. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. o vigorously the stems are not pro-perly built up ; the cells of which these stem*mainly consist are large and long, and do notbecome filled. They partially collapse, and thestems become flattened when the wood Vines will bear, and need more nitro-genous matter than young ones. Borders areoften made too rich in nitrogen, and their veryrichness produces starvation. Potash, phos-phates and lime are the chief requisites whenanything worth calling loam is used for forminga border, as there is
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. o vigorously the stems are not pro-perly built up ; the cells of which these stem*mainly consist are large and long, and do notbecome filled. They partially collapse, and thestems become flattened when the wood Vines will bear, and need more nitro-genous matter than young ones. Borders areoften made too rich in nitrogen, and their veryrichness produces starvation. Potash, phos-phates and lime are the chief requisites whenanything worth calling loam is used for forminga border, as there is always sufficient vegetablematter in the soil to decompose and supply nitro-gen for a time, and the phosphates especiallymust be in an available form. A chemist cantell us a great deal about the soil, but he can-i ot tell all. The practical man can tell some 2d 6 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [April 19, 1913. thjng about its mechanical nature; he can also to put this theoretical knowledge into practicallearn something by noticing the kind of plants application. Some soils which appear light and. /^RDCHf^O^ looking loamy soil may drain too hones, as they are generally used, areof very little use to supply phosphates in mostnf the soils we have to deal with. 1 haveexamined them after they have been In the soilseventeen years, and they were very little decomposed. On the other hand, I had at one timeto deal with a soil in which half-inch bonpswould almost disappear in twelve months. Thisparticular soil was naturally deficient in would flourish in it, though itwas comparatively heavy, common Box did notlike it, and the water the spring wassofter than rain water. I have thought it mightbe lime-hunger which caused the bones to be con-sumed so rapidly. We are told that plantsgrown on a marble slab will partly consume thatslab for the sake of its lime if they are short ofa supply. Well, then, the safest way to applyphosphates permanently to a fruit b
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