. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoj. The American Florist. 117 i^^^^^^^^^^^^ s^^Tv^^H ^1^ m W^^^^j^^r^^F^^f^yKT - ""> s f \ ^^V^ s V > \ ^s:^ ^ N [S 1 -?'-^ 9 ' i:.LjjSi^^^l ?^ 1 1 IRON-GUTTERED CARNATION HOUSE OF HESS & SWOBODA, OMAHA. Fosteriana, or even filling around a Kentia Belmoreana with Pandanus utilis, though the last mentioned com- bination does not appeal with any force to the writer. Firm potting has been frequently referred to and is really one of the essen- tials in successful palm growing. When potting small
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoj. The American Florist. 117 i^^^^^^^^^^^^ s^^Tv^^H ^1^ m W^^^^j^^r^^F^^f^yKT - ""> s f \ ^^V^ s V > \ ^s:^ ^ N [S 1 -?'-^ 9 ' i:.LjjSi^^^l ?^ 1 1 IRON-GUTTERED CARNATION HOUSE OF HESS & SWOBODA, OMAHA. Fosteriana, or even filling around a Kentia Belmoreana with Pandanus utilis, though the last mentioned com- bination does not appeal with any force to the writer. Firm potting has been frequently referred to and is really one of the essen- tials in successful palm growing. When potting small plants, by which is meant anything up to 4-inch pots, the thumbs of the operator are sufficiently powerful tools for the purpose, and are all that is necessary, but beyond that size a ram- mer is required in order to make a good job. The amount ot force with which the rammer is wielded should depend upon the consistency of the soil, a stiff clay soil naturally not needing to be rammed in the pots quite so firmly as an open, fibrous soil should be. Another point to be remembered is that it is the soil in the lower part of the pot that needs the most ramming, for the surface soil will be settled down to a great extent by successive waterings, while that in the bottom of the pot will remain loose unless packed down before the plant is placed thereon. A palm seldom roots as quickly or as freely in a loose soil as in one that is well packed down. Clean pots are always preferable for plant growing and new pots are natur- ally more free from the contamination of fungoid troubles, but when using new pots it is always well to take into con- sideration the fact that a considerable quantity of water will be needed to thor- oughly wet the pots, and that a second or third watering may be required before both the ball and the pot are moistened through, especially when the potting soil is rather dry. In the fern houses there is but little doing just now, though preparation for sowing spores i
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