. Dingee guide to rose culture : 1917. DINCEE GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE A>i \tEK. I»iiiH- ville, Kentucky, May 22, 1916. ^^^^^ @y'~^-g8X~-^-y,i»g~'-^«^g^vjfias~-^-g- ROSE CROWING!;-* Dingee Decorative Ferns There is no plant that seems to fill such an important place as these Decorative Ferns. Their adaptability to almost all conditions makes them the best decorative plant grown. Easy of culture, equally adapted for indoors or out, that no one should be without them. Use a soil composed of five parts; two parts of good garden soil, two parts finely screened peat or leaf mould from the woods, an
. Dingee guide to rose culture : 1917. DINCEE GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE A>i \tEK. I»iiiH- ville, Kentucky, May 22, 1916. ^^^^^ @y'~^-g8X~-^-y,i»g~'-^«^g^vjfias~-^-g- ROSE CROWING!;-* Dingee Decorative Ferns There is no plant that seems to fill such an important place as these Decorative Ferns. Their adaptability to almost all conditions makes them the best decorative plant grown. Easy of culture, equally adapted for indoors or out, that no one should be without them. Use a soil composed of five parts; two parts of good garden soil, two parts finely screened peat or leaf mould from the woods, and one part sharp clean sand. This should then be thoroughly sterilized by putting in an oven and baking in order to destroy earth worms, etc. Place some broken pieces of pots or crocks and some charcoal in the bottom of each pot for drainage. A temperature of not less than 55 degrees F, should be maintained at all times, with a rise in the day time of 10 degrees to 15 degrees. Judgment should be exercised in watering. On warm days they should be syringed at least twice. Never allow them to become too dry. Insects which are most troublesome are thrips, red spider, scale and mealy bug. Thrips, red spider and mealy bug are easily pre- vented by a properly moistened atmosphere, also by spraying of foliage once a week with tobacco water, made the consistency of weak tea, and increased or decreased in strength as occasion demands. SCOTTII (Dwarf Boston or Newport Fern)—Much more bushy growth than the Boston. The fronds droop gracefully, but are not as long and heavy as Boston. Very rapid grower. Great demand for house Fern. TEDDY JR—Nip,.,Hworf Fern. Fronds are broad and beau- tifully tapered from the base to the tip, drooping just enough to make a graceful plant. Produces nearly four times as many fronds as any other Fern introduced. Com- pact, vigorous and thrives under most any 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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