. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1382 The American Florist. Jan. 4, half was grown on into ."i-inch pots and planted the last of June. The other half was planted from the field, good, strong plants, the first week in July. I understand was planted by the middle of July. They paid $100 an acre for soil and hauled it 2 miles. Looks like an expensive undertaking but judging the results it surely paid. The only advantage gained from planting carnations from pots is an early crop. Many of the plants here look better from field grown t
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1382 The American Florist. Jan. 4, half was grown on into ."i-inch pots and planted the last of June. The other half was planted from the field, good, strong plants, the first week in July. I understand was planted by the middle of July. They paid $100 an acre for soil and hauled it 2 miles. Looks like an expensive undertaking but judging the results it surely paid. The only advantage gained from planting carnations from pots is an early crop. Many of the plants here look better from field grown than pot planted stock. ?W. W. COLES. Montgomery Rose Co., Hadley, Mass. Along with a small party of growers on Saturday. December 14. we took a trip to the Montgomery Rose Co.'s es- tablishment at Hadley. Mass. We were somewhat disappointed on the way up as to the nature of the country passed through. The Massachusetts Central Railroad runs through a tract that may be termed picturesque in summer, but at present it is the most \vild. un- in\'iting trip anyone could take. Rocks, woods, swamp and waste land till Am- herst was reached, thence by trolley to the greenhouses. We wondered on the way up what the company's idea was in locating in ,such a country, but when we arrived at the greenhouses we readily found the reason. One word fits, and that is "; and this firm has fifty-two acres of it here. The greenhouses are situated on a bleak plain where the wind whistles and blows in all its fury, reaching at times this year miles an hour. The place at present consists of 100,000 feet of glass all devoted to rose cul- ture. The soil is a heavy clay, not in- viting to look at. but as Alex. Mont- gomery, Jr., says, "It holds what it ; We believe him after looking through the place. Killarney is the principal crop, both pink and white. There is a heavy crop for Christmas. The plants were the picture of health. The stately Mrs. Russell was there in all he
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