196 How TO Grow Ctt Flowers. 



When it is desired to grow this in quantity, the best 

 success will be obtained in a span roof house with solid 

 beds on either side of the walk. Continuous ventilation 

 should be supplied in the same way as described for 

 carnations. Good drainage should also be provided for 

 the beds, after which from 18 to 20 inches of rich light 

 soil should be filled in and the tops of the bed 

 brought as near the glass as the flowers can mature 

 without injury. Between the 1st and 15th of July 

 sow the seed thinly in drills two inches deep and 18 

 inches apart. Water well after the bed has been made 

 compact, and shade the glass until the plants are up 

 and have made two inches of growth. They should 

 then be thinned to twelve inches apart in the row. 

 All the air possible should he given day and night, 

 and as this is a season of the year in which mois- 

 ture evaporates rapidly, the beds, even though they 

 are solid, must be closely Avatched while the seed 

 is germinating, and watered enough to prevent any 

 dry spots from appearing. When the plants begin 

 to push out their leaves, the shading should all be 

 removed and pains taken to keep the glass clear. If 

 butterflies appear, dust the plants with slug shot once 

 or twice a week. It will not harm the plants and will 

 effectually rid the house of the butterfly. As with 

 chrysanthemums, if fine spikes of bloom are wanted, 

 air laterals must be removed and the strength of the 

 plant thrown into the flowering shoot. The house. 



