. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 1311 natured Swede grumbling-; I looked at him and tiien asked what was the matter. In the meantime he had pulled out a plant, then the Sunday school language followed. I looked under the benches and in places saw as much as an inch of water stand- ing. I inquired if a water pipe had burst. He said no water pipe had burst; it was only from spraying to keep the houses moist. In just this way many plants are lost annually. F. Adams. Summer Culture of Young: Stock. Ed. American Florlst :—
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 1311 natured Swede grumbling-; I looked at him and tiien asked what was the matter. In the meantime he had pulled out a plant, then the Sunday school language followed. I looked under the benches and in places saw as much as an inch of water stand- ing. I inquired if a water pipe had burst. He said no water pipe had burst; it was only from spraying to keep the houses moist. In just this way many plants are lost annually. F. Adams. Summer Culture of Young: Stock. Ed. American Florlst :— Please give me instructions as to the care of young carnations, both in the field and in the greenhouses, time to bench and how to water" and treat them afterwards. A. BEGINNER. Certainly a comprehensive query, and a good deal of the information sought has already been given in the American Florist, but doubtless "Be- ginner" is only one of a large family who are looking for the same informa- tion. First of all the care of the field stock is largely a matter or routine culture and much depends on the na- ture of the soil. Speaking in a gen- eral way, most soils bake up some after a rain if the sun shines for a few^ days and before this takes place the upper surface of the soil should be broken up with hoes or cultivator to keep a mulch of dry, loose soil t'here at all times. This checks a rapid loss of moisture by evaporation, prevents cracking and is in every way helpful to the plants and, incidentally, keeps down weeds. Stopping the shoots should also be done regularly, going over the plants every few days and pinching the strongest shoots, not do- ing it all at once and making the plants look as though they had been mowed oft with a scythe. These are the principal points to attend to with the field plants. Plants being summered inside must be kept as cool as possible, night and day, and given plenty of air at all times. Newly planted stock needs less water a
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