. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 200 CABBAGE distribution and the degree to which the plant-food has become immediately available is of equal or greater importance than the quantity. Land can be put into the best condition for raising a maximun crop by a heavy dressingof stntile manure, thoroughly worked into a soil,


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 200 CABBAGE distribution and the degree to which the plant-food has become immediately available is of equal or greater importance than the quantity. Land can be put into the best condition for raising a maximun crop by a heavy dressingof stntile manure, thoroughly worked into a soil, .⢠r.'|M-ntin.' flu- process yearly f.'i^ -.', .Tiil . ,, , . \ 1 n r .li'.',Mng of manui'i' ,,.,:,,,.., , ; ,. ,^ â¢: :â¢. , â â '.iri, has 1 stable manure cannot supplemented by com- I as to contain about ⢠f available phosphoric If we depend entirely â 111 L'.000 to3,000pounds ix-it that upon all ordi- al I, .i. m able and evenl\ >: to which the conditions whi mh i>i thorough cultivation. Diseases and Soira op the Most Common Insect Pests. âCZi(6-TOo/.âThis is the effect of a fungus {Plas- midiophora Brasslcm), which develops within the cells of the root, causing them to become distorted and the plant to develop imperfectly or die. On the death of the plant, the spores of the fungus become mixed with the soil, where they lie dormant until roots of some other host-plant come in contact with them, and t&e conditions are favorable for their development. They develop within several of our common weeds, and we believe that the spores are to be found in most of our cultivated fields, and need only favorable conditions to develop. We ha e foun I tl it tl e d ease s seldom troublesome except where the c Itural cond t ons par ticularly as to mo st re are nfavoral le to the Cab bage, and that the best prevent f I t to the health and v gor of the ] 1 W practical remedy where a plant Flea Beetle âA small qu I (Phylloheta tit t } ] 1 seedlings


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