. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. rgir. The American Florist, T21 when received and should l>f potted and established as soon as possible, for although grown in a peaty soil that re- tains the moisture, yet froqiiently they have become quite dry. The plants should immediately be unpacUod and carried to the potting room, and as the covering around the roots is re- moved the ball should be stood in a tub of water until thoroughly soaked. If this is not done and the roots are at all dry, after potting the-water will soak through the new soil at th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. rgir. The American Florist, T21 when received and should l>f potted and established as soon as possible, for although grown in a peaty soil that re- tains the moisture, yet froqiiently they have become quite dry. The plants should immediately be unpacUod and carried to the potting room, and as the covering around the roots is re- moved the ball should be stood in a tub of water until thoroughly soaked. If this is not done and the roots are at all dry, after potting the-water will soak through the new soil at the edge of the pot and it will take some time to wet the dry earth in which are the roots, and the plant will lose much of its foliage and sometimes the buds, and perhaps receive a check that will be manifest when it comes to bloom. While the roots have been cut to small sizes yet if too large for a pot in which the plant would look well in bloom they can be further trimmed off. The better w'ay to do this is to take a hatchet and cut the ball off until it will go into the pot, leaving room to pack a little new soil between the ball and the pot. It will make but little difference as regards the bloom this year as to what soil is used in potting, many growers using coal ashes at the bottom, but if it is intended to grow the plant on after blooming a good fibrous loam, of a peaty nature if pos- sible, is the best. No manure is neces- sary for if the plant in after years gets pot boimd watering with liquid manure is to be preferred to mixing manure in the soil. The plant will have a much neater and better appearance if potted in aza- lea pots, so-called, that is, pots that are only about one-half to two-thirds as high as they are in width, a pot Intermediate between the bulb pans and the standard pots. It potting ram the soil down as hard as possible. All hard-wooded plants require firm pot- ting and this will also retain the mois- ture more readily. As soon as potted the plants sho
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