. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ongates ami stcm-roolsdevelop, the pot is filled with a compost of equal partsloam and eow manure. To insure a good drainage be-low the bulb and also to prevent any manure from com-ing directly in contact with the bulb, some growers].lace a small handful of sand on the compost, makinga cushion on which the bulb rests. If the flowers arewanted for Christmas, the bulbs should be planted bythe middle of September, and if for Easter, they nnistbe in by the first of November. Trea
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ongates ami stcm-roolsdevelop, the pot is filled with a compost of equal partsloam and eow manure. To insure a good drainage be-low the bulb and also to prevent any manure from com-ing directly in contact with the bulb, some growers].lace a small handful of sand on the compost, makinga cushion on which the bulb rests. If the flowers arewanted for Christmas, the bulbs should be planted bythe middle of September, and if for Easter, they nnistbe in by the first of November. Treatment After Potting After ))0tting, the soU is watered thoroughly. Thestorage of the bulbs after potting depends largely onthe season of the year and the storage space the bulbs are received early in September, they areplaced in a coldframe and covereil with sphagnum raoss. demand for a suitable plant to be used for a dwarfedging and hedge subject. The accompanving illiLStration shows the style of thisdwarf selection of Berberis Thumbergii, The introducersare the Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, A Selection of New Gardening Books The new Box Barberry cinders or straw until root action has developed. Theymay be covered sufficiently to prevent freezing and keptin the frame indefinitely! If a bulb storage cellar isavailable, they may be stored in it. Some growers wholack the frame space, put them under the benches in ;lcool house. Top growth will not be uniform and thejjots may be watched and when shoots Jin. or Sin. longhave developed, the plants may be put on the benchesand given an increased temperature. Under no condi-tion should the plants be neglected and left too longunder the benches, or a weak, straggling stem will re-sult, from which there will be no recovery. .\s soon as top growth has developed, the plants aregiven a night temperature of from 45 deg. to 50 a week, and they are then placed in a permanenthouse where the night temperature of GO
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