. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 61 o w o c •0 o > H -i I W 2 O > z > •0 o r o o z 2 C > ?<. using various proportions of sand and organic matter. Some interesting notes as to tlie productivity, color and size of prosperity in these tests are given in tlie American Florist, p. 1244, issue of January Ifl. In Bulletin 127 the Maryland station has some very interesting notes on the effects of fertilizer on stiffness of stem, effect of varying amounts of nitrogen, the earlinass, different time of setting car
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 61 o w o c •0 o > H -i I W 2 O > z > •0 o r o o z 2 C > ?<. using various proportions of sand and organic matter. Some interesting notes as to tlie productivity, color and size of prosperity in these tests are given in tlie American Florist, p. 1244, issue of January Ifl. In Bulletin 127 the Maryland station has some very interesting notes on the effects of fertilizer on stiffness of stem, effect of varying amounts of nitrogen, the earlinass, different time of setting carna- tions, continuous cropping without chang- ing soil and bursting of carnations due to location on bench. (Also noted in the American Florist.—Ed.) At the pres- ent time investigations are being carried on to determine effect of cutting selection on vigor of plant and development of color typ'is from seed. A house 20x50 feet is being devoted to this work. In Indiana the results of the most im- portant work were given in bulletin 59 on "Bacteriosis of ; This disease was considered to be due to bacteria but is now known to be caused by punctures of insects and is called stigraonose. A number of articles also appeared in trade journals at various times. No work is now being done due to lack of greenhouses. WORK IN ILLINOIS. At Illinois the past year was devoted to the repression of thrips on carnations and during the season from October. 1907. to June 15, 190S, over 68,000 buds were examined. Most of the work was done with tobacco compounds. The full results of the work have not been pub- lished yet. During the present year two houses 25x105 feet are being- devoted to an experiment with carnations testing the value of chemical fertilizers as supple- menting stable manures. This experi- ment comprises 30 combinations of fer- tilizers which are repeated with four different varieties in order to check re- sults— plants are used in the ex- periment.
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