The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ether for shipping orfor planting it has been found of the greatest usein preserving the stock in good condition, as itnaturally would. There is a moist coating of soilclose to the roots, affording moisture and keepingout air; and this, as all planters know, is half thebattle for success with tlie trees. The coating of trees with mud, so far as relatesto roots, may not be new, but it has but of latecome into prominent use. With nuts, acorns andlike seeds, however, its use has l
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ether for shipping orfor planting it has been found of the greatest usein preserving the stock in good condition, as itnaturally would. There is a moist coating of soilclose to the roots, affording moisture and keepingout air; and this, as all planters know, is half thebattle for success with tlie trees. The coating of trees with mud, so far as relatesto roots, may not be new, but it has but of latecome into prominent use. With nuts, acorns andlike seeds, however, its use has long been writer has recollection of acorns comingfrom Japan twenty years ago or longer coated withsoil, and some of them grew, too; and it will bewell worth remembering by those engaged in likeshipping to-day to treat their seeds in the sameway. and at the same time keep them air tight oras near this condition as possible. The packing of seeds in charcoal dust, as Euro-peans often do, or in sawdust, is only done whenthere is pulp in fresh condition on the seeds, andit Is to prevent heating or Aster by W. H. Waite. Balling Roots of Evergreens. The practice unw becoming RiMnMai nf hailing upthe roots of evergreens is one that will pay manytimes over the nurseryman who practices it. Theold way, and one still practiced by some, of diggingand shipping evergreens the same as deciduous stockresulted in great dissatisfaction to all the half of the evergreens died, and, of course,dissatisfaction all around set in at once. As I havementioned before, evergreens are possessed of aresinous sap which if it become dried does not re-cover and flow freely again as the sap of deciduousstock will. This is why the roots of evergreens mustnot be permitted to dry out. And so it is that theplan nurserymen are now adopting of tying up theroots of evergreens in burlap before shipping tliemis greatly to be commended. A ball of eartli is lefton whe
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