Florists' review (microform) (16678594872)

Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_21_2 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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88 ^?w»^'ww^flir?^Sff»T!i9^fTf?'»»wr»r The Weekly Florists' Review* Mabch 26, 1908.
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Showing Front and Reak Vikw. Fits 1-in., l>4-in., l^a-in. and 'i-in. Pipe. Mention size of Purlin Pipe. Sample sent for 50 cents 12 tor $ 4.25 25 tor 8.00 SO tor 15.00 100 tor 27.50 It Speaks Well for Our ECONOMY GREENHOUSE BRACKET is the best yet. When bench room is worth a premium—our ECONOMY GREENHOUSE BRACKET will increase your bench space. EASTER PLANTS—BEDDING STOCK from now on will require valuable bench room, while our ECONOMY GREENHOUSE BRACKET adds just so much more to the earning capacity of your greenhouses. They are easily worth the price. The above cut plainly illustrates these facts. C. C. POLLWORTH COm Milwaukee FLORISTS* SUPPLIES GREENHOUSE REQUISITES Mention The Review when yon write. SOIL AND THE FLORIST. (Continued from page 16.) Best Soil for Roses. The books on rose culture state gen- erally that the proper soil to use is a well-drained loam, many authors adding that it should have a smooth or greasy feeling. This description, while some- what vague, is yet helpful, for it cau- tions us to beware of heavy clays and coarse sands and brings before us the necessity of good drainage. But the term loam, even in its technical sense, is a very elastic one, and soils may be very different in some of their most important features and still be properly classed as loams. The provision that it should have a smooth or greasy feeling somewhat restricts the original descrip- tion and brings it within the limits of the class of soils known as silt loams. The smooth or greasy feeling that is found in a soil when pressed between the thumb and finger is a consequence of the presence of silt, the finest sized particles, excepting clay, that go to make up a soil. The amount present may vary to a considerable degree with- out altering the feeling, although ma- terially affecting the character of the soil. This variation in the relative pro- portions of the different sized soil par- ticles is the basis of soil classifications. Upon it also depends the permeability to air and to water, responses to changes in temperature, retention of moisture, and other physical properties of a soil. It is an important factor in determining the general adaptation of a soil, and there can be but little doubt that modifications in texture greatly affect the adaptation of a soil to va- rieties. There are other conditions to be taken into account, however, and we must carry our investigations on from a number of standpoints in order to arrive at a solution of this problem. Growers Asked to Furnish Data. In carrying out the investigation of this interesting and important soil problem, it is planned to secure sam- ples of soil from various growers with whom the cultivation of certain varie- ties is made a specialty, and to obtain from them the necessary information to enable us to understand the conditions under which their plants are grown. To this end a circular letter has been sent to a number of growers, requesting the samples and information desired. While ou^ studies have not been carried on far enough to warrant our drawing any conclusions at the present time, yet the outlook is most encouraging, and we havK^ery reason to believe that be- fore mfig we will be able to state a NOTICE To all American Nnrserymen and Seedsmen desiring to keep in touch with commercial borti- colture In EoRland and the Continent of Europe. lour best means of doing this is to take in the Horticultural Advertiser Onr cirdulatlon covers the whole trade in Great Britain and the cream of the European firms. Impartial reports of all novelties, etc. Paper free on receipt of 75 cents, covering cost of post- age yearly. A. & C. PEARSON Lowdham, Nottingham, EnglsAd Special Notice to AMERICAN TRADERS If you are Interested in European stocks of Plants and Seeds and latest news concerning same, subscribe to THE HORTICULTURAL TRADE JOURNAL, published weekly, and THE INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTUR- AL TRADE JOURNAL, published quarterly. One dollar (International Money Order) sent to us now will ensure your receiving each number as published for one year. Address The Horticultural Printing Co. BURWUY. gNGLAND. definite relation between some of the soils and varieties. In this matter we must have the co- operation of the growers, and I am glad to say that we have found them ready and willing to supply the information and samples necessary.

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