. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WEAK STEMMED ENCHANTRESS. 1 ^ like Vlooni>. luit tlh' -tfinx ail' weak. 1 iii'W soil l;isl lull, witli ciiw inanuro ?^oiiir lime. 1 li;i\r iidt ,L;i\oii any I'l-nl yet. Jlow ^vuul^l chickLMi manure 'in.' i run the bouse at a iiijiht temporal uie of 50 to 52 (lej:ree'-. The varieties are Knehaiitress and White l-hiehautress. ^Vduld liine or \vood aslio'-- lielii them .' M. < . The leiiiiieratlire at which you are cariyinj; your ear?iations is about right, but eiiulii be redueed to IS or 50 de- grees with good results: 5l! de
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WEAK STEMMED ENCHANTRESS. 1 ^ like Vlooni>. luit tlh' -tfinx ail' weak. 1 iii'W soil l;isl lull, witli ciiw inanuro ?^oiiir lime. 1 li;i\r iidt ,L;i\oii any I'l-nl yet. Jlow ^vuul^l chickLMi manure 'in.' i run the bouse at a iiijiht temporal uie of 50 to 52 (lej:ree'-. The varieties are Knehaiitress and White l-hiehautress. ^Vduld liine or \vood aslio'-- lielii them .' M. < . The leiiiiieratlire at which you are cariyinj; your ear?iations is about right, but eiiulii be redueed to IS or 50 de- grees with good results: 5l! degrees is not too high if a fairly heavy soil is used, but if the soil is rather light the stems are apt to laek in strength. The gro^vth will be a trifle slower in the lower temperature, but the higher qual- ity of the cut will easily make up for that. One or two applications of hy- drated lime or of wood ashes, applied a month apart, will strengthen the stems materially. I'se a LlVo-Juch pot fid of lime to eaih row of jilants half wav across a 5-fout bed. A. F. J. B. TO DRIVE OUT ANGLEWORMS. How many j'ounds of slaked lime shouM be u^ed ill eaih lOn gallons ot wat.'r. for watoing rose bcdsf Would it rinkle the slaked or hy drateil lime over the beds and water it in. Not that thi-^ method would be particularly superior to the other, as far as results are concerned, but there would be greater ease of apjjlication. Apjdy about a 2M>-inch potful of lime to each row of {dants halfway across a 5-foot bed. This will drive out an gleworms. and will benefit your carna tioii^ in other wavs as well. A. F. .1. B. NITRATE OF SODA. Will you kindly tell me what propor- tion of nitrate of soda t(» use in watiT- ing geraniums and carnations.' H. G. N. The standard strength, in using ni trate of soda for watering plants, is one pound of the chemical to fifty gal ,lous of water. The intervals between .•ippl icat ion-- will lie dererniiiied by the roiiditioii and till' i'iM|uirements of the
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