. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 92 The American Florist. Aug. Dallas, Tex, GREENHOUSE BDILDERS BUSY,—A SUCCESS- FUL METHOD OP ALTERNATING CHRYS- ANTHEMUMS AND CARNATIONS.— THE DROUGHT BROKEN AFTER SIX WEEKS.— STOCK LOOKING WELL. The Texas Seed & Floral Company is putting forth every effort to complete its new range of houses, with heating plant and packing shed, in time for planting. Their method of growing chrysanthe- mums might well be tried by some of our northern brothers. It may have been used in the north, but if so, I have never heard
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 92 The American Florist. Aug. Dallas, Tex, GREENHOUSE BDILDERS BUSY,—A SUCCESS- FUL METHOD OP ALTERNATING CHRYS- ANTHEMUMS AND CARNATIONS.— THE DROUGHT BROKEN AFTER SIX WEEKS.— STOCK LOOKING WELL. The Texas Seed & Floral Company is putting forth every effort to complete its new range of houses, with heating plant and packing shed, in time for planting. Their method of growing chrysanthe- mums might well be tried by some of our northern brothers. It may have been used in the north, but if so, I have never heard of it. The houses are separate, the frame work, posts and gutters, plates, rafters, ridge, etc., being perma- nent, but movable sash are provided for the roof and three feet of glass is placed on the sides, this being movable. The houses are piped for hot water heatiag, not much heat being required until after chrysanthemums are past. All the plants are grown in solid beds and are started in the summer, with all the glass removed from the house until cooler weather makes someprotectionnecessary. Grown in this way, very fine blooms are pro- duced. After the chrysanthemums have been cut off, the beds are planted with carnations, which are carried along cool and are not allowed to bloom until March or the first of April. The glass roof is then removed and a lath roof takes its place, while the side sashes are removed entirely. The result is that good carnation blooms are available at a season when other methods fail to produce satisfactory flowers. The firm's roses are vigorous, health}' plants and they have one house of Boston ferns which is about as fine as anything could be, 2-inch plants benched in May. They have some of the newer sorts of geraniums under glass and prom- ising very well. It takes a good gera- nium to stand the hot weather here in summer. A six week's drought has been broken by a good rain, w^hich has been of great value to all stock planted in the field
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