Archive image from page 574 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 No. 3.—A shelved cold pit for wintering young stock grown in flats, seedlings, rooted cuttings and grafts. No. 4.—A small plant cellar for wintering large plants. It is also excellent for storing vegetables
Archive image from page 574 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 No. 3.—A shelved cold pit for wintering young stock grown in flats, seedlings, rooted cuttings and grafts. No. 4.—A small plant cellar for wintering large plants. It is also excellent for storing vegetables and fiuits. It (onabines perfect ventilation with extremely good protec- tion against frost. 2741. Various forms of storage pits. Prunus Lauro-cerasus and others, Ps id i a ni G a a j «. v a , Pun ica , retinospora in variety, rhododendron (tender hybrids), liomneya Goulteri, roses (Bourbon, Noisette, China, Bengal and other tender varieties), Rosmarinus offi- cinalis, Sequoia gigantea, Taxus, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Ulex. Europ<Bus. The above plants are commonly handled in pits for various rea- sons. In eastern Massachusetts, with the possible exception of those marked thus (), they will bear a few degrees of frost, if not too long continued, without harm. The average temperature of the pit should be just above freezing, say 35° F. The value of these plants depends upon not only carrying them through the winter in good condition, but also in giving them a good start in the spring. For this purpose a cool greenhouse must be pro- vided; a cold grapery or a house constructed from the sashes used on the pifs is equally good, in which the plants can be properly grown until it is warm enough to put them out-of- doors. 4. Anemone Japonica and A. coronaria, Bellis perennis,Dianthus Caryn- vhyllus (clove pinks and European carnations from seeds), Ga lax aphylla, myosotis sorts, primula in variety, including auric- ula, Persian ranunculus, Viola odoraia (tender so
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