. 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. 2689. Neapolitan (XI). 2688. Violet. Marie Louise {X I). where they are to grow and flower, or else in beds, where they are cul- tivated during the summer and the frames placed over them in the fall, or as soon as they require protection; or they are gruwn in the field as in the case of field and house cul- tur
. 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. 2689. Neapolitan (XI). 2688. Violet. Marie Louise {X I). where they are to grow and flower, or else in beds, where they are cul- tivated during the summer and the frames placed over them in the fall, or as soon as they require protection; or they are gruwn in the field as in the case of field and house cul- ture, and transplanted to the frames some time in September or October. This method is still used to consider- able extent by commercial growers, especially in regions where the temperature seldom if ever falls below zero for any length of time. Amateur growers usually adopt this method because of its sim- plicity and inexpensiveness. Pot culture: The young rooted cuttings are planted in thumb-pots and gradually shifted to larger sizes as growth demands until they are in 7-in. pots. Here they are kept and flowered, or the plants are taken up from the field in the fall and put into 7- or 9-in. pots, accord- ing to the size and vigor of the plants. This method is seldom used in commercial growing, being expensive, inconvenient and usually iinsatisfactory. Time of planting: This varies somewhat with differ- ent growers and in different sections. Generally, how- ever, the best results are obtained where planting is done in early spring. Plants set out at this time get well established, and as a rule are stronger, healthier and 'more vigorous than those set out later, when the weather is usually hot and dry. Proper distance in planting: As a rule, the double Violets are planted 8 or 9 in. apart in rows 10 in. apart, and thf single ones 12 in. apart in rows 12 to 18 in. apart, the distance depending somewhat on conditions and varieties. Planting too close is liable to induce disease, an
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