. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. PLANTINO IN THE HOUSE. Planning the Work in Advance. With the passing of the commence- ment and June wedding season, the demand for carnations begins to slack- en, and there is little pleasure or profit in prolonging the cut of inferior car- nation blooms. In our latitude we are able to keep up the quality until well into June, but after the middle of the month the intense heat gets away with them and the size of the blooms can be seen to diminish from day to day. Ex- cept for the continued failure of the aster crop throughout this section year aft
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. PLANTINO IN THE HOUSE. Planning the Work in Advance. With the passing of the commence- ment and June wedding season, the demand for carnations begins to slack- en, and there is little pleasure or profit in prolonging the cut of inferior car- nation blooms. In our latitude we are able to keep up the quality until well into June, but after the middle of the month the intense heat gets away with them and the size of the blooms can be seen to diminish from day to day. Ex- cept for the continued failure of the aster crop throughout this section year after year, we would pull out the en- tire lot of carnations soon after Me- morial day. The scarcity of lowers, hotvever, makes such a course impossi- ble and makes it necessary for us to do a little extra planning in the plac- ing of the varieties on the' benches. We find it expedient to select a certain portion of the place to be run later into the summer than the rest of the place, and naturally we seiect that por- tion which is the coolest. ^ Every grdwer encounters this prepo- sition each season to a greater or less degree and now is the tiftie to do yotir planning. Before we set a single plant, we draw a sketch of the houses, show- ing each "bed and the number of plants it wUi bold. On each bed in the sketch is marked the variety or varieties to be planted on it. In this way we avoid the co^lfttsioii and mistakes that are sure to creep in if you plan your plant- ing as you plant. I mention this so early because, if you do your planning nowj it will give you time to place your order for any plants you may need to make up the number of each variety you wish to bench, and to get them shipped to you at the time you are benching your plants, which you will find to be a great advantage. Cleaning and Fumigating. I presume that you have procured an ample supply of well prepared soil for filling the benches. If you have been negligent in this, you are starting under a big handic
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