. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ? *' W ? -y u 16 The Florists' Review JULv 22, REFILLINQ THE BEDS. Comes Before Bepairing. If you have not begun refilling your carnation beds, you should lose no time in getting at it. After the roses and mums have been benched, there is really no reason for deferring the prepara- tions for housing the carnations. For- merly, it was customary to' do what repairing or painting was needed on the houses before the carnations were jdanted, but that procedure has been reversed, and the carnations are housed first, and the repairing and painting
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ? *' W ? -y u 16 The Florists' Review JULv 22, REFILLINQ THE BEDS. Comes Before Bepairing. If you have not begun refilling your carnation beds, you should lose no time in getting at it. After the roses and mums have been benched, there is really no reason for deferring the prepara- tions for housing the carnations. For- merly, it was customary to' do what repairing or painting was needed on the houses before the carnations were jdanted, but that procedure has been reversed, and the carnations are housed first, and the repairing and painting done later, while the plants are be coming established. The growing season has been fine near Indianapolis. There has been an abun- dance of rain and the plants have made excellent growth, being large enough to bench earlier than usual. We are finishing our last house this week, ex- cept the cut-back stock, fully three weeks earlier than we have ever fin- ished before. We like to use the later l)ropagated plants for cut-back, housed about the middle of August. It may be merely a fancy, but we think these ])lants give us a nicer lot of cuttings than the earlier ones. Lightening the Work. You will need no pointers on the best method for emptying and refilling the beds. Every place seems to have facili- ties peculiarly its own. Our beds are built so that wheelbarrows can be used to the best advantage, and we have found nothing better. We find it pays to put on what shading is needed for the new plants before commencing to empty the beds. The men appreciate anything you do to make the work lighter, and what grower does not know that the summer work in the green- house will stand a great deal of light- ening? If your beds are raised, wash them oflf clean and whitewash with hot lime before refilling. Allow them to get thoroughly dry before putting in the new soil. We find it advisable to refill at least a whole house at one time, following the same plan in the planting. It enables on
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