. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1160 The American Florist. Jan. 11, generally when it is thick enough to see, the damage has been done. Mr. Ross is going to try cold storage giganteums for Easter. His plan is to plant these, some in boxes and others in pots, using 7-9 bulbs. His method of culture is the same as when forcing earlier in the season. The freshly pot- ted stock is placed en the floor under the benches along the walks in a low house, as they seem to do best or draw up better, where there is less head roorn. The night temperature is 60
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1160 The American Florist. Jan. 11, generally when it is thick enough to see, the damage has been done. Mr. Ross is going to try cold storage giganteums for Easter. His plan is to plant these, some in boxes and others in pots, using 7-9 bulbs. His method of culture is the same as when forcing earlier in the season. The freshly pot- ted stock is placed en the floor under the benches along the walks in a low house, as they seem to do best or draw up better, where there is less head roorn. The night temperature is 60°, uniform all the time. This Easter batch will be potted from 10 to 12 weeks be- fore the holiday, depending on the weather. He will not check them in any -j^-ay until the buds are well along, when if ahead of time, it will be safe to reduce the temperature and retard the growth to hold them. Ernst Zeiger, a Philadelphia grower, who has forced cold storage gigan- teums with success, has best results by keeping a temperature of 55° to 60°. or even a little higher, from the start. He finds that a cold, wet soil tends to weaken their vitality, caus- ing the bulbs to rot. If by forcing, the bulbs can be male to send up their shoots, they will make roots later, he says. In a lot of bulbs, planted out to be brought in for Christmas .and early January, in a small house with a center ventilator, one end of the bed in the warmest part of the house, had a strong growth, the plants setting buds, while in that part subject to the venti- lator, there was a marked decrease in the size of the plants, which proved to him that the high temperature was the vital factor in forcing cold storage . lilies. In growing cold storage gigan- teums for Easter, he advises to first select good firm bulbs, 7-9 or larger. These are to be potted or benched in good, sandy compost so _as to insure perfect drainage. When planted, tbey get a good soaking and then no more water until the roots are there to take
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