. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 74 The American Florist. Peb: 14, of the pot, covered with a sheet of live wood moss, or sphagnum moss if wood moss is not to be had, will serve well for drainage. A soil composed of four parts ordinary turfy loam, two parts sand, one part leaf mould and one part thoroughly decayed horse manure will suit them. If the first mentioned soil is very sandy use a little more of that than recommended and a little less sand. In potting make the soil quite firm, as you would for any other plant. For plants grown for cut fr
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 74 The American Florist. Peb: 14, of the pot, covered with a sheet of live wood moss, or sphagnum moss if wood moss is not to be had, will serve well for drainage. A soil composed of four parts ordinary turfy loam, two parts sand, one part leaf mould and one part thoroughly decayed horse manure will suit them. If the first mentioned soil is very sandy use a little more of that than recommended and a little less sand. In potting make the soil quite firm, as you would for any other plant. For plants grown for cut fronds we have the best success in a temperature of 68° to 70° at night and from 5° to 15° higher during the day, according to the brightness of the weather. Those grown for ferneries will be better off in 10° less. We never reduce the temperature to harden off a crop. Ourferns come rather in one continuous crop. There are nearly always some fronds in every stage of development. If water is usecl judiciously at the roots and the atmosphere is not kept moist, the plants having plenty of room, the matured fronds will be firm enough to stand the use to which they are to be put. In cutting do not run over them when a few fronds are wanted and cut one here and there. In this way you will not find nearly all that are good and many will spoil before they are cut. Begin at one end of the bench and take each pot as it comes and cut all matured fronds. In cutting, the fronds are sorted into two sizes and tied in bunches of twenty-five. The larger ones are placed in the center of the bunch, facing outward, and the smaller ones are placed on the outside and a little below and face inward. This makes a bunch of symmetrical shape and the fronds will fit into each other better without crushing. Always have a small jar of water withyou and put each bunch into it as soon as it is tied. For tying we use smaU rubber bands. Considering the time they save they are cheaper than string, and they d
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