Rooting of Cuttings 



treatments, and from treatment at an unsuitable time of year, 

 or of species which will not respond anyhow. 



Some words by Richard Bradley, a famous eighteenth- 

 century gardener, can fittingly be quoted here: 



"And again, the proportions of every Ingredient ought to 

 be as reasonably consider'd, and not to double our Quantities 

 over hastily, because a moderate Proportion has already begun 

 to shew its good Effects ; like some unthinking People, who 

 believe, that the more Physick they take, the more healthful 

 they shall be, because they have once been reliev'd from 

 Sickness, by a small dose of it : But a few Observations to an 

 ingenious Man, who loves a Garden, will soon bring him to 

 rights in these Matters." 



An Excellent Compost 



You may like to know of the two standardized composts 

 evolved at the John Innes Horticultural Institution, London, 

 S.W.17. One is for seed sowing and pricking off, the other for 

 potting. These unconventional composts have given superb 

 results, and though the sowing compost (I) does not im- 

 mediately concern my subject, I give it for the sake of com- 

 pleteness. The proportions are as recorded by W. J. C. 

 Lawrence and J. Newell, of the Institution, in Scientific 

 Horticulture, 1936, Vol. 4, 165-177. 



It is very important to observe the order of operations 

 exactly, as follows: I. The loam and sand are partially steril- 

 ized separately, and the unsterilized moss-peat, super-phos- 

 phate and chalk are added afterwards. One and a half ounces 

 of superphosphate (acid phosphate) and i ounce of pure chalk 

 are added per bushel of compost. 



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