. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoj. The American Florist. 381. GROUND PLAN OF THE HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AT THE WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS. be planted only sparingly on the side streets of the more rural portions of the city. The Norway maple is often planted, and stands city conditions quite well, but it has some of the objectionable leatures of the rock maple, namely, the denseness of its shade and its branchi- ness, and consequent uasuitableness for electric wires. Judging from the some- what limited data furnished by experi-
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoj. The American Florist. 381. GROUND PLAN OF THE HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AT THE WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS. be planted only sparingly on the side streets of the more rural portions of the city. The Norway maple is often planted, and stands city conditions quite well, but it has some of the objectionable leatures of the rock maple, namely, the denseness of its shade and its branchi- ness, and consequent uasuitableness for electric wires. Judging from the some- what limited data furnished by experi- ence in other cities the ginkgo promises well as a street tree. CARNATIONS. INDOOR CULTURE. When it was first proposed by a grower who strove to be always a year or two ahead of the times in cultural methods, to grow carnations under glass all sum- mer, as is practiced with roses and chrys- anthemums, suggesting that high grade blooms on long stems would be cut earlier and that profits the year around would be greater, there was considerable disa- greement as to whether the practice would be successful or not. The theory has been well tested and the points advanced by both sides to the case have been compromised, so that the general practice at the present time is to plant carnations into the houses from July 1 on, thus obtaining all the advantages that accrue from both indoor and out- door culture. The change from the old way, of trans- ferring the plants to the benches after September 1, to the present practice of early planting, has been very gradual, and as each year the date was set a trifle earlier, growers had a chance to learn the necessary treatment required under the new method. It would be rash to claim that we have reached perfection in this particular, but with most varieties nothing better has been suggested, and we will probably adhere to the general practice of planting early and thereby reap the benefits of both indoor and out- door culture. But it seems plausi
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