. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. EMPLOYES OF GULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN, ILL., AT ANNUAL OUTING, AUG. 2, 1916. of the employes. At times one finds the heat so great that it is not only dangerous to work inside during the hottest part of the day, but much of this discomfort can be avoided by hav- ing the employes do some of the neces- sary outside work (and there is plenty to do around any rose growing establishment.) For instance, the boilers can be overhauled, thoroughly cleaned inside and out, and any other work can be tackled during t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. EMPLOYES OF GULLETT & SONS, LINCOLN, ILL., AT ANNUAL OUTING, AUG. 2, 1916. of the employes. At times one finds the heat so great that it is not only dangerous to work inside during the hottest part of the day, but much of this discomfort can be avoided by hav- ing the employes do some of the neces- sary outside work (and there is plenty to do around any rose growing establishment.) For instance, the boilers can be overhauled, thoroughly cleaned inside and out, and any other work can be tackled during the very hottest part-of the day, and very often the employes are more than willing to lay off during the middle of the day for several hours, and make up the time early and late. We have found by following either of these working rules that much more work can be ac- complished and the employes will as a rule appreciate this much thoughtful- ness shown by their employers. The pruning should now be getting under way and if there is much to do no time should be lost in getting this work off your hands. One of the hot day jobs is to get at the manure pile and w^ork it over, making it as fine as possible, the finer it is broken up the better it will be for the mulch, as it will evaporate much more slowly and there will be but little waste from dry- ing or baking on the beds. A good plan at this time, when putting on the first mulch after pruning (which should not be applied very heavy), is to scat- ter a thin layer of good, fresh soil over the mulch before washing it in. This will be a great protection to the mulch if enough soil is used to cover the sur- face nicely, but when applying the mulch, one had better wait until the first growth made after pruning has been pinched and the foliage thorough- ly ripened, then, when the soil is in a condition to take a fair amount of wa- ter, apply the mulch and water by washing out the mulch in part. After several waterings the mulch can be m
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