartliei' east, the 

 I'lants would likely live tliroii:^li the 



winter ill i; I c(Uhlition. Thev will 



leipiire reyiikar cult i\ .at iiiy and the 

 usual c.-irc ;jiven the ymin;^ ]d;int<. I 

 am not .oiivei^ant with your m.arket, 

 luit it h;is just ociiirred to me th.at it 

 nii,;.;ht pay you better to allow these 

 jilants tn bloom outsiile ihi- suiiimer 

 :ilid to Use Vduny stock tOr \our 

 benches. I.ct't outdoors. tlicv would 



prob.ablv :;i\e you s,.\,.r;i| tunes tdo 

 value ot' t he \dii 11^ ]da nT-, i r blooms. 



A. r. .1. i:. 



LEAF DISEASE IN TEXAS. 



• 111 I c;i l|i:| t Kill.- Ill the _; leeii lilillSO 



iia \ e t he blacl, s|i,il. The Idossniii- lor 



-1 line tune have I leeii i ii t I'l loi . i mt old V 

 111 1 lie la-I tew .|a\s liavi- w ,• .iisc(i\-. 



e| e.| i.eV iill.i a ilelllit I 1 1 ; | I I he ,| |sea<0 



- Mack s|,,it . The c.i I i.ai loll- III t ho 

 tirdd. w h'ch w ,■ i\|,ecte,| i,, juit II, t he 



U 1 ei'll lioa-e tol next -ea-ou. Wele cllt- 



I I iiU- taken I'ldiii the plant- now \n 



'he m ,'elil|ol|-e. The plant- ,11 tile liidd 

 -li.iW -niiii' -lijii- 111' the idacl; -pot. Wo 



w i-h to ol.ta i n \ oil I ;id V i n w hat 



colll-e to j. Ill-Ill'. .\- the -e.a-oh for 



the blooiiiin- ot the J.l.ant- III the house 



will -.Mill be ,iv i'v. It do,'- n,,T make 



much dilVe'-i'lIc,. ,'|li,.|lt them. Will 



I h e I e I i , ■ : 1 1 1 \ c h a 1 1 c , ' t , , - ; i \ , • tin- jdants 

 1 h;it ai e II, iw in t he li,'l,| ' ( l: w ,.ubl 



It 1h' bet'el to de-tldV .'|i| the .-ai'iia- 



lioii pL'iiil-. both III til,' hull-,' and out- 

 -ide. w hich w e ha V e ,iii haiel .'imt tmy 

 oiM , utile -lock ot |.|:iiit- tor iieKt 



-ea-oli '- !|-e .' I^, I' ( \ 



1 do not know ol' anv di-, a-e el car- 

 nal ion- c;i j|e,| black s|,,it ; \ ,,11 prnh- 



aldv III, 'an what w,> ,-;i|| |,..'it -p,,t. This 



dls,','i-i' I- |i|o|i;ie;ited b\ in, '.111- nt' 



-|'or,.-. which miiltijilv lajudlv in a 

 humid .attnosjihere. The t'.-et tliat i-er- 

 tain voiine jijants w,'ii. p: oj^a u;;it ed 

 I'roiii ,ild |d,-ints whicji w.'i,' allected 

 b\ the di-,'a-e doi's mt lie. ,--;i ril V 

 nie.'in t hat I h,' > on n^ |.|a m- w 1 1| |i,> 

 alti'.'t.'l too. mill'-- -.lilt,' ..' •'.,. ^iMe.-^ 



