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The Florists^ Rcvkw 



AuoosT 20, 1914. 



Your Flowers will Grow Like Magic 



If you will treat them with some of our specially mixed fertilizer, 



known as the 



MAGIC BRAND I 



It is all organic matter and analyzes high in the elements that are so necessary for 



plant food. 



WHEN YOU BUY FERTILIZER GET THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY. 



You are iure to do that when you buy our MAGIC BRAND. It is giving the 

 Sfreatest satisfaction everywhere. 



We sell any kind of fertilizer you may need and will mix up any formula on demand. 



Manures of all kinds in car load lota at tli* lowest prices. 



CHICAGO FEED and FERTILIZER CO. 



810 Exchange Avenue, CHICAGO 



27,363 pounds of total water-soluble 

 salines per acre as compared with 7,520 

 pounds per acre in normal soils. He 

 found that the soluble nitrogen was 

 1,156 pounds in the abnormal soils as 

 compared with 444 pounds for the nor- 

 mal, while the potash was 6,743 pounds 

 for the abnormal soils against 1,328 for 

 the normal. _r The soluble phosphoric 

 acid was 632 pounds for the abnormal 

 soils as compared with 208 pounds for 

 the normal, which shows a marked ex- 

 cess in the water soluble salines in the 

 abnormal soils. Mr. Haskins' calcula- 

 =lions show that to furnish this amount 

 of nitrogen would require the appli- 

 cation of fourteen and one-half tons of 

 a formula testing four per cent nitrogen, 

 twenty-three per cent actual potash and 

 ^.25 per cent available phosphoric acid 

 ^er acre. 



Fertilizers vs. Soil Changing. 



From these observations on malnutri- 

 tion, which is constantly on the in- 

 crease, we cannot too strongly advise 

 florists to go slowly in their use 

 of fertilizers or special manures on their 

 crops. The practice of changing the 

 soil each year obviates this trouble to a 

 great extent, although such crops as 

 lettuce can be grown in the same soil 

 for years without change when decom- 

 posed horse manure is applied each year. 

 Cucumbers and tomatoes, however, need 

 an occasional change of soil to bring 

 them ta .their highest perfection, vh^e 

 the high' feeding usoally given to"^B»-; 

 nations and rosef^ renders the soil ill 

 adapted to constant use. In one case 

 where we grew American Beauty roses 

 in a soil composed of one-third loam, 

 one-third pulverized sod and one-third 



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fresh cow manure, together with the 

 weekly use of liquid cow manure, we 

 found it impossible to employ the ^oil 

 the second year. When a new rose crop 

 was planted, the roots were abnormal 

 from the beginning and died, but when 

 the soil was washed out thoroughly it 

 was found to contain innumerable toxic 

 substances and no further death of the 

 plants occurred. Market gardeners 

 have found, and their"observations have 

 been borne out by experiments, that 

 decomposed horse m^nnrB constitutes 

 the best manure for tneir crops, and 

 when commercial fertilizers are em- 

 ployed, soil trouble may invariably be 

 looked for. When we know more about 

 the complex condition of the soils and 

 the plants* requirements we may be 

 able t^ make rnore ^tensive use of 

 commercial leiiihiets T(nd special ma- 

 nures; but Jft" 'the plesient trtrf* green- 

 house managers must experiafent cau- 

 tiously. 



Hirowers, Attention! 



Be Particular 



about the needs of your 



SOIL 



(Auarust Prices) 



Pulverized Sheep Manure. . .$18.00 per ton 

 Pulverized Cattle Manure . . 15.30 per ton 



Shredded Cattle Manure 15.50 per ton 



Pure Bone Meal 30.00 per ton 



Dried Blood 60.00 per ton 



Blood and Bone 30.00 per ton 



Nitrate of Soda 80.00 per ton 



Tankage (made from scrap) 30.00 per ton 

 Hardwood Ashes 16.00 per ton 



Guaranteed analysis with every 

 shipment. 



Shipment direct from our Stock- 

 yard warehouse. 



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To conclude, we may say that the 

 highest conception of intensive hoiti- 

 culture has been realized by florists n^^ 

 market gardeners; and one reason why 

 they do not receive more help from 

 the experiment station is because their 

 knowledge of plants and skill in han- 

 dling them far .exceed th»t of the n en 

 devOtii/^ their'.Jime [t^^jmi^iiisk '« 

 search. When these workers begin to 

 realize the great degree of skill pos- 

 sessed by the florists and market gaf' 

 deners - perhaps they may be able to 

 suggest some ideas that will be of val JC- 



