. Commercial violet culture. Violets. 98 CARE OF PLANTS. white roots. These roots in most cases have never reached the soil, but are sent out into the semi- dark, moist air, made so by the plant as a whole. A good, strong- crown will give from ten to twenty cuttings, such as we have described, between the first part of February and the middle of March. As soon as the cuttings are removed they should be thrown into a box with a lid or cover, so as to. 34.—Lath box, or Hat, for rooted cuttings. keep them from wilting. When a sufficient quan- tity has been cut they are trimmed up and placed in so
. Commercial violet culture. Violets. 98 CARE OF PLANTS. white roots. These roots in most cases have never reached the soil, but are sent out into the semi- dark, moist air, made so by the plant as a whole. A good, strong- crown will give from ten to twenty cuttings, such as we have described, between the first part of February and the middle of March. As soon as the cuttings are removed they should be thrown into a box with a lid or cover, so as to. 34.—Lath box, or Hat, for rooted cuttings. keep them from wilting. When a sufficient quan- tity has been cut they are trimmed up and placed in soil as follows: Prepare the soil several weeks in advance, us- ing four parts good rotten sod and one part finely rotted manure. Mix thoroughly and screen through an ordinary sand screen or anything having a simi- lar-sized mesh. Keep the soil where it cannot get too wet and never handle it when there is too much moisture present. The soil being prepared, make a lot of boxes, using for the ends strips of undressed white pine one inch thick, three. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Galloway, Beverley Thomas, 1863- [from old catalog]. New York, A. T. De La Mare
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