. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. A GROWER S NOTES. I A |p:i|i.'i- CIkiiIcs li. Ili'ir. dl" SI rM-<liiir^'. l'; iiMil hi'fuiT ^1 KciciiiliiT iiicciiiif; 111' tile ('..iiiily I'loiisis' (lull. 1 W't' plant out youiiy caniMtion iilaiits t'loin pots ill tlif ficlil as in May as we can, in rows twenty iiiciu's apart an<L er are in tlie lirst t<tiipiiiji- only a few All season we try to keep the plants down. ne\i'r ailowiiij;- them to <:et too high, as we (inci the higli. "leygy"' plants are more liahle to be hard wooded an&
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. A GROWER S NOTES. I A |p:i|i.'i- CIkiiIcs li. Ili'ir. dl" SI rM-<liiir^'. l'; iiMil hi'fuiT ^1 KciciiiliiT iiicciiiif; 111' tile ('..iiiily I'loiisis' (lull. 1 W't' plant out youiiy caniMtion iilaiits t'loin pots ill tlif ficlil as in May as we can, in rows twenty iiiciu's apart an<L er are in tlie lirst t<tiipiiiji- only a few All season we try to keep the plants down. ne\i'r ailowiiij;- them to <:et too high, as we (inci the higli. "leygy"' plants are more liahle to be hard wooded an<l ha\c dead foliage. Of <-oiirse, the high tojiped plants look larger than they really are he- '?aiise they h:i\e fewer side slioots. Von all know ditVcrent \arieties must lie topjx'd differently, hut none should he allowed to get too higli. In preparing the houses for whi(di with us is done the last week of August, we wasliiiiu the sides of the heiiclies. 'riu' hottoin hoards are taken out and swept clean, then llo;ited in lime water and c;irried hy forks on tra«dis to drv II' the sun. After they are .Iry, w'e place ;is many in a pile' as a man can readily carry. Xcxt they are taken hack fo their 'cs .and 'jiiit in piles 'd four. In position thev do not warp as they would if ,!'o\cr the '"'ik-Ih's. We them in piles until we are ready to (ill in the soil. ''I I' the hottom hoards, we i'llow a small ,. hetween ''<""?''. using excdsior to cover cra(dis ''' '"''''I' ^'i'' manure from 'I""i;.^li. The henches are tiien loi- th,. soil. I ,.;,n say that hv treating ;''"? '"•"'•'' !'^<' ?•' ;;re:it maiiv of tiie same hoards ever I ; in hasiness. wliicl, is years. FiUing the Benches. We ,iu not sift or screen the soil as "'' '""?'' ''"'• i'"t hy handling it over two ..r three times and watching
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