. 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. Gardening. FORCING good knowledge of the plants; (2) proper preparation; (a I a period of rest; and (1) proper care after the plants are brought into heat. Those plants force most easily which bloom in spring and early summer. Late-blooming kinds, like Shodo- dendroH maximum, Clethra andBi/draugea panicuhita, var. qrandif
. 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. Gardening. FORCING good knowledge of the plants; (2) proper preparation; (a I a period of rest; and (1) proper care after the plants are brought into heat. Those plants force most easily which bloom in spring and early summer. Late-blooming kinds, like Shodo- dendroH maximum, Clethra andBi/draugea panicuhita, var. qrandiflora, do not give good results. No success is obtained with asters and goldenrod, unless they are retarded. These points'must be studied out by the grower. Trees and shrubs should be specially prepared for Forcing by careful cultivation for 1 or 2 years before use. They can be planted out of doors, with plenty of room to develop, or they can be grown in pots; the lat- ter method being used with vigorous plants, which are apt to run to growth without developing flower buds Close pruning is necessary, and root-pruning is helpful Grafting, which has a tendency to dwarf and hasten maturity, is also used with strong growers. Sometimes both growing in pots and grafting are employed, as in lilacs. Query: Could we learn anything in these par- ticulars from the Japanese method of dwarfing plants! A plant fit for Forcing must be compact, both top and roots; economy in space is essential. It is now possible to obtain from the French, Dutch and Belgian nurseries many plants grown for this purpose. A few come pot- grown, but most of them are from the open ground: very little of this work is done in American nurseries. Figs. 849-851 show the methods of preparing woody plants for Forcing. Herbaceous plants should be pre- pared for Forcing with equal care, and tlie process may require several years. 1 he removal of the flower buds and growth, umler high cultiva- tion, in close, compact clumps.
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