60 GBEENHOUSE MAN'AGEMEKT. 



ready and plant out at once, which, for the first batch, 

 should be the last of May or the first of June. Haye the 

 soil firmly pressed down upon the beds and just moist 

 enough to work well. The distance for planting will 

 depend something upon the number of flowers to be 

 grown upon a plant. If more than one variety is grown 

 in a bed, place the taller ones at the north end in a 

 north and south house, so that they will not shade the 

 others. As a rule, the rows across the beds are ten or 

 twelve inches, and the plants eight inches in the rows 

 when three or more flowers are grown to a plant, or six 

 inches each way if the plants are to be grown to single 

 stems. 



Water the plants thoroughly, and until they become 

 established syringe them often, and shade the roof, using 

 whitewash, or better, white lead and naphtha, mixed so 

 as to make a thin wash. TJntil the roots have taken 

 hold, care will be necessary to keep the soil from becom- 

 ing saturated. In about a week, give the surface a good 

 stirring and if more than one flower is desired from a 

 plant, pinch out the tip buds to make them branch. As 

 the side buds push out, rub them off at once, unless sev- 

 eral flowers are desired, when we should allow three or 

 four to grow and rub off the others. If more than this 

 number of buds is desired to a plant, pinch out the end 

 buds in the side shoots when they have made a growth 

 of two or three inches, and allow two shoots to start from 

 each, rubbing ofE all others. 



TEAINING AND TEBLMSIKQ. 



Arrangements should now be made for supporting 

 the stems. This can be done in various ways (the train- 

 ing to stakes is seen in Fig. 14), but the best method is 

 to run a wire (Ifo. 18) above each of the rows and tie 

 the stems to wire rods (No. 9, galvanized), the upper 

 ends of which are fastened to the wire. Another method 



