Archive image from page 282 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 Snmmer young: plants are carefully hardened in the .spring, to e-bje them tobeJlarted CARNATION 249 under control by syringing judiciously with water, and the greentiy by fumigation with rose-le
Archive image from page 282 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 cyclopediaofam01bail Year: 1900 Snmmer young: plants are carefully hardened in the .spring, to e-bje them tobeJlarted CARNATION 249 under control by syringing judiciously with water, and the greentiy by fumigation with rose-leaf extract ( of tobacco stems on the lioor i plants, which are yield flowers in the fall ; a sandy loam the best 3f the house. Three May. Various sous tave given -;;-7»;'--;;i':;e7ec7ntiy become annoying ; ly soil yields fine plants If a drought J''f , y,,.ââ, ,,,.â caryophyllimcs, Schr. , anthracnose - clay soil will make sor tifl -JJf/'â¢-' â ',/â/â blight (Seploria IHantM, r,lânt,s. which are Slow TO 1 The best treatment is to destroy diseased plants and to spray the rest with Bordeaux mixture. _ Varieties are constantly changing. The following represent the common range of variation: White-Lizzie McGowan (Fig. 372), Ivory, Alaska, Uncle John, Flora Hill, White Cloud. , , .. . Pink-will. Scott Daybreak (Fig. 374), Albertini, Bridesmaid, Delia Fox, Triumph, Victor. Scarlet-Hector, Portia, Dazzle, Jubilee (Fig. Hi). Variegated - Minnie Cook, Helen Keller, Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt, Armazindy. Yellow-Eldorado, Buttercup, Mayor Pingree, Uoia Nugget. The field soil is well pre- pared by applying a liberal quantity of well- rotted manure or -a-- ~ an equivalent in commercial ferti- lizer, plowing deeply and har- rowing thorough- i-y. ly. The plants are I - then set, as soon as danger from heavy frosts is past, putting them 10 inches apart, in rows 12 inches apart if to be worked entirely by hand, and 3 feet apart if to be worked with horse and culti- vator. Throughout
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