. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 54 The Florists' Review Apbil 2, SOIL FOB BENCHES. We would greatly appreciate some information on preparing soil to be used for carnations and chrysanthe- mums when they Me benched this sum- mer. We have plenty of manure now piled, to be worked over and rotted, and we also have an abundance of good loam, hut we have difficulty in obtaining good sod. Can we grow any crop in the garden that would make good sod for use in the carnation benches this summer? G. E. Y. It is not essential that you have sod in which to plant your carnations. If you
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 54 The Florists' Review Apbil 2, SOIL FOB BENCHES. We would greatly appreciate some information on preparing soil to be used for carnations and chrysanthe- mums when they Me benched this sum- mer. We have plenty of manure now piled, to be worked over and rotted, and we also have an abundance of good loam, hut we have difficulty in obtaining good sod. Can we grow any crop in the garden that would make good sod for use in the carnation benches this summer? G. E. Y. It is not essential that you have sod in which to plant your carnations. If you have a good, rich loam it will do well. Mix in what half rotted ma- nure you think is needed to bring the fertility up to standard and let it lie a couple of months, when it will be ready for use. There is no crop that would make a good sod by the time you would have to turn it under to be used for benching this summer. Oats would make enough top to make a good green manure, but the roots would not amount to much. For a sod you want to sow bluegrass and let it stand a couple of years. Clover will also improve your soil wonderfully, if you can let it stand two seasons. A. F. J. B. WAS IT CAUSED BY GAS? I wish you would publish the follow- ing question in The Eeview at your earliest convenience: What makes carnations go sound asleep? I had this trouble at two different times this win- • ter, and it happened, in each case, a day or two after the only two cold snaps we had this winter. The first time it happened I had several hundreds of cut blooms in the jars, and when I shipped these to- my commission man they were apparently all right. About three hours after shipping them, how- ever, I received a telegram from him stating that my carnations were all sound asleep. Then I went over my houses and saw that all the flowers that were open or partly open were closing up tightly. This happened January 15 and in the next three or four days or a week I had to pick off about every bud
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