GLORIOSAS.
The time that these will come into flower depends mainly on when the tubers were started into growth and tlie amount of heat given. Any that are now commencing , " to flower should he liven alternate applications of clear wafer and weak liquid manure, which will help to prolong the flowering eenemi as well as improve the individual flovem. Keep the growths regularly trained to the trellis or canes. Any plants that flowered and which wenplaced in cooler position while in bloom, should be returned to the house to complete growth. Keep them well supplied with wafer and liquid manure until fhe foliage begins to die down naturally, when the soil may become drier by degrees. Tt is on the proper ripening of Ihe tubers that success in growin" gloriosa depends.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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131GLORIOSAS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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