. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 710 The American Florist. Nov. 7. strong enough to carry a covering of heavy paper to protect the plant frota heat or cold. The plants should all re- ceive a watering the day before being packed, to allow the water to drain away from the soil and yet leave it in a good condition for travel. It is a difficult matter to give instruc- tions here to cover all exhibitors" plants, owing to the different mode of grow- ing and training being followed out by each individual. Everyone must, to a great extent, work out
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 710 The American Florist. Nov. 7. strong enough to carry a covering of heavy paper to protect the plant frota heat or cold. The plants should all re- ceive a watering the day before being packed, to allow the water to drain away from the soil and yet leave it in a good condition for travel. It is a difficult matter to give instruc- tions here to cover all exhibitors" plants, owing to the different mode of grow- ing and training being followed out by each individual. Everyone must, to a great extent, work out his own prob- lem, yet the main features remain the same, and they are to make sure the plant is securely fastened at the pot, and also that the blooms do not shake about, the whole to be guarded against heat and cold. After the plants have been' taken care of, the cut blooms can receive atten- tion, the packing of which is comparative- ly easy to that of the plants. The first consideration with the cut blooms is to be sure that they are ripe enough and have been held in water two or three days to get the stems well soaked up. We find that a box six feet long, 20 inches wide and one foot deep answers every purpose in this respect, each box carry- ing a single layer of blooms. The pack- ing of the flowers has been gone into so many times in these columns that there is not any need of repeating it; the princi- pal part connected with it is to make the stems and foliage a little wet and the blooms dry ; also see to it that they are securely fastened in to prevent any mov- ing. C. W. Johnston. A Chrysant&emum Growers' Paradise. Speaking in a floricultural sense, few towns in America are so well known as Adrian, Mich. Situate 272 miles east of Chicago and .59 miles west of Detroit, lacking the smoky atmosphere, dust and din of the larger commercial centers, it is an ideal place for the pursuit of flori- culture. Away back in 1876 there was established here the firm of Nathan Smi
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