The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . that it is completely dissol-ved, then throw it into the tank. To save time andbother we have made out a little card-board schedulewith parallel columns, showing respectively depthsof inches in the tank, gallons of water, and finallyfigures showing in pounds and ounces the properiinounts of plant foods to use for various soluble fertilizers may be used in conjunctionwith the usual manure water. A measuring stickwith light scores made at convenient distances isuseful
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . that it is completely dissol-ved, then throw it into the tank. To save time andbother we have made out a little card-board schedulewith parallel columns, showing respectively depthsof inches in the tank, gallons of water, and finallyfigures showing in pounds and ounces the properiinounts of plant foods to use for various soluble fertilizers may be used in conjunctionwith the usual manure water. A measuring stickwith light scores made at convenient distances isuseful in ascertaining the exact amount of liquid inthe tank. If the tank has a dead space so thatliquid always remains here a blank space should beon this measuring stick, and in this way too muchfertilizer for the amount of water will not be grower now knows exactly what he is doing,which is a rather new thing. We think that whilemany growers would like to use soluble fertilizersmore tn- less, they do not know how to begin withabsolute safet>. The> must first have some clear 456 The Plorists Exchange. View of Rose Garden on Crompton £state, Worcester, Mass. Copyrighted by A. Van Leeuwen. Jr., Landscape Architect. idea of what they are now doing, before they can ex-pect to duplicate plant foods with an immediatelyavailable fertilizer. They should consult with chem-ists interested in soluble fertilizers who could mat-erially assist them. In this connection we think theGovernment and various experiment stations havedone much, and their publications are of value to therose grower. Nitrate of Soda. A word about nitrate of soda. We often hear oftoo much being used and consider that one poundin a hundred gallons is a very strong feed. We thinkthat one pound in two hundred and fifty gallons,which is about one part in two thousand, will do wellfor a start. Lime. In the use of lime in tanks tor sweetening, it iswell to bear in mind that never more than twopounds per hundred
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