. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ASTER comes this year at a moderately early date. This will necessitate consid- erable forcing and frequent moving of plants in order to time them to a nicety. Any disadvantages of an early Easter, however, are more than compensated for by the clearance of houses of pot plants, which will allow us a much longer season for Memorial day crops. It will be quite otherwise in 1916, when the date of Easter is April 23, within two days of the lat- est possible date on which it can occur. March so far has been true to its characteristics. An occasional day
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ASTER comes this year at a moderately early date. This will necessitate consid- erable forcing and frequent moving of plants in order to time them to a nicety. Any disadvantages of an early Easter, however, are more than compensated for by the clearance of houses of pot plants, which will allow us a much longer season for Memorial day crops. It will be quite otherwise in 1916, when the date of Easter is April 23, within two days of the lat- est possible date on which it can occur. March so far has been true to its characteristics. An occasional day is suggestive of the tropics, but the ma- jority are cold and piercing, with far less precipitation than usual, and unus- ually clear skies. It is a great advan- tage to the retailer when we get clear and balmy climatic conditions for the great floral festival, but we cannot de- pend upon it. Even April Easters are sometimes bitterly cold, with snow- storms thrown in for good measure. Therefore, we must be prepared to wrap plants securely, especially if they have to %o to any distance in care of the slow moving express companies. All plants which are ordered some days in advance should be retarded in a cool shed or greenhouse. If in the latter, see that the glass is well shaded and air freely admitted. There is a great advantage in having a roomy shed or storage house for Easter, and it is usually possible to arrange the plants 80 that they can be readily select- ed from by visiting customers. Do not rush the plants too suddenly, however, from strong heat to a low temperature. Some plants will not mind it, but others will soon present a woeful, wilted ap- pearance. Keep a dry atmosphere where these plants are, and, if we get nnusually cold weather, a little fire heat may be necessary, especially for shrubs which have been hard forced and are not established in their pots. Al- ways wash the pots of all plants in the storage shed or house. In fact, as pot washing is a job of con
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