. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 98S The American Florist. May /7,. To PREVENT RrST.—Dissolve one pound of sul- phate of copper in two quarts of ammonia in a 2- gallonjar. When dissolved add another quart of ammonia and stir well. [The liquid can be kept in this form for some time and used as Add a pint of this solution to a barrel of water and syringe the plants with a fotce-pnmp ever>- two weeks. And don't let the time for spraying pass without attending to the operation. Carnation Notes. During May and June we are always sure of ha
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 98S The American Florist. May /7,. To PREVENT RrST.—Dissolve one pound of sul- phate of copper in two quarts of ammonia in a 2- gallonjar. When dissolved add another quart of ammonia and stir well. [The liquid can be kept in this form for some time and used as Add a pint of this solution to a barrel of water and syringe the plants with a fotce-pnmp ever>- two weeks. And don't let the time for spraying pass without attending to the operation. Carnation Notes. During May and June we are always sure of having a glut of flowers, except- ing on special occasions, and yet such special occasions occur just often enough to make it worth while carrying the plants along until about July first. It is often a question to know what to do with the flowers part of the time during those months. Often thej- are rushed in on the commission houses regardless of the supply and demand; this is all right for the grower who has been disposing of his stock in that way all season, but for a grower who has been selling to the stores direct all season to put his stuff into a commission house and expect good re- turns is all wrong. In the first place the house cannot in justice to those who have been regular consignors place these odds and ends shipments in the market until the others are all disposed of, neither can he use them to break down the market on his regular consignors. If he does these things he is no earthly account either to himself or the trade, and if he docs not how can the grower expect to get any re- spectable returns for his stock? There are three methods of disposing of one's stock; cither by retail direct, selling to retailers, or consigning them to a com- mission house. Either of them conducted separately makes a nice clean method of doing business; any two or the three of tbem conducted at the same time makes a disagreeable and annoying method of do- ing business. He who doeson
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