. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1190 The American Florist. fan. 7 does is too busy to attend to them and they are left, necessitating in a few days the fumigatinK perhaps of a large house and a couple of dollars expense for the fumigant. Set two men to spray a bench of Joung roses for red spider. One will so direct the spray from the hose that the under side of every leaf is wetted and little water spilled on the soil. The other floods the soil and the upper surface of the leaves, but leaves the spider dry and comfortable underneath. A little th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1190 The American Florist. fan. 7 does is too busy to attend to them and they are left, necessitating in a few days the fumigatinK perhaps of a large house and a couple of dollars expense for the fumigant. Set two men to spray a bench of Joung roses for red spider. One will so direct the spray from the hose that the under side of every leaf is wetted and little water spilled on the soil. The other floods the soil and the upper surface of the leaves, but leaves the spider dry and comfortable underneath. A little thing perhaps, but it counts. When moving plants from one place to another one grower will take a few seconds to pull a weed or two out of the pots and shake off any fallen foliage, but the hustler has no time for this and sets the plants back untidy and weedy and possibly so unlevel that the next time they are watered the man with the hose will have to stop and set them upright before they will take water. That is. of course, if he too is not of the hustling variety and notices how the plants are standing. These are only a few of the small things that count, but things to emphasize the truth of the old adage that "what is worth doing is worth doing ; Much energy is saved and much better re- sults attained if these little matters are cleaned up as we go along and nothing left to chance or until to- morrow. Celosla Pyramldalls. During the summer months there is often a slackening of the revenue from the greenhouses and anything that may be grown to bring in a little money during July and August will prob- ably be useful. Celosia pyramidalis is easily grown, does not take much room and sells well during the stock season. A few packets of seed may be pur- chased very cheaply and sown early in the spring in a cool house. The plants appear in a few weeks and should be pricked off around the edges of pots or in fiats to be potted simply when they have attained a little s
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