The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . frequent wilting of theplants at this critical period invites de-cay and causes great Joss of finally the fibers have found theirway into the new soil and a sturdy standand regularly progressing growth is se-cured, nothing farther that might dimthe outlook for a fine crop of flowers,need be feared and the culture ofbouvardias has narrowed down to aneasy and simple affair. Then ventila-tors sliould be opened on fine days andthe shading removed, for bouvardiaswant air. light and sunshine and a tem-perature of from 60° to 65° day
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . frequent wilting of theplants at this critical period invites de-cay and causes great Joss of finally the fibers have found theirway into the new soil and a sturdy standand regularly progressing growth is se-cured, nothing farther that might dimthe outlook for a fine crop of flowers,need be feared and the culture ofbouvardias has narrowed down to aneasy and simple affair. Then ventila-tors sliould be opened on fine days andthe shading removed, for bouvardiaswant air. light and sunshine and a tem-perature of from 60° to 65° day andnight. RoM.\N iiv.\ciNTHS.—Throughout themonths of winter, but especially at theholidays, no trouble is experienced inlinding a market for Roman bulbs are planted now a crop is as-sured for Christmas. There is no needfor an especially prepared soil. Romanhyacinths will do well in any kind ofreasonably good soil, containing agoodly proportion of old, well decayedmanure. The old soil out of greenhouse igo6. The American Florist. 127. FIELD GROWING OF NARCISSUS FOR CUT FLOWERS. Xarcissus Einpi-rnr ai Tiim;iroa, 111., third year after transplanting. benches, if freshened up by exposure tooutside air and sunshine, is all right andthese bulbs will do finelj in it. Boxesof convenient size, about four inchesdeep and accommodating 60 or 70 bulbsare mostly used in the growing and forc-ing of French bulbs. After the bulbshave been placed on and slightly pressedinto the soil, a good watering is givenand now the boxes are covered withthree or four inches of coal ashes, sandor fresh earth, whichever coiues hand-iest. In seven or at inost eight weeksthe boxes will be filled with white roots,while the tops merely show the begiii-ning of a future growth. If in thiscondition, the hyacinths are ready forforcing. Being now reiuoved to a warmbench in the house, plentifully wateredand screened from direct light, thegrowth will be exceedingly rapid. Aftertwo weeks of hard forcing
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