. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i68 The American Florist. Nov. 15, Black Spot. Mr. J. T. Temple, Davenport, la., feels convinced that the spot originates from the nse of animal manure. He states that he planted three lots of roses, one lot with no -manure, another with good, well-rotted cow manure, and the other with a dressing of one pound dry wood ashes, three ounces of pure bone dust and one ounce of sulphate ammonia mixed with half a bushel of good soil, to a square yard of surface of the bed. The lot without manure had but little black spot
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i68 The American Florist. Nov. 15, Black Spot. Mr. J. T. Temple, Davenport, la., feels convinced that the spot originates from the nse of animal manure. He states that he planted three lots of roses, one lot with no -manure, another with good, well-rotted cow manure, and the other with a dressing of one pound dry wood ashes, three ounces of pure bone dust and one ounce of sulphate ammonia mixed with half a bushel of good soil, to a square yard of surface of the bed. The lot without manure had but little black spot, while that with manure was badly affected ; those dressed with ashes did not show any spot whatever and made good, hard stems producing flowers which, when cut, outlasted the others. Those with manure made a long but soft stem, and the flowers were not as double as those with ashes. Those without manure did not pro- duce as many flowers, but made good plants. The three lots were planted side by side, and the difference was so marked as to be at once noticeable. His theory is that continual propagation from plants which have been overfed and their vitali- ty weakened by continuous forcing, with- out natural rest, induces the disease. He states that a large number of experiments with the dressing of ashes prove it to be most beneficial in every way in addition to preventing the spot. Mr. Temple should now give us a description of his soil, as the effect of ashes varies on dif ferent soils. On heavy soils they are usually beneficial, while on light ones frequently hurtful. This is a point of considerable importance. Thb; Daily —We note in the New York ^[ail of Oct. 28 that the price paid by Mrs. Morgan for that \'anda Sanderiana was "|ioo,; This is only ^98,000 more than we had imagined the price paid to be. But then, $98,000 is, of course, a mere bagatelle to the average reporter. From another New York daily we learn that 'William Francis Bennett, the not
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