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The Flalists' Review 



March 5, l!tl4. 



FORCING LILACS SECOND TIME. 



Can pot-grown lilac, Marie Legraye, 



^hich has been forced into bloom this 



year, be forced again next year for 



Easter? If so, will you please give me 



directions for this? C. E. K. 



The lilacs are of no value whatever 

 to force the next season, but if you 

 prune them back fairly well after flow- 

 ering, plant outdoors in April and leave 

 until the fall of 1915, the plants can be 

 lifted, potted and forced again with 

 success. C. W. 



SUBSTITUTE FOE WOOD ASHES. 



Can you tell me whether there is any 

 substitute for wood ashes? It is hard 

 to get the ashes in this locality, exeept 

 in large quantities. 



ocality, exeept 

 H. C. J. ^tfT '• 



I do not know of any fertilizer which 

 is a real substitute for wood ashes. 

 They contain both phosphoric acid and 

 potash. The average Canadian hard- 

 wood ashes contain 1.25 to 1.50 pounds 

 of phosphoric acid per 100 pounds, and 

 three to five pounds, occasionally more, 

 of potash per 100 pounds. To get this 

 equivalent in other fertilizers, you could 

 purchase kainite, which averages thir- 

 teen to fifteen pounds of potash per 100 

 pounds, and basic slag, which averages 

 sixteen to seventeen pounds of phos- 

 phoric acid per 100 pounds. These are 

 about the same price as wood ashes, 

 and, as they are at the same time rela- 

 tively as valuable, an application of the 

 two in the proportions, approximately, 

 of one-tenth as much of phosphoric acid 

 as potash, would give you practically 

 an equivalent of wood ashes. The retail 

 cash cost of kainite at market centers 

 is $12 to $14 per ton, and of basic slag, 

 practically the same. Dealers, however, 

 usually charge a little over these prices. 

 If you use 200 pounds of basic slag and 

 1,800 pounds of kainite, you will get 

 a fairlv good substitute for wood ashes. 



C. W. 



SOOT FBOM SOFT COAL. 



Does the burnt, pink soot whicli 

 comes out of the combustion chamber 

 of a boiler contain any ingredients 

 which would be of value in growing 

 cut flowers? Is such soot as good as 

 the genuine black soot, taking for 

 granted that it all comes from soft coal 

 or even half -hard coal? E. O. 



Neither form of soot contains much 

 that is of value as a fertilizer. The 

 black soot contains a large amount of 

 unburned carbon, which has practically 

 all been removed from the pink soot. 

 The latter contains a much larger 

 amount of mineral matter, which is 

 largely composed of alumina, iron, lime 

 and magnesia, with small quantities of 

 potash and jihosphoric acid, but of 

 course it contains no nitrogen. Its ac- 

 tual fertilizer value is not more than 

 one-tenth that of hard-wood ashes. 

 The value of the black soot, owing to 

 the fact that it contains a much larger 

 amount of carbon, is proportionately 

 less. 



Although soot from soft coal would 

 appear to have little fertilizing value, 

 it certainly aids in securing firm, dark 

 green foliage, and seems to heighten 

 the color and improve the texture of 

 the flowers. This may be due in part 

 to the large amount of iron found in 

 soot. 



N I K d T E E N 30% Strength 



FOB SPRAYING 



APHIS PUNK for Fumigating 



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 not only 

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 practical 

 but the 

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Mats 



on the 

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A large per cent of our orders come from gar- 

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 pleased. Our mats are in use in Iowa. Illinois, 

 Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota. Wisconsin, Michigan, 

 New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, 

 Rhode Island, New Jersey, Virginia, West Vir- 

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MAY'S STANDARD 

 NICOTINE SOLUTION 



(10% NICOTINE) 

 Prlc«p $3.00 per galfon, is the best 

 money value on the market. A liberal 

 discount allowed on larger orders. Trial 

 orders solicited. 



FRANK L. MAY 



OfUce: 55 W. 95tli St., NEW YORK 



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gives you a gentle rainfall when you 



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safeguard against drought. Cuts 



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THE KINNER IRRIGATION COIIPANT, 

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Kearney, Neb.— The Bowker Plant 

 Nursery has erected a large range of 

 liouses for growing vegetable plants. 

 It is proposed to establish a mail order 

 business in this line. The plant, which 

 is at Fourteenth street and H avenue, is 

 in the charge of W. R. McCauley. A 

 large acreage of land near this location 

 has been planted to tomatoes for the 

 local canning factory and vegetables 

 for the market. An irrigation system 

 has been installed. 



DO YOU KNOW 

 VERMINE? 



John Lewis Childs, Plowerfield, N. Y., writes: 

 "I suppose you will be glad to know that VER- 

 MINE is giving excellent satisfaction. Our 

 greenhouse foreman says that it is the only 

 thing that he has ever used that will kill white 

 ants in the benches." 



Valentin Burgevin's Sons, Kingston, N. V^ 

 write: "We wish to say that we find VERMINE 

 an excellent thing. We use'' it on a bench 

 planted with Smilax to kill root lice or maggots, 

 which ate the roots, and after two applications 

 our Smilax is taking on new life and has started 

 oflf to grow." 



The Qardner Nursery Company, Osage, Iowa, 



writes: "We will use VERMINE on our out-of- 

 door fields of strawberry plants, if the inside 

 test continues as satisfactory as it now seems." 



W. N. Craig, Brookline, Mass., writes: "I 

 have used VERMINE and found it effective 

 against root maggots, cut worms, earth worms, 

 ants and other ground pests." 



VERMINE is applied one part to four hun- 

 dred parts of water by thoroughly soaking' 

 the soil. It will protect your crops from the 

 ravages of vermin underground without the 

 slightest injury to vegetation. 



$1.00 per quart $3.00 per gallon. 



(Special prices on large quantities) 

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 A Clean, Efficl«tit Spray 



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