. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 358 The American florist. Sept. 4, 10 to 15 good salable flowers are taken from strong healthy plants dur- ing a season. Asked about insects, he said they give them very little trouble, the chief and almost sole offender being the mealy bug. If plants are strong and healthy they seldom appear, but if they do, a little nicoticide, a 2%- inch pot full in a bucket of water ap- plied with an atomizer will generally fix them. There is no particular selection of the wood for cutting; any good plump shoots will do, but t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 358 The American florist. Sept. 4, 10 to 15 good salable flowers are taken from strong healthy plants dur- ing a season. Asked about insects, he said they give them very little trouble, the chief and almost sole offender being the mealy bug. If plants are strong and healthy they seldom appear, but if they do, a little nicoticide, a 2%- inch pot full in a bucket of water ap- plied with an atomizer will generally fix them. There is no particular selection of the wood for cutting; any good plump shoots will do, but they should never receive a check, being kept on the jump all the time. Some growers keep their plants in fbr the second season; these two-year-old plants flower very profusely, but the blooms are gener- ally smaller and do not grade very hi^',• We like to start with strong you s stock, from which we feel we get the best results. In the spring when the season is about over we lift our stock from the bed and pot the plants into six-inch pots, which soon, become established, and for which we find quite a market. As an Easter plant we believe a well-flowered gar- denia in a pot or small tub is quite the equal as a seller to any of the popular plants to be found in the mar- ket at that time. We believe that if growers would try to grow higher-classed blooms, rather than such a quantity of small ones, which when thrown on the mar- ket in quantity find their way to the street at ruinous prices, the gardenia would regain its prestige as a high- class flower and better sales would re- sult. K. Calendula for Christmas. Ed. American florist : When should seed of calendula be sown and the plants benched to bloom for Christmas? We have two benches affording about four feet headroom and wish to know what can be grown with them in these benches. E. C. C. Montana. The seed of calendula for winter flowering should be sown in August and as soon as large enough, trans- planted into the benches
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