CARNATION SUPPORTS 



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of the bench, was resorted to in most instances. The tie 

 to this was first made by string, but later the safety lever 

 clips were used in large numbers for this purpose. These 

 three-ring supports for one plant each took up an enormous 

 amount of room when packed between seasons. This was 

 a serious objection. Many of them were damaged when 



not in use as they could not be 

 packed flat. It was, therefore, 

 no surprise that this type soon 

 lost its popularity. 



The next step was the de- 

 sign of a three-ring support to 

 accommodate two plants. This 

 type is illustrated in Fig. 3. 

 Florists everywhere welcomed 

 this new invention and many of 

 the better makes of this design 

 are in use today. While they 

 need almost as much room for 

 storing as did the three-ring sup- 

 ports for one plant, still they are 

 a decided improvement over 

 previous designs, both in respect 

 to rigidity and the time required 

 them in place. 



4 illustrates a single plant support with two or 

 three rings, which was designed to supply the rigidity that 

 the supports, such as shown in Fig. 2, lacked. While this 

 support afforded much stiffness, it put three stakes in the 

 bench for each plant. This was objectionable in caring 

 for the plants. From a commercial side, this was expensive 

 to manufacture because of the excessive amount of wire. 

 From the user's side it was expensive because of the time 



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