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SOLUBLE FERTILIZERS. 



I have read Mr. Pray's articles with 

 a good deal of pleasure and some 

 profit. As to the use of soluble fer- 

 tilizers, the quantity to be used and 

 the conditions under which they are 

 used and the result to be gained is of 

 more moment tlian fineness or per- 

 centage. The percentage is to be con- 

 sidered of first importance from a 

 freight and cost point, but not always 

 from that of application. 



Where immediate results are re- 

 quired, we are glad we have our 

 double sulphates, phosphates and 

 nitrates. Yet how often have I 

 wished that nitrate of soda and potash 

 were less soluble and glad to use less 

 soluble phosphatic and potassic fer- 

 tilizers. I know scores of cases 

 where ten times more damage has been 

 done by injudicious applications than 

 good obtained. Therefore when Dr. 

 Galloway advises going slow he is 

 giving good advice. 



The quantities to be used must be 

 left to each individaul case, because 

 the user will be in possession of tacts 

 as to origin and nature of soil, its 

 previous and recent treatment, as well 

 as the methods of watering and the 

 kind of water used. 



The fineness must be according to 

 the kind of fertilizer used whether 

 mixed or simpte. Most of the mixed 

 kinds ai'e compounded to give the best 

 results, or should be, for a general 

 application in a general way. This 

 leaves it to the grower to use simple 

 kinds for special and immediate re- 

 sults. By this means he has the double 

 advantage of prolonging the feeding of 

 the crop or plants by mixing with his 

 compost of soil and organic matter 

 such complete or simple fertilizer as 

 will give the necessary potash, phos- 

 phoric acid and nitrogen, as the crop 

 or soil need, and further to give such 

 future applications as will assure a 

 continuance of perfect feeding. 



Further he may get immediate re- 

 sults by using nitrate of soda, sul- 

 phate of ammonia, sulphate of potash 

 and superphosphate in their proper but 

 small proportions. Fineness does not 

 affect any of the latter as they are 

 chemical compounds and not mechani- 

 cal mixtures and are readily dissolved 

 and diffused throughout the soil. The 

 best method of application is in solu- 

 tion and so weak that the user may 

 almost believe that he is not giving 

 any fertilizer to his plants at all. But 

 if used as a surface dressing, pounding 

 up nf the nitrate of soda or running 

 it through a corn mill will make it 

 fine enough for that purpose. 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. F. Rosenfeld, West Point, Neb.— 

 Wholesale Price of Peonies for Fall, 

 190S. 



Wilfrid Wheeler, Concord, Mass.— 

 Catalogue of Small Fruit Plants, 

 Asparagus Roots, and other stock. 



Leesley Bros., Chicago, 111.— Whole- 

 sale Nursery Catalogue for 1908. Or- 

 namental Trees and Shrubs in choice 

 variety are listed. 



Leedle Floral Company, Springfield, 

 O. — Roses, "summer grown and winter 

 rested, on own roots." Kaiserin Goldi- 

 folia is listed as a novelty. 



Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, 

 Phila., Pa. — Price List of Specimen 

 Trees, Shrubs, Roses and Fruit, Spring. 

 190S. A very complete list of orna- 

 mental nursery stock. 



T. C. Thurlow, Cherry Hill Nurse- 

 i-ies. West Newbury, Mass.— Fall of 

 1907 'and Spring of 190S Wholesale 

 Catalogue. Fine evergreens and orna- 

 mentar trees for immediate effect. 



Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, 

 Conn.— 1908 Price List of Ornamental 

 Trees and Shrubs, Hardy Herbaceous 

 Plants, etc. Hydrangea arborescens 

 grandiflora is included in the novelties 

 offered. 



Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas Company, 

 Maple Avenue Nurseries, West Ches- 

 ter. Pa.— Select List of Choice Fruits 

 and Ornamentals. Viburnum plicatum 

 makes an effective title cover illustra- 

 tion, and on the back cover is shown 

 a view of the oflice of the nurseries, 

 all in Quaker gray tints. The book is 

 the proiiucl of the J. Horace McJ^arlau'l 

 Company, who make catalogues in the 

 same perfection that this old-estab- 

 lished nursery firm makes the goods 

 catalogued, so there you are. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 

 Part n. of the Twentieth Annual 

 Report of the Rhode Island Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station is a volume 

 of over 400 pages and contains much 

 valuable information for the market 

 gardener and small-fruit grower. 

 There are many full page illustrations. 

 Tests with lawn grasses and experi- 

 ments with strawberry crosses are es- 

 pecially interesting. A good index adds 

 to the value of the book. 



Bulletin No. 32, of the Bureau of 

 Biological Survey, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, is devoted to a very thor- 

 ough report of the Food Habits of the 

 Grosbeaks, by W. L. McAfee. Thre.j 

 colored plates and numerotis engrav- 



ings illustrate the text. It Is gratify- 

 ing to learn that these beautifully 

 plumaged birds consume an apparently 

 insignificant amount of fruit and grain 

 as compared with their services in the 

 devouring of weed seeds and destruc- 

 tive insects and are proven to be of 

 great economic value to the farmer. 



Proceedings of the Congress of Hor- 

 ticulture, Jamestown Exposition, Sep- 

 tember 23, 1907. This volume gives 

 a synopsis of the nieetings and the pa- 

 pers in full which were presented at 

 the sessions at Norfolk. The papers 

 on horticultural conditions and pro- 

 gress in various sections of the coun- 

 try ari especially worth reading. The 

 price of the book, 108 pages, bound 

 in cloth, is 2.') cents, and copies may 

 be had on application to H. C. Irish, 

 Secretary. Mo. Botanical Garden, St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



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