. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 668 The American Florist. April g, DeBorlptlve partloul&rs—with drawings or photograpiks, ft possible—of any new appa- ratus or device which may prove helpful to the trade are solicited for this department. Plants and Cold. It has always been more or less of a puzzle, even to the scientist, to de- cide how certain plants are able to survive the winter in the leafy condi- tion. It is sometimes stated that the cells of such plants are so small that freezing the water in them does not rupture the cell walls, or e
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 668 The American Florist. April g, DeBorlptlve partloul&rs—with drawings or photograpiks, ft possible—of any new appa- ratus or device which may prove helpful to the trade are solicited for this department. Plants and Cold. It has always been more or less of a puzzle, even to the scientist, to de- cide how certain plants are able to survive the winter in the leafy condi- tion. It is sometimes stated that the cells of such plants are so small that freezing the water in them does not rupture the cell walls, or even that the cells do not contain sufficient moisture to make its freezing a dis- turbing feature. A Swedish botanist has recently offered another explana- tion to the effect that such plants, at least in northern Germany and Scandi- navia, contain sugar instead of starch during winter and that the sugar in some way protects the protoplasm from freezing.—American Botanist. The Cost of Fertilizers. It is surprising, even amusing, to note that some agricultural societies and farmers' unions are clamoring for low- er prices on commercial fertilizers and while it is a well-known fact that practically every element that goes into the manufacture and composition of commercial fertilizers has advanced greatly in price the last few years, as have also all classes of labor that pro- duce the goods, according to an auth- ority on fertilizers. In the past two or three years, animal ammoniates have more than doubled in price, and the overhead charges in the fertilizer busi- ness have increased greatly. And against this, agriculturists and planters are receiving a much higher price for all of their products than they did a few years ago. Taking all these facts into consideration, it would quite naturally seem that the prices of commercial fertilizers advance, in- stead of being reduced. The King's Gardener. Some very interesting popularly- written notes on Mr. Mackellar and his duties
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