. Dingee guide to rose culture. FOUNDEI 850 DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture FOUNDED 850 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
. Dingee guide to rose culture. FOUNDEI 850 DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture FOUNDED 850 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 to- bacco water, made the consist- ency of weak tea, and increased or decreased in strength as oc- casion demands. SCOTTII (Dwarf Boston or Newport Fern)—Much more bushier growth than the Bos- ton. The fronds droop grace- fully, but are not as long and heavy as the Boston. Very rapid grower. A great de- mand for house Fern. TEDDY JR_Npw dwarf Fern. Fronds are broad and beauti- fully 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 grower and thrives under most any con- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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