The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . be de-sired. It is prolific, fragrant, a goodkeeper, and a ready seler. and it is asmuch better than the Bride in the sum- but just enough so the plants will bethoroughly dried by sundown, for theevenings are somewhat cooler evennow and we must guard against blackspot. It usually appears at the timewhen it is hardly cool enough to startthe fires. Varieties such as AmericanBeauty, Liberty and Richmond will re-quire especial care as regards watering 310 The American Florist. Sept. 8, and should not have the soil under themon the wet side at
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . be de-sired. It is prolific, fragrant, a goodkeeper, and a ready seler. and it is asmuch better than the Bride in the sum- but just enough so the plants will bethoroughly dried by sundown, for theevenings are somewhat cooler evennow and we must guard against blackspot. It usually appears at the timewhen it is hardly cool enough to startthe fires. Varieties such as AmericanBeauty, Liberty and Richmond will re-quire especial care as regards watering 310 The American Florist. Sept. 8, and should not have the soil under themon the wet side at night, or their sur-roundings too damp. Ventilating will from now on takesome of our time, and when the nighttemperature drops as low as 70°the sashes can be lowered down to acrack a few inches in width, raisingthem very early mornings. PALMS AND FERNS. Seasonable Notes. During the period of rapid growththat is covered by the months of July,August and September, these plantssoon become crowded and are quite lia-ble to grow out of shape or to become. OUT DOOR EXHIBIT OF NATHAN SMITH & SON, ADRIAN, MICH., AT bed ol Canna Oscoda. The old plants being carried overshould now be breaking freely and it isstill rather early to let only the bestblooms be cut. The short stemmedflowers should be kept cut back to firmeyes and if the Golden Gate and Ivoryhave too much brush or twiggy growthnow is the time to begin to prune it outwhile they are growing vigorously. Iwould suggest pruning a little everymonth or three weeks on them, ratherthan to take off too much wood at onetime. It would not be a bad idea to makedoubly sure that the boilers and pipingare in working order, for at this seasonone may have a rather cool, rainy daywhen a fire can be started and a pipeturned on for sulphuring purposes ifonly for an hour; this does far moregood than five times the amount of sul-phur applied with blower. I may berather early in referring to cool weatherwhile it is yet very warm, at t
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