. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. NOVBIilBEB 9, 1916. ';,•'?•?•? :r,;.-»»'<s , The Florists' Review 19 over ten feet wide. The sides should be boxed in tightly and sufficient pip- ing should be made to hold an even temperature of 65 degrees in the sand. The top heat can be 15 degrees lower. I would use four rows of 2-inch steam pipes on either side, or a flow and two returns of 4-ineh hot water pipes. This would give you ample heat. Do not try to run a high temperature over- head; 45 degrees will be much better than 55 degrees. Put the cuttings in the benches on or about January
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. NOVBIilBEB 9, 1916. ';,•'?•?•? :r,;.-»»'<s , The Florists' Review 19 over ten feet wide. The sides should be boxed in tightly and sufficient pip- ing should be made to hold an even temperature of 65 degrees in the sand. The top heat can be 15 degrees lower. I would use four rows of 2-inch steam pipes on either side, or a flow and two returns of 4-ineh hot water pipes. This would give you ample heat. Do not try to run a high temperature over- head; 45 degrees will be much better than 55 degrees. Put the cuttings in the benches on or about January 15. They will not root so quickly as those of half-ripened wood, and any attempt to rush them will result disastrously. I presume you would want to pot them singly as soon as they are rooted, or perhaps, if your climate is sufficiently mild, you could run them out in nursery rows. The safest plan, however, would be to pot them off singly. A house seventy-five feet long, with propagating benches three feet wide on each side, should give you ample space for the number mentioned. C. W. BOSE OUTTHraS OUTDOOES. If hardwood rose cuttings are taken, put in sand and covered with soil, do you think they will root by springi I have no coldframe or greenhouse and I want hardwood cuttings for spring. A. K. K.—Mont. Can't you put your hardwood rose cuttings in sandy soil on the floor of a cold cellar! Be sure the earth is moist. A little freezing will do no harm. If you will do this a good many will be well calloused by spring, when they can go out in nursery rows, be watered and well tamped, and a good proportion will grow. This would be much better than keeping them outdoors. C. W. WHERE DIPLOMACY WON'T DO. We would be pleased to have you give us some advice on roses, how to exterminate red spider. Is there any in- secticide we can use in the form of a spray or fume? So far we have used only clear water, but we do not seem to be able to clean the house. T. W. C—Minn. The only
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