. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 ^ The Florists^ Review Januabt 18, 1917. a good color and are stiff. I also have given the plants two doses of lime. The house runs east and west and receives all the sunshine there is. J. H. S.—Conn. As I see it, the only thing wrong with your carnation culture is the lack of uniformity in your house temperature. As long as you allow it to drop to 42 degrees, the flowers will come along slower than they should. This condi- tion likely will continue until you have a mild, clear spell of weather toward spring, and then you will have a deluge of b
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 ^ The Florists^ Review Januabt 18, 1917. a good color and are stiff. I also have given the plants two doses of lime. The house runs east and west and receives all the sunshine there is. J. H. S.—Conn. As I see it, the only thing wrong with your carnation culture is the lack of uniformity in your house temperature. As long as you allow it to drop to 42 degrees, the flowers will come along slower than they should. This condi- tion likely will continue until you have a mild, clear spell of weather toward spring, and then you will have a deluge of blooms. Make provisions for keeping your house temperature at 50 to 52 de- grees during the entire night, and raise it to 60 degrees on cloudy days and 65 to 70 degrees at noon on bright days. You then will soon see an improvement in the size of your cut. A. F. J. B. I 3^^C ac^c a^c 3l^=C a^^c SEASONABLE 3g Mr SUGGESTIONS ac=3C ac=3C a^c i^^c a^^c 1 Easter Lilies. The date of Easter, 1917, is April 8, and that is less than three months away. It may seem a long time just now, but remember that if lilies are to be on time for that great flower festival they must show their flower buds plain- ly not later than February 25. After that, given a minimum night tempera- ture of 60 degrees, they should be along in season. Plants should now be six to nine inches high. If less than six inches high they are late and will need all the heat you can give them. Bet- ter do the forcing now rather than after the buds are showing. Probably you have potted in 6-inch pots and filled the pots about half full of earth. As soon as the shoots are nine inches long fill in this remaining space, leaving, of course, a good margin to hold water. Bulbs put in 4-inch pots must be shifted into 6-inch pots before they become matted. Spray the plants with nicotine or fumigate them to keep aphis in check. Throw away any diseased stock; move backward plants to a warmer location. Try to give all the plants a tempe
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