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Title: The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Gardeners' chronicle (London, England : 1874)
Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, ornamental
Publisher: London: (Gardeners' Chronicle)
Contributing Library: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, McLean Library
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cessary for nitrification—that is, partial shade and Aprotection from too great heat, while the surface soil jis kept more moist because of less evaporation. Narrow-leaved plants do not shade and pfotectl Septembek 28, 1895.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. the soil as do broad-leaved ones. It it also a factthat garden crops vary in the season of their growth,«=me making most of it in the cool weather of autumnand spriDg, and others only growing during the heatof summer. Here we have another important reasonfor a rotation of crops. J. J. Willis, Harpenden. 367 Forestry. TREES, SOILS, AND SITUATIONS.One of the most frequent queries put b) intendingtree-planters is, What are the best trees to plant will grow in ordinary soil, providingthelatter containsnothing of an inimical nature—but growing andthriving are different terms. Soil, of course, is notthe only requisite for healthy vegetable growth, anymore than food is the only thing necessary foranimals, climate and situation being of equa
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Fig. 68.—cactus dahlia mbs. wilson noble: colour, bbiuht saljion. CACTUS DAHLIA MRS. WILSON NOBLE.The bloom shown in our illustration, fig. 68, wasexhibited by Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, of Crawley,at the meetings of the Royal Horticultural Societyheld on Tuesday, August 13, and September 5, thisjear ; the variety on the latter occasion receiving anAward of Merit. The flower exhibits most of thepoints characteristic of the modern race of CactusDahlias, as is well shown in the illustration ; andthe colour is bright salmon-pink. on this or that paiticular soil ? Answers to thisquestion are usually plentiful enough, and lists oftrees which have proved suitable for every typicalsoil may be found in every work which deals witharboriculture. The fact nevertheless remains, thatnothing is more uncertain than the failure or successof any genus or species of tree in any particularsoil, and little short of actual experience, extendingover a series of years, enables us to definitely saythat a

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