. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Bench of the New French Hydrangeas Flowered by C. C. PoUworth G>.« Milwaukee. strengthening and stiffening the stems. It is well to study these different modes of action and blend the various substances, so that any bad action of one may be counteracted by the other. Special manures are prepared for par- ticular crops. Yet all soils are not de- ficient in those materials. - What is really needed is something to make up the deficiency in the soil, but this would necessitate having the soil analyzed, and even an analysis of soils, unless it showed
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Bench of the New French Hydrangeas Flowered by C. C. PoUworth G>.« Milwaukee. strengthening and stiffening the stems. It is well to study these different modes of action and blend the various substances, so that any bad action of one may be counteracted by the other. Special manures are prepared for par- ticular crops. Yet all soils are not de- ficient in those materials. - What is really needed is something to make up the deficiency in the soil, but this would necessitate having the soil analyzed, and even an analysis of soils, unless it showed the active part only, would not be of much use. Sulphate of ammonia is a source of supply of nitrogen. It is largely pre- pared by treating the waste ammonia liquid of gas works with sulphuric acid. TROUBLE OVER INSURANCE. It is reported that the Hoosier Mutual Cyclone Insurance Co., of Dunkirk, Ind., has encountered trouble in doing busi- ness outside the state of Indiana. The following is from the Western Under- writer, a well known insurance author- ity, issue of April 2: "The Hoosier Mutual Cyclone, of Dunkirk, Ind., has been soliciting busi- ness, apparently in good faith, in Ohio, though not licensed. It was told to stop it, as the company was not ad- mitted, and organized as it was under the laws of another state, could not be. The Ohio department has been notified by the Dunkirk company that no in- surance except cyclone and hail on greenhouses and stock had been written in Ohio, but that no more business would be done until the officers could confer with the state ; THE OLDEST ODD FELLOW. George Main, who for many years was a Concord resident and business man, being a florist located where Charles V. Kimball now conducts the same business, is believed to be the old- est living Odd Fellow in New Hamp- shire. He became affiliated with White Mountain lodge, March 22, 1844, thus having been a member for seventy years. Although in his ninety-fifth yea
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