. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. SCHWERIN BROS'. DISPLAY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO SHOW. (Ste issue of May 16, page 607.) made during long nights and darkest months, and the danger of drawing up the plants is obviated. The importance of producing a stocky plant cannot be too strongly urged, for a plant that once becomes drawn will be unmanageable ever after. Supports in the field are very awkward to get around, their usp is hardly warranted by the returns, arid it is mainly with the object of doing away with the necessity of using them that we try to
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. SCHWERIN BROS'. DISPLAY AT THE SAN FRANCISCO SHOW. (Ste issue of May 16, page 607.) made during long nights and darkest months, and the danger of drawing up the plants is obviated. The importance of producing a stocky plant cannot be too strongly urged, for a plant that once becomes drawn will be unmanageable ever after. Supports in the field are very awkward to get around, their usp is hardly warranted by the returns, arid it is mainly with the object of doing away with the necessity of using them that we try to grow a plant that does not need artificial support. The same precautionary measures in regard to soil, watering and other points that hold good with stock intended for winter blooming should be adhered to and it is unnecessary to enlarge upon these particulars here. To insure earli- ness of bloom, growths that have started under glass must be depended upon' for I the early crop, but it is a mistake to allow these shoots to advance very far before planting out. Anything larger than a good sized cutting should be topped before planting. The bed system of planting should be employed in laying out the patch. Beds containing five rows will enable i the picker to reach all the flowers from the walks. As soon as the flowering shoots are far enough advanced, disbudding must be regularly attended to if' we would produce anything that is at all worth marketing, The stems will be twenty-five per cent longer and the flowers much larger than they would be without disbudding, and not being loaded with a burden of laterals,' the flowers are carried upright and are not soiled by heavy rains. Irrigation is necessary to keep up quality during protracted dry spells and under ordinary conditions lawn sprink- lers answer admirably for the purpose. Those that distribute the water through revolving arms supported several feet above the ground will water a large surface in a comparatively short time.
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