. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. too sparingly, forcing the plants to reach out and try to find enough nour- ishment to support the tops. It might be suspected, also, from the appearance of the foliage, that there is considerable alkali in the water, and, aS the plants had been kept too much on the dry side, the roots took up part of this alkali with the water, and the alkali burned the tops. The best treatment in such a case would be to give the soil a thorough washing out by watering heavily for two or three days in succession, flood- ing the benches each time. Then, in about a
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. too sparingly, forcing the plants to reach out and try to find enough nour- ishment to support the tops. It might be suspected, also, from the appearance of the foliage, that there is considerable alkali in the water, and, aS the plants had been kept too much on the dry side, the roots took up part of this alkali with the water, and the alkali burned the tops. The best treatment in such a case would be to give the soil a thorough washing out by watering heavily for two or three days in succession, flood- ing the benches each time. Then, in about a week, when the plants show new life, give them a feeding of half decayed manure, preferably cattle ma- nure, dissolving it well with water so that the roots can take it up imme- diately. As the days are getting longer now, the plants will need considerable feed and water to keep them going. W. J. K. LATE SPRING STOCKS. We would like to have some informa- tion as to the proper time to sow seeds of the following, so that the plants will be in bloom by the first week in May: Agcratum, 2, 3 and 4-inch pots; alyssum. 2 and 3-inch pots; bellis, 2-inch; forget- me-not, 2 and 3-inch; impatiens, 2 and 3-inch; heliotrope, 3 and 4-inch; pe- tunia, 2 and 3-inch; salvia, 2, 3 and 4- inch; verbena, 2 and 3-inch. What is the proper temperature for each of these? G. L. C. & S.—Pa. Ageratum, twelve weeks; alyssum, nine to ten weeks; heliotrope, twelve to fourteen weeks; single petunia, four- teen to fifteen weeks; salvia, ten to twelve weeks; verbena, twelve to four- teen weeks. Bellis perennis and forget- me-nots are better if treated as bien- nials. Seeds sown in August and win- tered outdoors or in a coldframe bloom finely for Memorial day. Some of the bellis sown now might flower, but the forget-me-nots would be a doubtful proposition. It is hard to give precise periods, as much depends on the tem- peratures, the season the sowing is done and the care the seedlings get. A tem- peratur
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