. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. WHERE THE "TRANSPLANTS" ARE GROWN. little seedling pines at ease. The seed beds are usually eight to ten feet wide, separated from one another only by a narrow walk in which are planted the posts supporting the cross pieces, which in turn hold up the brush and branches used for shading material. It is desira- ble that these screens should be situated on high ground and well drained situa- tions, as low, damp grounds encourage the development of fungi which are fatal to the young seedlings. The little tre
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. WHERE THE "TRANSPLANTS" ARE GROWN. little seedling pines at ease. The seed beds are usually eight to ten feet wide, separated from one another only by a narrow walk in which are planted the posts supporting the cross pieces, which in turn hold up the brush and branches used for shading material. It is desira- ble that these screens should be situated on high ground and well drained situa- tions, as low, damp grounds encourage the development of fungi which are fatal to the young seedlings. The little trees go from beneath the high screens to other beds in the field, where they are pricked out a few inches apart and where they are shaded by lath screens. These screens are supported by short posts which brings them only a few inches from the top of the plants. This system gives the plants partial sunlight and assists them in becoming inured to out- door conditions. From the beds the plants go into nursery rows, and then follows a system of annual root pruning. WHERE THE SEED IS PLANTED, THE YOUNQ SEEDLINGS BEING MULCHED WITH PRAIRIE HAY THE FIRST WINTER. which has for its object the development of a good system of roots. In the case of those conifers which vary considerably in color and the value of which depends upon deepness or purity of color, as, for instance, the Colorado blue spruce, Engelmann's spruce and concolor fir, the work of selecting the best speci- mens begins when the young plants are set out in the nursery row. It is here that their characteristic tints are shown and the profit of growing these specimens will largely depend upon the percentage of blue specimens secured. This, in turn, depends upon the type of tree from which the seed was collected. Careful collectors can insure a grower a much larger percentage of "blue" spruce than one will obtain from the ordinary com- mercial grade of seed. The Douglas nurseries in the past have been almost exclusiv
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