The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . and too dry being con-demned. For Incarnats a soil of one-half horsedung thoroughly decayed and old, the other half to becomposed of black soil, material from elevated tuftson marshes, and one-sixth yellow loam is noted. Forother sections and picotees two-thirds black soil andone-third horse dung with one-sixth yellow IV tells how the carnation is to be peg having been removed from the layer the lat-ter has the connecting piece of stem severed quiteclose
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . and too dry being con-demned. For Incarnats a soil of one-half horsedung thoroughly decayed and old, the other half to becomposed of black soil, material from elevated tuftson marshes, and one-sixth yellow loam is noted. Forother sections and picotees two-thirds black soil andone-third horse dung with one-sixth yellow IV tells how the carnation is to be peg having been removed from the layer the lat-ter has the connecting piece of stem severed quiteclose to its junction witti the layer, so that roots maypush from it as well as from the tongue. The bottomof the pot was next fitted with horse dung for drain-age. The compost was then added till it reached nearlythe rim of the pot, and decayed dung level to thebrim, and one layer set in the material. Most growers,it is remarked, planted three or four in each pot, butthe author preferred to put one only, and this wasplanted directly into the flowering pot. Up till thebeginning of December the plants were kept in the. Establishment of S. S. Pennoclc, Wholesale Florist,Philadelphia. New addition on the I,eft. .See page 151, issue of Feb. 8, 1906. open air, but protected from inclement weather. Thenthey were transferred to the greenhouse, from whichfrost was kept by means of paper and mats in prefer-ence to fires. In many gardens the usual method ofprotection consisted in placing the plants in Winter w^ter was only applied when the plantsflagged, and sometimes saucers were used as a meansof conveying water to the roots, each plant beingplaced in a saucer into which just a little water wasintroduced when the soil required moistening. InPassion week the plants were returned to the open, andnumerous recommendations are given as to the aspectsto be chosen during the different stages of the plantslife. Chapter IX is devoted to water and its application,the writer disapprovin
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