. American carnation culture. e general vitality, and the diseases, be it a fungusor an insect, quickly follow^s. In the Fall of 1883, we had a surplus of twovarieties of Carnations and, rather than too throw them away we heeled them in, in a cold frame, put-ting straw mats on the glass in extreme weather. They wintered well, and in March we put in afew hundred cuttino^s of each; we marked them, andlast Winter they were the best plants we had, notone of them dying off, while we lost hundreds of thesame kind in our reoular stock. And I firmly believe if this plan were adopted ofwinterinor Carna
. American carnation culture. e general vitality, and the diseases, be it a fungusor an insect, quickly follow^s. In the Fall of 1883, we had a surplus of twovarieties of Carnations and, rather than too throw them away we heeled them in, in a cold frame, put-ting straw mats on the glass in extreme weather. They wintered well, and in March we put in afew hundred cuttino^s of each; we marked them, andlast Winter they were the best plants we had, notone of them dying off, while we lost hundreds of thesame kind in our reoular stock. And I firmly believe if this plan were adopted ofwinterinor Carnations that the Carnation diseasewould disappear. Another and perhaps more practical way otavoiding the difficulty, we have practised for years,and that is to propagate our stock as early as possi-ble in the Winter, and after they have becomeestablished, knocking them out of the pots andputting them in shallow boxes in cold frames. This gives them some of the needed rest andthe good effect is very marked. 42 CARNATION CULTURE,. A TYPE OF THE WHITE CLASSOF CARNATIONS.
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