September 11, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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FOR THE VINE BORDER it will be found of the greatest service, not only enriching the colour of the leaf, but adding size and colour to the 
fruit. 
FOR THE STOVE AND GREENHOUSE its fertilising qualities cannot be surpassed. 
FOR CHRYSANTHEMUMS it will be especially welcomed for its colouring properties. 1 vva 
FOR GENERAL GARDEN CROPS its qualities have been proved in a most satisfactory manner, this Fertiliser being found beyond doubt 
to be more efficacious in every way, and less trouble in its application, than ordinary Manures. 
Prices Per owt., 17/6; \ cwt., 9/-; l owt., 5/-; 14 libs., 3/-. 
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11 Gardening Is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
retreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER nth, 1897. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, September 13th.—Sale of Dutch bulbs by Messrs. 
Protberoe& Morris. 
Tuesday, September 14th.— Sale of Dutch bulbs by Messrs. 
Protheroe & Morris. 
Wednesday, September 15th.— Sale of Dutch bulbs by 
Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Thursday, September 16th.—Sale of Dutch bulbs by Messrs. 
Protheroe & Morris. 
Friday, September 17th —Sales of Dutch bulbs and Orchids 
by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Experiments with Nitragin. —We have 
on several previous occasions referred 
to this matter, and are pleased to note that 
progress is still being made, in fact, rapidly 
advancing, in this branch of science. Our 
readers may remember that the term 
“ nitragin ” is applied to those micros¬ 
copical organisms, known as bacteria, 
which are found in the nodules 
of Clover, Beans, Peas, and all 
other leguminous plants. The application 
is made collectively,for each plant or species 
has its own peculiar organism ; or possibly 
it may be that science will yet reveal that 
many of them are but forms or stages of 
the same thing. These bacteria and their 
host plants live in a sort of symbiosis, or 
mutualinterdependence. Both are vegetable 
organisms and mutually of primary advan¬ 
tage to the other for their continued exist¬ 
ence. Nitragin must not be confused with 
the chemical element nitrogen. The German 
