. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i88g. The American \w\. p^R\s\^H SKsy^t"^ The stock plants of chrysanthemums are grown in grocery boxes—the usual soap boxes, cracker boxes, and the like— and six plants to a box, and the boxes massed together in long belts out of doors. Kach box is doubly labeled. This to a great extent does away with the inevitable mixing likely to occur, more or less, when the stock plants are grown in pots. Storing empty small flower pots.— Instead of piling them away on benches and in bins they are laid orderly
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i88g. The American \w\. p^R\s\^H SKsy^t"^ The stock plants of chrysanthemums are grown in grocery boxes—the usual soap boxes, cracker boxes, and the like— and six plants to a box, and the boxes massed together in long belts out of doors. Kach box is doubly labeled. This to a great extent does away with the inevitable mixing likely to occur, more or less, when the stock plants are grown in pots. Storing empty small flower pots.— Instead of piling them away on benches and in bins they are laid orderly into moderately deep grocery boxes, and these boxes when full are stored one above the other in the sheds. New pots and dirty pots are treated in this way, but the sizes are restricted to 3 inch and under. Thp; mkn were preparing soil in the yard. Instead of sifting it through wire sieves they were dashing it through gravel screens. The Parisian Basket. This style of basket is one of the best to advise for the stag" or steam boat. The handle is very high which allows of a graceful arrangement of flowers; the basket illustrated being about three feet high. The large roses on the lefc are Mrs. John Laing; on the handle and ex- treme right are Brides, in the center and unfortunately in theshadoware "; As can readil3' be seen simply long. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Florists Company. Chicago : American Florist Company
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