. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. sometimes doing much injury to the plants from over-cropping. Anyone thinking of doing grafting should lose no time now in ordering Manetti stocks. English or Irish stocks are considered preferable to the French-grown Manetti, yet we have had excellent results with the French stocks at different times, though for the very best results we would sug- gest using the English or Irish stocks, even at an extra cost of $2 to $3 per 1,000 over the cost of the French stocks, as the wood is firmer and the sizes more uniform
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. sometimes doing much injury to the plants from over-cropping. Anyone thinking of doing grafting should lose no time now in ordering Manetti stocks. English or Irish stocks are considered preferable to the French-grown Manetti, yet we have had excellent results with the French stocks at different times, though for the very best results we would sug- gest using the English or Irish stocks, even at an extra cost of $2 to $3 per 1,000 over the cost of the French stocks, as the wood is firmer and the sizes more uniform as a rule in the English-grown stocks. Have plenty of good sharp sand in readiness also for the propagating bench, which will soon be called into use. Manetti stocks should be kept in a cool, shaded house after potting—temperature about 45° until they begin to make roots. E. WHITE KILLARNEY ROSES AT POEHLMANN BROS. CO. S. MORTON GROVE, ILL excepting American Beauty; twice a week for the latter, spraying them thoroughly, will we think, be suiEcient, and Richmond may be also handled in this way, providing, of course, there isn't any red spider lurking around. There should not be any of these pests in evidence if the syringing has been done carefully and extra spraying must be carried on, of course, to pre- vent the spiders from getting the up- per hand. A little sulphur should al- ways be left on the pipes in order to keep out all mildew and from the time firing starts it is only through care- lessness that mildew amounts to any- thing. The plants should be kept tied up carefully and the stems kept nice and straight. All extremely short growths should be pinched back before the buds begin to show colors; if this work is handled right two or more growths can be obtained resulting in a grade of good stemmed stock espe- cially at this time in pinching back the growth of the Killarneys. Fumi- gating should be done with some regu- larity. We find about every ten days, using the fu
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