rat OF Our gravel Planting or Carnations 
—about 15,000 plants for the current sea- 
son. View taken about two weeks after 
benching. No wilting because soil has 
been left on. 


CARNATIONS IN GRAVEL 
Carnations have proved one of the 
crops most adaptable to gravel cul- 
ture. This is very well illustrated in 
the two pictures shown on this page. 
The above illustration shows a small 
portion of our planting about two 
weeks after benching. At the left 
can be seen the identical bench as it 
appeared this fall. As you can see, 
the growth is very good, and there 
are an abundance of flowers. With 
several years experience behind us, 
we can’t help but be enthusiastic 
about what the future holds for gravel 
culture and carnations. Last season, 
the quality as well as the quantity of 
flowers left little to be desired. Add 
to this the very definite saving in 
labor and more profitable carnation 
crops should follow. The few cases 
of failure that have come to our at- 
tention where this method of culture 
was followed have been in moving 
the plants from the field to the bench. 
Our conclusion, based on our own 
experiments and the work of others 
is that at least a part of the soil should 
be left on the plants as they are 
benched. With this precaution and 
some care in watering, they should 
come through without any trouble. 
