. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoo. The American Florist. 481 that cannot be supplied by the addition of fertilizers. A disadvantage that appears with the use of this soil is the great number of cockchaler grubs, the larvEe of the June bug, that are Irequently found in it, but these grubs are large enough to be readily seen and may be destroyed as the soil is used. The soil, having been carted into the compost yard, should be stacked up with several layers ol good stable manure, the proportion of one part of manure to sij parts of soil being a
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoo. The American Florist. 481 that cannot be supplied by the addition of fertilizers. A disadvantage that appears with the use of this soil is the great number of cockchaler grubs, the larvEe of the June bug, that are Irequently found in it, but these grubs are large enough to be readily seen and may be destroyed as the soil is used. The soil, having been carted into the compost yard, should be stacked up with several layers ol good stable manure, the proportion of one part of manure to sij parts of soil being a good one for general purposes, while other special fertilizers may be added at the time the soil is used. It is preferable that this work be done in summer or early fall and the compost allowed to stand in the stack until the toUowing spring, when it should be turned over and thoroughly mixed and will then be ready for use Another of the smaller details at this season of the year is that of getting a fuflScient quantity of potting soil under cover to enable the workers to be inde- pendent of the weather, delays being fre- quently caused by having to bring in frozen soil during the winter and then wait until it is thawed out and dry enough to be used. The baking or steaming of potting soil prior to its use, for the pu t pose of destroy- ing the seeds of weeds and to kill the insects and eggs of insects that may be contained therein, has been practiced to some extent of late years and with a con- siderable degree of success. Wm, , the well known and successful Philadel- phia plantsman, has contrived a box for this purpose, the bottom of which is fitted with steam pipes. Such an apparatus is a great convenience, though not a neces- sity, and should be used with judgment, for, in the opinion of some growers, good soil, if cooked, should preferably be a trifle "rare" rather than overdone. So mild an autumn as this has been is quite favorable for late pottings of f
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