. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. VIII. No. 179. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. These are indicated by the gi'owtlis or ' tlushes ' being about half developed. At these times the bark peels from the wood more readily than when the growths are of firmer texture. Another method of attaching the bud, known as ' shield budding,' and which varies slightly in the details from the. Fici. 10. Methoi lUniuM Florida. TIIK ilANCO USED IN process described above, has been practised for some years in Florida with encouraging success. This method is shown
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. VIII. No. 179. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. These are indicated by the gi'owtlis or ' tlushes ' being about half developed. At these times the bark peels from the wood more readily than when the growths are of firmer texture. Another method of attaching the bud, known as ' shield budding,' and which varies slightly in the details from the. Fici. 10. Methoi lUniuM Florida. TIIK ilANCO USED IN process described above, has been practised for some years in Florida with encouraging success. This method is shown in Fig. 10. The bud section differs from ihe rectangular-shaped piece of bark in that one end of it is pointed instead of being cut straight across, which makes it possiljle to push the bark of the scion down tight against the liark of the stock ; the top part is then cut off' square with the transverse cut in the bark of the stock, and is pressed firnil}- into position, previous to tying and waxing in the usual way. It is desirable that ihese methods should be experimented with freely in the West Indies in order to ascertain what conditions determine success. It will be remembered that the budiling of oranges, now a routine operation at many Botanic Stations in the West Indies, was thought at one time to be an opera- tion of extraordinary diffieidty in these parts, and one of doubtful utility. INFLUENCE OF LIME ON PLANT FOOD IN THE SOIL. Attempts to investigate the effect of applications of lime upon the availability of plant food constituents in the soil have lately been made both in New South Wales and in the Hawaiian Islands. The results of the are summarized in the Experiment Station Record for October last. Trials were carried out in triplicate—on light sandy soil, on garden loam, and on very stiff clay respectively. The amounts of phosphoric acid and potash in these soils which were soluble in water, and ako the amoinits soluble in 1-per cent, citric acid
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