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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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CONSERVING SOILS. 



In going through some of the market 

 nurseries near London, where cucumbers, 

 chrysanthemums and tomatoes are exten- 

 sively grown, says a writer in the Hor- 

 ticultural Advertiser, I find that in many 

 instances the cost of suitable compost is 

 a great item. Those starting should be 

 careful to secure ground that will give a 

 depth of good loam; yet after this is 

 done, it requires management to keep up 

 a supply, and those who do not economize, 

 soon exhaust their resources, but with 

 proper treatment, the same soil may be 

 used over a good many times. 



Fresh loam with manure added is best 

 for cucumbers, and after the crop is over, 

 all loose leaves and rubbish may be 

 cleared from the surface, and when re- 

 moved from the house, a good dressing of 

 lime may be added. Turned up into a 

 heap, with more manure added later on, 

 it will make a good compost for chrysan- 

 themums the following year. There will 

 be an advantage in adding a bag of soot 

 to each cartload of manure and well mix- 

 ing it before adding to the other soil, and 

 after mixing, it should remain a few 

 days. Soil that has been used for tomato 

 growing may also be purified. All stems 

 and leaves should be cleared oif. This is 

 important, for the disease germs may live 

 for a considerable time in the old stems, 

 but with a good sprinkling of lime, the 

 soil may be cleansed, and if laid up for a 

 year, may be again used for tomatoes. 



I have seen much more waste in regard 

 to soil since I have been near London 

 than when I was in the country. There 

 nothing was wasted. All old pot soil was 

 kept in a heap for about a year, and 

 loose rubbish in another heap. In the 

 winter, after the hedges had been 

 trimmed, all loose rubbish which would 

 burn was got together and a fire made. 

 When a good foundation was made with 

 the more combustible materials, almost 

 anything could be burned, old rhubarb 

 stools and other roots could be reduced to 

 ashes ; and when properly burned, provid- 

 ed good material for mixing with potting 

 soil. 



I know it is the general opinion that 

 soils get worn out in time, but from my 

 own experience, all soil used for indoor 

 growing may be re-used again in three 

 years, and will be better than virgin soil 

 if it has been properly treated. In the 

 purifying of soil, frost is a great factor, 

 and when the soil is laid up in heaps, 

 weeds may be allowed to grow if the tops 

 are cut off before they seed. 



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COULDN'T ANSWER HIS MAIL. 



A subscriber in the west sends the 

 Revievvt n circular issued by William 

 Kuyk, of flillegom, Holland, giving de- 

 tails as to the new carnations originated 

 by Alfred Giraud and for which varieties 

 Mr. Kuyk is looking for a purchaser. 

 The circular begins: 



"With reference to the advertisement 

 ••u the Weekly Flokists' Review of 

 June 20, 1907, page 31, I received so 

 many letters that I decided to make a 

 circular giving the desired particulars." 



When an advertiser, who offers for sale 

 the entire stock of a new plant, gets so 

 many applications for details that he 

 cannot answer them all by letter, he 

 ought to be pretty well satisfied with 

 the results from an advertisement that 

 cost $10, and evidently Mr. Kuyk is. 



IT DID THE WORK. 



We potted up about 6,000 4-inch gera- 

 niums as a surplus over the needs of 

 our retail trade to try the Review and 

 see if it would sell some for us. We 

 sent in a small advertisement and in 

 five weeks we were sold out and re- 

 ceived orders for 1,000 more than we 

 had. We sent money back to eight dif- 

 ferent states. When a man gets his of- 

 fer into the classified department of the 

 Review he wants to be careful or his 

 stock will all be sold and he will have 

 nothing left but empty houses to take 

 care of. The Review is worth dollars 

 a year, instead of $1, to any one in the 

 business. You can use this letter if you 

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