THINGS TO BE DONE IN SEPTEMBER 61 



well decomposed manure and one part soil. The single stem sorts 

 should be kept clean of all lateral growth, and always see to it that 

 there is sufficient moisture in the houses. The pot plants need feed- 

 ing with liquid cow manure ; that is better than to keep on shifting 

 them too often, for the object is to obtain a good-sized plant in a 

 small pot. You cannot do much pinching back on any of them 

 after August. 



While a wetting down of the wa;lks in the houses is a fine thing 

 during the hot Summer evenings, let up a little on that as you go 

 along in September. In other words, avoid an excess of moisture 

 over night, but always keep the soil in the benches as well as in the 

 pots in a moist state. Drying out will not help plants that are 

 making a fine growth. 



You should have no trouble in the Carnation houses during this 

 month. Growing conditions are just ideal, sunny days, plenty of 

 ventilation and cool nights being just what Carnations want. They 

 are well established by this time and the first planted ones are pro- 

 ducing fair-sized stems with good flowers, which may come in very 

 useful even with the appearance of the early Chrysanthemums. 

 Watch the soil; if a bench does not dry out in certain spots as fast 

 as in others, find out the reason for it. Keep on cultivating and of 

 there should happen to be any yellow leaves at the base of some if 

 the plants, remove them. 



Have all the supports in place long before the plants are in 

 need of them. 



POINSETTIAS AND RoSES 



This is fine growing weather for the plants. They can stand 

 almost any temperature with the sun shining, but they seem to enjoy 

 cool nights as much as the Chrysanthemums and the Carnations. 

 Stake the single stem ones, and with the later propagated 23^-in. 

 stock, make up a good number of pans. Do not put this off until 

 October; have a good number under way at least by the middle of 

 this month. It is getting late for propa^ting, but early September- 

 rooted cuttings often make useful Uttle plants for retailing in made- 

 up basket arrangements for the holidays. 



With the young stock benched in May or June, there has not 

 been much special care or watching needed up to the present; here, 

 as with the Chrysanthemums, weather conditions have helped to do 

 most of the work. The plants, in a good, stiff soil with pjoper water- 

 ing, have made a fine growth, and while it will be some time yet 

 before you cut fancy flowers and stems, with the approach of cooler 

 weather as the plants get weU under way, the new wood becomes 

 stronger and stronger. 



What is perhaps of the greatest importance from now on, is 

 careful ventilation. Cold winds striking the young, soft growth 



