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The Flofists' Review 



AUQDBT 20, 1914. 



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contracts with American growers are 

 indeed fortunate." 



"The crop of beet is just being har- 

 vested with us at the present time," 

 said Frederick M. Clark, at Milford, 

 August 12, "and is of normal acreage. 

 Although the yield has been somewhat 

 lessened by excessive rain during July, 

 we have a pretty good average crop. 

 We cannot as yet estimate the yield, 

 but think it will be at least normal. 



"Our onion seed crop is looking well 

 at this time. Our acreage of this is 

 normal, and, while the rain during the 

 last week of July materially interfered 

 with the setting of the seeds, the balance 

 is coming into boll at the present time 

 and bids fair to make a good crop. It 

 is, however, the height of the critical 

 stage with this crop and adverse 

 weather conditions may yet materially 

 affect it. We do not know about this 

 crop until it is harvested, which will 

 be much later than usual this season. 

 From present indications, cutting will 

 not start before August 20 to 25. 



"Sweet corn is backward, but is 

 making exceedingly rapid progress at 

 this time. If the present forcing hot 

 weather continues, I believe we shall 

 make a normal crop of this standard 

 article. ' ' 



ADAPTATION OF PLANTS TO SOIL 



[Contlnned from page 44.] 



and the seedlings make better growth 

 when the soil is slightly compacted. The 

 total exclusion of air from seeds, how- 

 ever, as shown by experiments with a 

 vacuum, prevents germination. A close 

 textured soil tends to have this same 

 effect, depending upon the nature of the 

 seed as well as upon the amount of air 

 received; therefore, it becomes neces- 

 sary to take into account the depth of 

 the planting of seeds in practical agri- 

 culture. Certain seeds and plants are 

 much more susceptible to air than oth- 

 ers, and artificial aeration of soil is 

 often beneficial. In one experiment, 

 where 1,500 lettuce seeds were sown in 

 two boxes, in one of which the soil was 

 aerated for a few hours each day, there 

 was a gain of twenty per cent in germi- 

 nation and forty -six per cent of growth 

 of seedlings in the aerated soil. 



Lettuce or white clover seed planted 

 in a close textured soil that has been 

 firmly tamped will fail to germinate at 

 all, while such seeds as plantain will 

 germinate quite freely under the same 

 conditions, showing that the plantain is 

 better adapted to a close textured soil 

 than the other seeds mentioned. 



In the more intensive agriculture of 

 the future, aeration of the soil may be- 



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come practical. Aeration affects the res- 

 piration process in seed germination and 

 increases growth, besides having a bene- 

 ficial effect on the microorganisms of 

 thp soil, which play an important role 

 in soil fertilitv. 



Of the florists' crops which are af- 

 fected by variations in soil texture, th' 

 rose furnishes one of the best example^- 

 This crop requires a heavy, fine tex 

 tured soil for its best development. A 

 mechanical analvsis of some of the best 



