. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 1289. PHALiENOPSIS AT J. A. CARBONES. BERKELEY, CALIF. much longer the flowering- wood will be taken off and only the long growths should be cut back later, and the cen- ter shoot pinched out of these. Hybrid Roses. Very fine plants for Easter or the spring sales are the hybrid perpetual roses in pots, and they are very easily grown. Dormant stock potted in 0-inch pots In January and grown cool should be in bloom the middle of April. The plants should be potted very firmly in good compo
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 1289. PHALiENOPSIS AT J. A. CARBONES. BERKELEY, CALIF. much longer the flowering- wood will be taken off and only the long growths should be cut back later, and the cen- ter shoot pinched out of these. Hybrid Roses. Very fine plants for Easter or the spring sales are the hybrid perpetual roses in pots, and they are very easily grown. Dormant stock potted in 0-inch pots In January and grown cool should be in bloom the middle of April. The plants should be potted very firmly in good compost. The canes cut back to two eyes and all the small wood cut out. They should then be placed in a cool house with a night temperature of 40° and the canes frequently syringed in order to soften the old wood and open the dormant eyes. If started early they will need no forcing at all and the blooms will be much better grown in the cool temperature. The varieties that force the easiest are Baroness Rothschild, General Jacquem- inot, John Hopper, Mdlle. Gabriel Lui- zet, Magna Charta, Mrs. John Laing and Ulrich Brummer. They will prob- ably need a little feeding after the buds have set, when a watering of weak liquid manure once a week will in- crease the size of the flower. A little soot added to the manure water will brighten the color of the flower and add a lustre to the foliage. PolnsetUas. The stock of poinsettias left after the holidays should all be allowed to dry off gradually until the wood ripens and then be stored away. The plants that are in pots can be placed in a good sunny corner close together and wat- ered occasionally, gradually decreas- ing the supply until all the leaves drop o« and the wood hardens. The top will probably die back if it has not been cut off. The plants can then be placed under a bench in a carnation house, the pots being laid on their sides so that any drip from the bench may not wet the soil. Select as dry a position as possible, for the p
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