. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 514 The American Florist. Oct. lo. forcing conditions, but those who have had a few years' experience can usually see by the style of growth made whether the roots have obtained a good hold of the soil or not, and only such plants as are really well established should be used for the purpose. Those that are not so well established may be left out a little longer or at least placed in a cool house for a time to root more before forcing begins. A temperature at night of 60°. raised after a week or two to 65° should
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 514 The American Florist. Oct. lo. forcing conditions, but those who have had a few years' experience can usually see by the style of growth made whether the roots have obtained a good hold of the soil or not, and only such plants as are really well established should be used for the purpose. Those that are not so well established may be left out a little longer or at least placed in a cool house for a time to root more before forcing begins. A temperature at night of 60°. raised after a week or two to 65° should bring such plants in for Thanksgiving, but 5° or even 10° more heat may be given later if it is apparent that the flowers are likely to be behind time. Prob- ably not much shading will be needed now though a little is an advantage, should the weather prove bright, in draw- ing up the stems a little. Plenty of moisture in the atmosphere is absolutely necessary. It helps to produce a free growth and is distasteful to insects. Should greenfly appear, as it is almost sure to do, fumigate lightly on two or three successive nights. Have the foliage quite drv when fumigating and venti- late freeiv next day. Soon the pots and flats will be full of roots and from then on the soil must be kept very moist at all times. Cattleyas. Cattleya gigas after flowering usually produces a number of roots at the base of the flowering pseudobulbs and this gives the grower the cue to repot the plants, if they are growing in pots and need a shift or to give additional moss or peat where thev are growing on trellises. It is well to anticipate this root emission rather than wait until roots actually form, as then they soon become re-estab- lished and the new compost helps to ma- terially strengthen the plants. Sometimes this class of cattleya, in which may be included C. chrysotoxa, C. Dowiana and C Hardyana, takes a rest after flower- ing but more often it starts to grow again, and it is well to let
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