Archive image from page 89 of The culture of pot-plants in. The culture of pot-plants in rooms, greenhouses, & frames cultureofpotplan00davi Year: greenhouses ( 78 THE CULTURE OF POT-PLANTS importance of keeping the soil moist and of spraying during the summer. There are also several fungoid diseases which are sometimes troublesome. In their case spraying with a weak solution of permanganate of potash may be sufficient, but in a serious outbreak the affected plants should be burned in the hope of saving the others. It is of little use trying Fig. 31.—Lifting a layered Violet runner with th
Archive image from page 89 of The culture of pot-plants in. The culture of pot-plants in rooms, greenhouses, & frames cultureofpotplan00davi Year: greenhouses ( 78 THE CULTURE OF POT-PLANTS importance of keeping the soil moist and of spraying during the summer. There are also several fungoid diseases which are sometimes troublesome. In their case spraying with a weak solution of permanganate of potash may be sufficient, but in a serious outbreak the affected plants should be burned in the hope of saving the others. It is of little use trying Fig. 31.—Lifting a layered Violet runner with the trowel. to grow violets in a room, because of the dust and other impurities in the air, as well as of the dryness; but they may be brought in when they are flowering. Among the best single varieties are La France, Princess of Wales, Victoria Regina (early), and White Czar; and among the doubles Comte de Brazza (white), de Parme, Marie Louise, and Neapolitan (of rather weak habit, but with fine lavender and white flowers).
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