THINGS TO BE DONE IN JULY 



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varieties, for which purpose rooted cuttings often answer, especially 

 if they consist of Pompons. Small Poinsettia stock can be benched 

 now. 



Repairs and Pbepabations 

 Keep the hammer and the paint brush busy. Look over the 

 heating plant. Clean the boilers, inside and out, below and on top, 

 and the smoke stack as well. Look out for coal. Get busy on the 

 roofs. Keep the show house attractive. If you haven't ordered all 

 your requirements in Freesias, Paperwhites, Lilies and Dutch bulbs, 

 do so now. You will want bulb flats soon; do not have them less 

 than 3 in. in depth nor too large in size. 



Fig. 14. — Soil Ready for Summer Benching. It is always a great advantage to 

 have a good-sized pile of soil near the greenhoTlses and easy to get to. It will save 



worry and delay 



AUGUST 



Conventions and Cultural Notes 

 TF there is not any new building or any extensive repair work 

 '^ going on, August is usually the quietest of the twelve months 

 in the year. It has always been so and was therefore selected as 

 the best month in which to hold the annual S. A. F. and 0. H. 

 Convention. Attend, by all means, if there is any way to do it. 



The Carnations should be all housed before the tenth, and the 

 whole establishment be in first-class shape, ready for Fall, which will 

 soon be with us again. 



