. American carnation culture. A TYPE OF THE WHITE CLASSOF CHAPTER VII. THE PROPER MOISTLRE FOR CARNATIONS. ARNATION plants are impatient of wet undrained soil, either in the field, on the benches, or in pots. The physical structure of the plant convinces us of this without an\ knowledge of the fact practically. Careful experiment has disclosed the fact, thatone square foot of leaf surface will, during fairweather, exhale vapor at the rate of one and aquarter ounces daily, at night the rate is one fifth asrapid as during the day, and during rainy weathera perfect equilibrium is res
. American carnation culture. A TYPE OF THE WHITE CLASSOF CHAPTER VII. THE PROPER MOISTLRE FOR CARNATIONS. ARNATION plants are impatient of wet undrained soil, either in the field, on the benches, or in pots. The physical structure of the plant convinces us of this without an\ knowledge of the fact practically. Careful experiment has disclosed the fact, thatone square foot of leaf surface will, during fairweather, exhale vapor at the rate of one and aquarter ounces daily, at night the rate is one fifth asrapid as during the day, and during rainy weathera perfect equilibrium is restored betweed the exhal-ing and absorbing forces, and there is no evaporiza-tion. Comparing the narrow rigid grass like leavesof the Carnation, estimate the area of leaf surfacewith most other plants, and it will be seen the waterevaporating capacity of the foliage, and consequent-ly the water absorbing capacity of the roots to becomparatively limited, so what would be sufficient,moisture, or wet, for many other plants would be anexcess, and deleterious to the Carna
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