FERTILIZERS 



FESSENDEN 



ot 



o 1 n wh h tl e pi nt are t sho 11 be suppl ed w th 

 lul le ind a a lable pho jhor c a 1 hence an appl 

 ta n I roadcast prev o to u f f u 00 t S10 



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C ur %nts an 1 goo eberr es are less 1 kely to need n 

 trot'en than the other berry crop > ecause of the ten 

 dei cr t the levelopment of mildew In common with 

 tl e tl r 1 11 ntioned they should be aVundantlv 

 nil 111 nerals (pho phone acid an I poti h 

 1 1 \ 1 may be use 1 at the rate of oOO to 





tire thi 



ill\ -after the 1 PI 

 Roses and the 

 ing cf tl wei an 1 

 1-arti ll rly nee 1 



lie pounds per acre annu 



?IN Pl\xts — In the grow 

 ll t rb ih ri a 1 



— ^ egetables constitute a group of 

 1 ll from all others, both because ot 

 ts and of their purposes of growth, 

 uportant bearing upon fertilization, 



.]inni-ii , -f :. r-ili M' !i'',' hi — ■!■.:. I :\- III excess of that 



'■r.i|.- . ' ':'■}•'' :■■ .' ' 'A- iiig composition 



in;iv Im. ,,L;n-.M4 :i - a Ka-ir iiiixiiiri- for the entire 

 gr.iup : 



Nitrogen 4^ 



Phosphoric acid 8* 



Potash 10« 



The nitrogen should be derived in part from quickly 

 available sources, and the phosphoric acid should be all 

 soluble or available, and the potash from muriate. 

 This should be applied in part broadcast, and in part in 

 the row at time of planting, at tin- mti c,i' ijiiiii to l,.'jOO 

 pounds per acre, and upon soils n:!iuraliy |HM,r. two or 

 three additional annual top-dr(--n ^'- \. itli nitrate of 

 soda, at the rate of from 50 to Km ih.ihi.U \;-r arre, will 

 prove very serviceable. Edward B. Vourhees. 



FERULA I possibly the steins were anciently used as 

 ferulesl. Cinbelliferre. Giant Fennel. This large 

 genus includes 2 hardy herbs, which are, perhaps, the 

 tallest plants cult, for ornament in this large (but from 

 the garden standpoint unimportant) order. They are 

 valued for the ex.-essive flueuess with which their foli- 

 ;tL^e I- Mi;!, all. I ill. IF .lusters of pt-rliaps 40-50 umbels 

 .if i;i : , '- :,,,n,,. ,in St. .lit stems, which rise 



i.ir 111 i I-., F. Tingitana, Linn., from N. 



Afri.-.i. iia- I -. I n.ji.'^ ti.riiMti-ly ].iuiiatiseot, somewhat 

 glaucous. ls.,M. 7.J..,. The ctniiiaon error that it comes 

 back to Morison, IC80. Lindley origi- 

 aolion that this plant is the source of 

 F. commilniB, Linn., from S. Eu., has 

 with more linear segments and more 



troiu hpaiu goe 

 nated the false 

 gum ammoniac, 

 deep green Ivs. 

 compact habit. 



W. M. 



FESSENDEN, THOMAS GREEN, editor and author, 

 1771-1837. founded "The Xew Enu'hind Farmer" at Bos- 

 ton in 1822, and edited it until hi-; .l.-iith. The present 

 " New England Farmer ' i^ n.it th.- lin. nl successorof Fes- 

 senden's paper. Fesseml.-n i- .lii. Il\- lu.ted as a satirical 

 poet, and he was more of a liti-raiv lunn than agardener. 

 He was bom at Walpole, N. H., was graduated at Dart- 

 mouth College in 1796, and studied law. He went to 

 England in 1803, and there published his humorous 

 poem, the "Terrible Tractoration." He settled in Boston 

 about 180i In ad lition to The New England Farmer," 

 he edited the short lived Horticultural Register and 



The Silk Manual He wrote The Complete Fanner 

 and R iral Ec nomist The New American Gardener," 

 and Tl e ^ e ca K t 1 ei r ar lener three 1 ooks of a 

 c\ 1 [ i 1 i er the helds of agri- 



cult I 1 t 1 le girden ng respec- 



tivel II 11 I I eh t tl e c ntempora- 



ne I I I 1 I Itural Airitng These 



I I I t t 1 \ 1 tl 1 it,h 1 1 \ editions, 



t tl y -neie 1 tie It If si t i e They 



tt s e to 1 k tl e tl 1 t 1 le t contact 



tl f,r wnif, 1- 1 1 Pe i 1 t i wa e of gen- 



eral farming and the view 1. int f gar lening\\ is n ostly 

 that of the home or amateur He In e 1 1 et re the d ivs 

 ot specialized farming en a large scale and ot con mer- 

 cial horticulture and floii ulture Dunn"' tl greater 

 jrtfl Ifrlp fTIp\vF 111 Faimer" 



I I I \ Itural 



I 1 I 1 1 1 ntem- 



\clo- 



I \ n ( 1 len r Calen- 



111 Fl ilaleljhia 1800 and 



1 1 n Gar iiner and David 

 I I is 4 Ptr acopvof The 



( t L 1 ill once famous sf ng to the 



tune of Yankee Do lie t gether with Hawthorne's 

 pen picture of the man an 1 an account of his inter- 

 esting life, see Duyckinek, Cyc. Am. Lit. 1:595-599. 



W. M. 



