. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo5. The American Florist. 1049 vegetables for which there is a call will then be made. A great aid in saving the greenhouse space is utilizing the cold frames or hotbeds. About two Jeet depth ot hotbed material is placed in them and the flats placed thereon. Considerable care is required In covering and uncover- ing, but when the work is systematized it fits in without much inconvenience. Watering may be done at the brightest time of the day, and for this work a brass rose or sprinkler attached to the Polnsettla
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo5. The American Florist. 1049 vegetables for which there is a call will then be made. A great aid in saving the greenhouse space is utilizing the cold frames or hotbeds. About two Jeet depth ot hotbed material is placed in them and the flats placed thereon. Considerable care is required In covering and uncover- ing, but when the work is systematized it fits in without much inconvenience. Watering may be done at the brightest time of the day, and for this work a brass rose or sprinkler attached to the Polnsettlas—Euphorbia—Bougainvlllea. Ed. —1. What is the proper way of finishing, cutting and shipping poinsettias? They are in 6-inch pots, about four feet high; the bracts started to develop about November 1 and are now eight to twelve inches across. I keep them at 65° at night and 80° on bright days. Are these temperatures right, or should the house be cooler to harden them? What price should they bring?. FLATS FOR VEGETABLE PLANTS, REGULATION SIZE. end of the hose will do the work much more satisfactorily than an expert hose- man, especially in newly set flats. The Lettuce House.—With the increas- ing strength of the sun and lengthening days the planted crops will mature more rapidly than heretofore, and the matur- ing ot the second crop of lettuce can be reasonably estimated. A further suc- cession ot lettuce, planting to tomatoes or cucumbers, or devoting the house to the growing of vegetable plants! or spring sales is determined according to the demands of the trade. In any case preparations must now be well under way. R&DiSBES.—We have sowed radishes to some extent between the rows of lettuce and around the edge of the beds; these have been out of the way by the time the lettuce begins to head. In order to get the quickest returns the seed is screened, sowing only the largest and plumpest seed. The results fully warrant this practice. The rapid and thri
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