. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 750 The American Florist. A'O'c'. 2. protccl the pot and keep it from moving about. Then fasten some string from the top of the stakes of the plant to the frame work of the case to keep it steady. We now have the plant in a skeleton frame; then take some packing paper long enough to go up one side and down the other, covering the whole of the spotting of tlic older petals or, as is the case with the reds, bronzes and pinks, the lower petals will fade out to a dirty shade of their original color or may be a few bri
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 750 The American Florist. A'O'c'. 2. protccl the pot and keep it from moving about. Then fasten some string from the top of the stakes of the plant to the frame work of the case to keep it steady. We now have the plant in a skeleton frame; then take some packing paper long enough to go up one side and down the other, covering the whole of the spotting of tlic older petals or, as is the case with the reds, bronzes and pinks, the lower petals will fade out to a dirty shade of their original color or may be a few bright warm days will open wide an eye in the center of some of his finest blooms. These are among the many things one has to contend with. ESTABLISHMENT OF WIETOR BROS., CHICAGO. New rnd seeiUing rose on left, Bridesmaid on the right. case, using paste to stick the sheets of paper together, then a few strings drawn around it, and the package is complete, except the labeling, which should be plain and explicit. It is a good plan to put handles to the boxes, so that the express company's men can handle them easily. This style of packing is advocated for plants that can be drawn up together as before mentioned, plants grown out on wire frames or rings and standards grown the same wa> will have to lie taken care of according to each plant's requirements. The main thing to take into consideration is to make the pack- ages as liglit as possible, so that they can be easily handled, but still strong enough to cari-y safely. At the best they are cumbersome things to manage. To ship single stem plants, each bloom should be wrapped in tissue paper and the whole plant in newspaper, packing about 12 plants in 6-inch pots in one case, working plenty of packing between the pots and crumpled tissue paper be- tween the upper parts of the plants be- low the blooms. All bush plants in not above 6 or 7-inch pots can be packed several in a case together, the same way. But in all cases do not
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