. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OUE success in growing carnations next season will depend in large measure on your success in propagat- ing the young plants this winter. Many a failure can be traced back to the cutting bench. Poorly selected or insuflSciently rooted cuttings or the pres- ence of a batch of cutting bench fungi will be sure to show their effects on the blooming 8tQ<3k the next season. Propa- gating the cuttings is the starting of the next season's crop and it pays to get started right. Successful growers ap- preciate this fact to the extent of build- ing special
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OUE success in growing carnations next season will depend in large measure on your success in propagat- ing the young plants this winter. Many a failure can be traced back to the cutting bench. Poorly selected or insuflSciently rooted cuttings or the pres- ence of a batch of cutting bench fungi will be sure to show their effects on the blooming 8tQ<3k the next season. Propa- gating the cuttings is the starting of the next season's crop and it pays to get started right. Successful growers ap- preciate this fact to the extent of build- ing special benches and even specially designed houses for propagating. While special propagating houses are a big help in rooting the cuttings, they are not indispensable. Good success is attainable in any house where the sunlight and drafts may' be kept under control. The Benches. We have for many years propagated a portion of our stock on a north side bench in a thirty- foot - w i d e, high house. During tne winter months, when it is not neces- sary to raise the ventilators high, we find it as easy to propagate on this bench as in our special propagating house. This north bench is built with a brick bottom, which we find far superior to wood. In the propa- gating house the benches are built entirely of tile. These are also supe- rior to wood bench- es, but not so good as soft brick, on ac- count of the thin glaze on the surface of the tile. Over the benches, and about thirty inches the cuttings, we have built askel- By A. F. J. BAUR. cton frame to support the muslin cur- tains. One curtain lies on top of this frame, to be spread out on bright days and drawn away on cloudy days and at night. Another curtain hangs at the front, reaching down well below the top of the edge-board, and keeps the sun and draft away on bright days. Ready for tbe Sand. Wc consider the foregoing method of shading far superior, during the winter months, to the old method of laying newspapers directly on t
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