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JULY 17, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



89 



THE ENERGIZER FOR SOIL BACTERIA 



Is Coming to America! 



WONDERFUL RESULTS have been obtained by the use of RITO in Great 

 Britain during the last three years. Owing to the war it has been impossible 

 to export, but now we are free to do so. Horticulturists of the U. S. A. will 

 at once avail themselves of this unique method of increasing their products and of 

 getting their stuff ready for the market some weeks earlier than they have hitherto 

 done, and so secure a much higher price. 



WHAT IS RITO ? — RITO is a humus, organic or natural fertilizer, a stimulant and 

 energizing medium for soil bacteria. 



WHAT IS HUMUS ? — Humus is a complex substance or mixture of substances present 

 in the richest of soils. It is black in color and hence renders the soil darker. RITO contains 

 Humus in the right form for fertilizing the soil. 



WHY ADD HUMUS 7 — Because most soils contain very little (if any) Humus, and it is 

 necessary for the proper development of the useful soil bacteria. The bacteria find in the Humus 

 constituents a suitable medium for their robust propagation. 



That is, Humus is a source of food and energy for the soil bacteria. 



WHAT IS THE ANALYSIS OF RITO ?— It has very little chemical analysis and 

 it does not come in the same category as fertilizers. It is essentially an energizing medium for 

 soil bacteria. Phosphates and potash are present in all soils, but in the ordinary way they are 

 not readily available. RITO, by energizing the soil bacteria, is calculated to make the phosphates 

 and potash available for the plant. It also stimulates the nitrogen fixing bacteria into action, so 

 that the consequent development is out of all proportion to its analysis. 



RITO takes the place of farmyard manure, or it may be used in conjunction with farmyard 

 manure or any recognized artificials. RITO is free from weed seeds, spores and sferms, 

 and from tbe egrss or larvae of noxious insects. 



It is well known that the soil is not a dead inert mass of matter, but that it teems with 

 bacteria, which only need to be treated properly to be called into activity. There are millions in 

 every spadeful of soil. 



RITO may be used in the open or under glass. 



What RITO Users Say:- 



" I used RITO in the soil for my Tomatoes this 

 year. The result was the best crop I ever had, and 

 / started picking two to three weeks earlier than 

 usual, from seed sown same date as previous years." 



A market gardener says that his RITO-treated 

 lettuce were ready for the market a month before the 

 untreated ones, with the result that the treated ones 

 brought 2s. 6d. per dozen and the untreated ones, 

 when they were ready for the market, brought is. per 

 dozen. 



" I tried RITO last year on Potatoes, and they 

 yielded 30 per cent, better than those not treated." 



"Every ounce of fruit from both the treated and 

 the untreated Tomatoes has been gathered and care- 

 fully weighed. The weight of fruit gathered from 

 the treated portions average just five times the amount 

 as from the untreated portion." 



RITO Is packed in double bars, and the price is $5. 90 per 100 



Please address your orders at once to The Molassine 



" I have used RITO in the Peach Houses, and find 

 that it greatly improved both the quality of the fruit 

 and also the growth. I also find RITO very good if 

 used when mixing soil for potting various plants, and 

 I have also used it on my Vines with excellent re- 

 sults." 



"I have pleasure in testifying to the merits of 

 RITO. It is 'Right Ho' and no mistake. I never 

 saw Tomatoes do so well as when your RITO was 

 applied as a top-dressing mixed with the soil; the 

 roots the plants made in this way were extraordinary, 

 and the crops correspondingly good. The same ap- 

 plies to Cucumbers, also Chrysanthemums and to 

 plants generally. It seems to consume the moisture, 

 hence less watering is required." 



"RITO-treated Chrysanthemums made a much 

 quicker and better start than they have usually done — 

 in fact, the plants show a great improvement." 



lbs. ex Quay. Bostcn mr New York. Terms— Canh with oider. 



Company, Ltd., East Greenwich, London, England. 



RITO SUITS EVERYTHING THAT GROWS 



