. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 216 The American Florist. Sept 6, hardware store and have sheet iron cut to size that will easily slide up or down in a frame nailed to the bars. I do not wish to be understood that by giving much air I advocate a cur- rent of air, for it would prove most disastrous. Plants as well as people need plenty of air to keep them in a health}' condition. To illustrate: A man requires 250 cubic feet of air every hour to furnish him with a healthy suppU- of oxygen. A plant requires a proportionate amount to supply it with
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 216 The American Florist. Sept 6, hardware store and have sheet iron cut to size that will easily slide up or down in a frame nailed to the bars. I do not wish to be understood that by giving much air I advocate a cur- rent of air, for it would prove most disastrous. Plants as well as people need plenty of air to keep them in a health}' condition. To illustrate: A man requires 250 cubic feet of air every hour to furnish him with a healthy suppU- of oxygen. A plant requires a proportionate amount to supply it with its needed supply of carbonic gas. To shut off this needed supply of air means that a smaller per- centage of cuttings will root and those that do root will be debilitated and are the more susceptible to disease. Now that the cutting bench is read}', the shades made, and extra ventilation in, we are ready to select cuttings. Before proceeding any farther it is well to bear in mind that between the early and late blooming kinds there is some four months difference in time of flower- ing; therefore in order to have blooms from late blooming kinds for the holidays it will be necessary to commence taking cuttings the last week in October, and so on each month after, until you have a needed supply. The early and constant bloomers may be taken in November, December, January and February with good results. During these four months cuttings root better for the reason that the plants are vigor- ous for not having been forced. In selecting cuttings I would advise taking them from flowering stems. On these stems there may be from one to four cuttings. The upper one will be too weak—leave it—the lower one maj' be too hard, and if so, leave it. The middle ones, usually strong, are just right. With the thumb and index finger take them out sidewisc. I would never use the knife on a cutting for the reason that a cutting taken out sidewise has not been wounded and is the better fortified ag
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