. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. CALADIUMS AT THE WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS. (Exhibited by H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.) sufficiently high temperature, a moist atmosphere, bottom heat and plenty of drainage. The present is a good time to plant if your plants are fairly well estab- lished, but if you can not maintain a nighttemperatureof 70° to 75° in winter you had better leave it alone. Plant in a bench having a tile bottom, if possible, and have your heating pipes well up to the bottom of the bench, for lots of bot- tom heat is necessary. Drain
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. CALADIUMS AT THE WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS. (Exhibited by H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.) sufficiently high temperature, a moist atmosphere, bottom heat and plenty of drainage. The present is a good time to plant if your plants are fairly well estab- lished, but if you can not maintain a nighttemperatureof 70° to 75° in winter you had better leave it alone. Plant in a bench having a tile bottom, if possible, and have your heating pipes well up to the bottom of the bench, for lots of bot- tom heat is necessary. Drain your bench well. Broken brick and lime rubble make a good drainage. For winter cul- ture a soil consisting of two parts of leaf soil, two parts of turi'y loam and well decayed manure and one of charcoal suits well. Three inches of soil is quite suffi- cient to start with. They require to be top-dressed often during their growing season. The roots naturally come to the top and the leaves turn sickly and yel- low. As soon as this is noticeable, if other conditions are right it is a sign that a light top dressing is needed. Half an inch at a time of the original compost may be used, with a little artificial fertil- izer added. If the plants are shy in setting bloom it is sometimes necessary to run them on the dry side and reduce the temperature somewhat, but after the buds are set great care is needed, as the least check causes the buds to drop. Keep the paths well moistened to maintain a moist at- mosphere and spray on bright days. Spray occasionally with kerosene emul- sion or whale oil and soap, or fumigate to keep down mealy bug, their worst enemy. The two varieties generally grown are Florida and Veitchii. Veitchii is perhaps the best, but requires a higher temperature. Florida will do with 60° to 65° at night. For winter flowering it is best to start with young stock every year. Jas. T. Scott. Rugby, N. D.—N. P. Lindberg is mak- ing, through the Foley Manufacturing Com
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