. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 470 The American Florist. Oct. 3, no palm -will thrive when dry at the root for any length of time, but also remem- bering that these newly imported plants have not yet root enough to bear a sod- den soil. In brief, treat such plants with mod- eration, giving enough water to keep the soil in an encouraging condition, but not enough to sour it, and at the same time protect the plants from full sunshine and from strong draughts until the tender tis- sues of the leaves become hardened to the change of atmosphere. It
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 470 The American Florist. Oct. 3, no palm -will thrive when dry at the root for any length of time, but also remem- bering that these newly imported plants have not yet root enough to bear a sod- den soil. In brief, treat such plants with mod- eration, giving enough water to keep the soil in an encouraging condition, but not enough to sour it, and at the same time protect the plants from full sunshine and from strong draughts until the tender tis- sues of the leaves become hardened to the change of atmosphere. It pays to give any newly arrived plants some extra care for a few days, even though they may have been exposed to a few days' railroad journey instead of the transatlantic voy- age, if the plants are received out of pots ':hey should be potted as soon as pos- sible, and if shipped in pots they are very likely to arrive in a loosened con- dition and to require ramming down in the pots again before they will be in con- dition to take water satisfactorily. Not- withstanding the adoption of standard sizes in pots several years ago. yet there are quite distinct models of pots being manufactured in various parts of our country, and these differences in size or model of pots cause much annoyance to the buyers of plants, and frequently com- pel them to have their foliage plants shipped in pots, although the unfeeling trunk lines have adopted a special clas- sification for plants so shipped, and charge an advance of 50 per cent in the freight rate on them. During these autumn months the wholesale dealer in decorative plants is rapidly making room by the shipping of early orders, thus giving an opportunity to pot some of the young stock and to get it established before winter, this sec- ond potting period helping greatly in the preparation of stock for spring sales. The retail dealer cannot follow up this plan so closely as his wholesale brother, owing to the fact that his fall trade has s
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