. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. PRIMULA KEWENSIS. (As Krt^wn by .Tames ^'eitch & Sons, London. England ) may give out in three and one-half years. These figures may be applied to benches of various widths, provided the supports are not over four feet apart. But the benches having been repaired and given a good coat of liot whitewash or even a coat of slacked lime before put- ting on the ashes or whatever mate- rial the boards are covered with, they will then be ready for the plants. This cleaning off of the old material be it ashes, sand or
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. PRIMULA KEWENSIS. (As Krt^wn by .Tames ^'eitch & Sons, London. England ) may give out in three and one-half years. These figures may be applied to benches of various widths, provided the supports are not over four feet apart. But the benches having been repaired and given a good coat of liot whitewash or even a coat of slacked lime before put- ting on the ashes or whatever mate- rial the boards are covered with, they will then be ready for the plants. This cleaning off of the old material be it ashes, sand or soil on which the pots have been placed, is well worth the trouble, there being no better way to get rid of a lot of earthworms atd insects that soon accu- mulate on an old bench, to say nothing ot the improved appearance of the house. At the time of lepotting the palms, there are doubtless some growers who take the whole of a lot of small stock and repot at the same time, but in such a lot of plants even though they are all from one crop of seed there will be found many that are undersized and really not fit for a shift, and it is much better to select the stronger plants (or a shift and to leave the weak ones for a later crop. By this practice one is enabled to grow a much more even grade of stock than is possible where the non-selective method is used. Firm potting is the best for palms in gen- eral, though not requiring to be rammed quite so hard as an azalea or some other fine-rooting plant, and it is particularly essential that the soil in the bottom of pots be made firm rather than that should be loose and the surface soil rammed down hard. Repotting a palm is a simple process but needs the use of some common sense in addition to agood strong potting stick. We have frequently referred to the advantages of washing out the roots, of some palms by means of a good head of water and a small nozzle, and still find quently one should repot the washed palms just as rapidly as po
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