. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Hydrangea E. G. ^U. good compost, eoutaiuiiig womo bone meal nnrl old cow manure. They are kept in shade and syringed occasion- ally until root action is resumed; then they are placed in a sunny spot where they can lie easily protected from lieavy rains and sharp frosts. Until estab- lished in the pots, they are watered freely; then the water supply is grad- ually reduced. The great object, be it noted, is to insure a strong growth in summer and well ripened, nutty-brown wood in autumn. Before the arrival of severe frosts, the plants are placed in
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Hydrangea E. G. ^U. good compost, eoutaiuiiig womo bone meal nnrl old cow manure. They are kept in shade and syringed occasion- ally until root action is resumed; then they are placed in a sunny spot where they can lie easily protected from lieavy rains and sharp frosts. Until estab- lished in the pots, they are watered freely; then the water supply is grad- ually reduced. The great object, be it noted, is to insure a strong growth in summer and well ripened, nutty-brown wood in autumn. Before the arrival of severe frosts, the plants are placed in a cool greenhouse. Plunged in the Frame. Having been thus treated, the field- grown plants are awaiting the proper time for the renewal of their active growth. Now to return to spring and to the little plants that are intended to be pot-grown all summer. The re- moval of these from the greenhouse is deferred until sometime in June, so as to i)ermit time to shift them to good- sized pots before placing them in the frame for the summer. In the frame they are plunged to the rims in coal ashes or porous soil, where they are protected by lath shades from the di- rect rays of the sun. During the sum- mer the growth of the plants is en- couraged by liberal watering and occa- sional applications of fertilizer. As au- tumn approaches, however, and the plants naturally tend toward maturity and semi-dormancy, the water supply is reduced accordingly. When severe frosts threaten, the plants are placed in a cool greenhouse, as in the case of the field-grown plants. Thus the field-grown and the pot- grown plants have arrived, by their dif- ferent routes, at the same point in their progress. Beady for Flowering. Any time after the middle of Decem- ber—about Christmas or not later than the first few days of the new year—the plants are initiated into their final stage of developttient, which will cul- minate in spring flowering. As a pre- paratory measure, it is well to remove the plants fro
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