30 Germain Seed Company, 326-330 South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. 
NITROQEN CULTURE, continued 
"It is universally believed that the presence of bacteria is of the utmost importance and necessity to the 
legume when growing in a soil containing little or no nitrogen. Indeed, it is possible to demonstrate that a legume 
growing m a poor, sandy soil provided 
with nodule-forming bacteria, will be 
even more vigorous and produce a bet¬ 
ter crop than plants growing in rich 
soil devoid of bacteria.” 
Hence it requires no acute mind 
to grasp the importance of nitrogen cul¬ 
ture as a means of enriching the ex¬ 
hausted soils of the older citrus groves 
throughout the state. 
It must not be inferred, however, 
that nitrogen culture is only suitable for 
increasing the yield of leguminous 
plants as soil-improver, both as a crop 
and as a fixer of the nitrogen in the soil. 
Quite to the contrary; it is of more im¬ 
portance as a means of increasing the 
yield of leguminous garden and field 
crops, such as alfalfa, beans, peas, 
vetches, cow-peas, sweet peas, peanuts, 
etc., increasing the product from 3 to 6 
times. Let us more closely examine this 
statement as applied to alfalfa and 
beans. 
Nitrogen culture at the cost of $1 
will inoculate a sufficient quantity of 
seed to plant an acre of ground. Seed 
so inoculated will thereby increase the yield at least double and over what the yield would have been planted 
with uninoculated seed. In this way not only is the volume of product greatly enhanced, but the soil is greatly 
enriched for subsequent planting. The same applies to the bean crop when the soil is 
poor in character and destitute of nitrogen. 
The following list comprises all the pod-bearing family that are in general use 
throughout the United States, and we carry a special culture for each, and would 
specially call the attention of private parties, market-gardeners, etc., that we have 
always on hand packages of a size to suit either small 
or large gardens, and we strongly recommend their 
use in the home garden for such crops as garden peas, 
beans, alfalfa, white clover, sweet peas, peanuts, etc. 
ROOT NODULES ON GARDEN PEAS 
Comparative Cost Per Acre 
UNINOCULATED AND INOCULATED 
ALFALFA 
Sample package, 50 cts.; five-acre package, 
Full directions go with each package. 
Alfalfa.per acre 
Red Clover. “ 
Crimson Clover.... << 
White Clover or Alsike. l J 
Japan Clover... << 
Bur Clover...'<< 
Vetch.“ 
Field Peas ..<< 
Garden Peas.half-acre 
Sweet Peas. << 
Cow Peas . acre 
Garden Beans-String, Kidney, Wax, Lima 
Navy.one acre 
Soy Beans. u 
Horse B eans.. ‘ ‘ 
Velvet Beans.“ 
Peanuts... .. << 
nd 
$1 50 
UNTNOCULATED GARDEN 
PEAS 
ten-acre package, $8. Larger amounts quoted on application. 
flower and Vegetable Garden 
JANUARY 
Flower Garden. -Continue to plant lilies. All kinds 
of evergreen and deciduous shrubs can now be planted. 
I he planting of hyacinths, tulips, narcissi, etc., should 
be completed this month. Hardy annuals may be sown 
n U ?p°n’ d ^ rS ’ and ; Where artifici al heat is obtainable 
half-hardy annuals may be sown. A hotbed of stable 
manure is easily prepared by piling it 4 or 5 feet in 
height, well watered and trampled down, over which 
place a large box or frame, with glass sash, taking care 
to air and sweeten the bed well before using S 
Vegetable Garden. —For main crop sow broccoli, car¬ 
rot, chicory and parsnip. At the end of the month, in 
warm, sheltered situations, Early Rose potatoes maybe 
planted. Plant asparagus, horse-radish and rhubarb 
roots. These all require deeply worked ground. Dress 
beds already planted with about 3 inches of well-rotted 
manure. Cucumbers, eggplant, melons, peppers, 
squashes and tomatoes may be sown under glass for 
after-planting. A safe plan is to sow about 5 seeds of 
each variety on reversed pieces of sod, about 4 inches 
square. On planting in the ground, insert the sod with 
the growing plants and firm the soil in the usual way- 
