. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 122 The American Florist. Feb. IS, PKOPAGATING. The best propagating bench is six inches deep with a layer of brick on the bottom to distribute the heat and moisture evenly and filled up with clean sharp sand. This is wet down and packed hard with a brick. Then wet again elightly, cut a crack in the sand with an old putty Imife and straight edge. The rows can be two inches apart and three-quarters of an inch in the row or three inches apart and one- half inch in the row. The cuttings should not extend more than on
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 122 The American Florist. Feb. IS, PKOPAGATING. The best propagating bench is six inches deep with a layer of brick on the bottom to distribute the heat and moisture evenly and filled up with clean sharp sand. This is wet down and packed hard with a brick. Then wet again elightly, cut a crack in the sand with an old putty Imife and straight edge. The rows can be two inches apart and three-quarters of an inch in the row or three inches apart and one- half inch in the row. The cuttings should not extend more than one-half inch be- low the surface of the sand. After the cuttings are in, water with a sprinkling can or with the hose if you have it fitted with a sprinkler head. Syringe lightly for several mornings, then gradually let the sand dry out, always being careful, however, that the foliage is not allowed to wilt- During this period the cuttings are very impatient of drafts, and ventila- tion must be very carefully looked after, as a trifle too much air may result in the loss of an entire crop of cuttings when all other details have beoi faithfully carried out. Direct sunlight should not be allowed on the cutting bench at least until the cuttings show signs of root- ing after which anything but midday sun will prove beneficial. The propagating house should be 45" to 60* at night with 60" in the sand. Some prefer to have no bottom heat but we have had no success without it. In three or four weeks the cuttings will be ready for planting out, and, for speed and good results generally, we always plant direct to a bench in three inches of soil, that is somewhat spent. If such soil is not available mix enough sand with it so it will not be too rich, as a rich soil will cause considerable damping off. If so desired, they can be potted in 2%-inch pots, using a heavy loam lightened with well decomposed leaf mould. They can be planted into the field without a shift and this ball of so
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