| Show - - ' - I --- 4 I 11°) (CSIllitlit): Morning ti - - '''' - - iI Soil (Quality I I Determines N 41 i - è t - --- - - - - -- - - - - and -:- : 4 m-r- 4 ' By SlatidChegvililden Tribune Garden Editor 4 TKO 441111411a 1 ' i I 4 1 1 i - -- - ' i - 4 ‘' 1 - '1 i '' iI I 4 t si 11 '' S212 'k 1 ' ed 4 usi 041 ' 4 "' i f ti PLAN PRO' g NOW FOR IN OR FREE P-- It tells WRITE ' 4:-'t- - 'I': ' ' :':- 2: - : 1ti - - - - ih--- ' 10- a - ' it - '' 4 1' re - IP- ‘ td: 1 I- - - Ili - '' So ' ' i4 a - ''' -- 1' - Itipto - r T00iT4 — - " - every gardening operation may -- c v - - :31 -- - ''40 4 '''''''Ar ' 6 1 - g '' '' : '' r-- tr 2-7 - 1 ' ''' N - OW'" ''' 17::- - : ::: 4 ' 444‘ - - - - ' ''e ' -- t ' - ' ' ' ' ' - 1i:11:Np!f I '1!f:3 : ite:44 A I - 11 ': ' j -- WI- 4 '' -- -- 4 ti ) ': ' :s - i 1A ' '':i !i''': ' - ::: - -- ' '$ik""''' 1 411' g ' i ' i' :::::s: ': 1: ' ::::4 ::' 4''--- 04 k ' " th - ' 4 " ' s 1 4'' ' s :1 '1---- - :4 r' ' ' ii s A Alf S Ns t -- 40 ks - : - -- - a s- or air plant possess the faculty of living ir or months merely on the air Detail shows a leaf with the small independent plants formed on the edge Lower a view of the seldom seen flowers of the bryoph)lium ''''''‘"-k—- it- 4- f' ''i Y-- -44 tit '! 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Xlt 1 s10-------- 15 --e ::' t i 4 - t1"" AN t t01 - 'i'4 A:AwsA : 7:1 6 t r '''7‘ ' - :k ' :: t r8 - f- A N 1 4-- report r4 ii --- If 'i' I: N 'NI ''t 444" 1 ii ' ' all the oddities of nature plant which bears infant plants along the edges of its leaves with the same leaves being able to maintain Iffe for months 'merely pinned to- - the wall of a room without earth or water—this is surely the most peculiar The plant in question is usually known merely as an "air plant" though in reality it is a bryophyllum This name comes from the Creek and means ' "sprouting leaf" Some local houseplant lovers have specimens but the plant Is by no means common hereabouts The bryophyllum belongs to the succulents It has thick fleshy leaves borne opposite each other on the stems which may be simple or compound The leaves are toothed along the margins and it is on these serrated edges that the tiny plants appear A single leaf may be detached from the mother plant and will live for weeks and months if it is simply pinned to a window curtain or is even left on a shelf or table where it has light The infant Plants form in the notches and soon send out roots there also Then If planted in small pots- each young plant soon grows to large of anide This method would be unsafe to use in a conservatory or greenhouse opening from a living room unless the family could remain away 12 hours or longer When the calcium cyanide method cannot be used white flies may be stupefied by fumigating the greenhouse with tobacco paper and then they can be killed while they are motionless with a nicotine spray which burns their bodies Everyone knows how hard it Is to kill white flies with a spiay because they fly off at the slightest disturbance However a nicotine spray will kill thern If it only touches them and with constant attention - they can in iime be eradicated borhood Water supplies also must he protected from contamination in the event of air raids Not only must broken mains be replaced but the pipe roust be disinfected before pure water can be allowed to Circulate through it especially successful with African violets she is especially attached to the bryophyllum be cause of its oddity Tribune Expert Un' rauels Plant Puzzles for Felton) Gardeners Mrs yo A L Rock Springs rites: "I find such a lot of helpful information in your articles each Sunday I am in- closing a leaf from a plant: no one is able to tell me its name I 4 should like to know how to care for it as its leaves are dropping' It has little tiny green Nv o rm on it How eon! 'I I start a new plant from a branch of the Poinsettia?" Ans—I'm sorry but the poor leaf was brpken into dry fract'- ments by the time it reached me hence was quite unrecognizable Are the worms on the plant or in the soil at its roots? If they are in the soil you can bring them to the surface and then gather and kill them by Salt Lake City gardeners have size one month in which to enter the watering the plant with lime The be would water If they are on the foliage bryophyllum contest garden being conducted worth a place in the window garA spray with an insecticide this year by the Salt Lake Counden for th!s odd habit of leaf local lover of poinsettias who cil of Women through its bethas exceptional good luck in 'sprouting if for no- other But ter homes and gardens commitits beauty of foliage also makes tee By April 1 all entry blanks starting them cuts hers back when leaves have turned yellow it valuable for the leaves are with the accompanying fee of 25 handsomely marked with purple 'and puts a kernel of wheat in the cents must be in the hands of on the under surfaces end of each to stop the bleeding Mrs J Allan Crockett 274 F It can also live with very little of white milky juice and plants street general chairman water and may be left neglected them immediately in sandy soil Realizing the fact that in spite no ill efMrs P A Salt Lake City fects Its tendency to grow tall that homes must be made Nauwrites: "My plants mean so is and straggley easily rectified tiful as well as liveable and that l much to me please help me if the growing tip of the plant the state has a centennial celetree has lóst rubber My : again is out is while it nearer young: pinched bration drawirig every at several leaves bottom the to induces side this branches year these club women have and now one in the very top in form in the leaf axils launched this contest with the going brown at the end I keep Few people who possess bryslogan "Salt Lake's Beauty Our It by a window and give it a know that Civic Duty" ophyllum plants they quart of tepid water once a bloom The are flower clusters Nothing can surpass gardenweek It never dries out I have lovely large panicles of drooping that actual combination It in a little barrel" bells to a make with a'divine power ing nodding delicately Ans—The rubber plant will a betinted pinkish lavender with plant grow where none was thrive with very little water and d a inflated calyx of fore as a tonic for faltering without sunshine What exposThe flowers purplish green gardening el en IonreOti ure has the window near which is oera m stay pretty for several weeks important and necyou keep your plant? Do you local A lover flower who has in of times than peace essary sponge the foliage to keep the sutceeded in having one of these the club women believe ' pores open? I hope you never plants develop flower clusters r use oil or anything else to make is Mrs A D Thorne 234 IVI the leaves shire as has been street Her specimen is more ' ti :0( el ki : 4 done very often With these old than three and has tt years 1' rules few rubber your plant 1 41 0 I I 51 should keep in good health and l't i 4 if your plant is not infested Bush Giant with any sort cf insect I think rieloeted Strain for Size es gns (0"'-- ' 'iTrci 0and ClierPicture eat you are probably giving it too 7 made tom Photo Iwo't by ):aits much water outatotner who arose plant: g 1"ckeillirix) A:at'll over tall bloom!la '41p Dahlias then ' shade and colora V ' ' 4)t Mrs B P RedmondI writes: mthe Waripx: larger wear° making test 1142 017 4 "I have a succulent brought 1 ''''74' to lInd it an ono can pro " 41 from California some parts are Plante larger : IA T Colorsnvlio 1011 three-side- d and others are flat "Inward for to:ot ow : reeelw1 in 1942 Photo On igrele of some of them are the 'k A 0( LI point cletitilt on pocket -small new proeetions Are they Pkt $O $eed for Toot if Stamm in tont forPoeted Lokam 11142 Seed Book FREE Httodrodo VEGETABLES Could it be a night tert r hods? It end FLOWERS Toetod awl Clurontdn I 630 S OUTH STATE Lab ALmema FALINILLS Seed Gnawer Sea 000 NOSS HILL 141 blooming cerel is ? 11 hat care Garden Group Ljet s ea me of stockS of tools pipe valves and fittings available are being made so that repairs can be made with the greatest efficiency by the use of material readily available in every neigh- grown in one tail stem for six feet She has inrumerable baby plants all of which have dropped from the edges of the iPAVrF1 and have taken root' inthe soil of the plant pot Though She has many other house plants and is it greenhouse provided the greenhouse is at the end of the garden or is at least detached from the living rooms of the house Is to fumigate with calcium cy- - - House Plant Enthusiasts Should Add 'Air Plant' to Collection An efficient method of getting rid of White flies in a home fOr 4)1teMit)11S Rader are limited to three nne‘tintot each mt he tpeorItten Lectern In Ink III he tient l'ernonsil retieg In ease oni of nereiliy tinder-lia- r 1111 cannot 4 department to IahiiIMett ne ndiiillittil prop A ert Intulwane for aohnertheri architect ahould be tonaulted for such work 1 - four-parte- Gorden Book - - 07—c 4 - what and when! t or Garden Orchard or Farm how 4 440)4'1Fit PRUNE AND USE DORMANT SPRAY THIS MONTH 04 : ZINNIAS fitt) WE CARRY COMPLETE STOCK OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT PORTEPAv 073 reg WALTON CO - - f 14-:0:1 ne 1 4' i tink - Ai' -- ' 02 1 er - Z - 111 I li)v) 1I 1 7414 --- - -- - - 100101e A '''''" - 2- - it :' - ' itO'104‘ 1:: -- -- le74 - i -' z iliitl -A - Sr 4 41 stt Ca4 t' ' ' 1 -- - ' N ab::i1 ''''''46 - 11 ir'' or0o— ' -- 14 -- ) t' 4 4 1 -- 2 - - - - 4111M-1- - 'ill - t y ' VW- --- t - -- - ---- - 17 - r'l --11 tiljli 1 - "' 1 '41 b 1r -- r? pA 7" f'' 1 41 t '' - " 611 I J1041 '') i "'N ''' : i 4 a 4 s il ' 1 ' l!- 4 44 : 1Ier nil ideal house for a corner lot It will look NOMell on an inside lot of ly dimension The proof the second fl6or jection facing the street pro ides - an interesting- shadow line and adds space to the upper- story The second floor has two bedrooms and a Ilatit xith an additional area that may be used for a third bedroom The (raratire' illustrate(' here is olr of the ' least expensive styles builtas the house itself provides practically all of one 'wall i Note iliat the shutters' on the house are of ' the solid - - -- : '4:' 't12 :: t ' ''Iri ' A 41 -- s4po:42 S"'1 : or '20 years- ' t'''40 ---- - - - 50-fo- ISFO s- M home-owne- 11kee ot ED we m - I I i: 1 FLOOL : I vils ' : ' - PO RC u tiviwi Housekeeping has been made so simple in many ways by md- ern appliances that the average housewife dock not realize to what cumbersome processes her forebears had to resort in order to accomplish the same restilts Elecific washing machines in place of an old wooden tuti'ort a bench in the yard with an iron kettle over a fire to providei hot water electric dishwashers instead of a large metal dishpan that had to be carried to the railing of the back porch and emptied: modern ranges When Once the meals were prepared in the kitchen fireplace electric lights instead of candles and oil lamps that had to be filled and cleaned—and so the list goes ' GAQAGE - riztr ' P 4 FLCot - most federal Fortunately projects for defense areas are being planned and executed with all such standards definitely in mind Other builders can profit from the example being set by the various government construction Defense agencies workers and others benefited by the new Washington projects are being giyen housing facilities better than they have ever enjoyed and at definite economies in construction cost compared with former building practices There is no reason why s other prospective throughout the country should not fare equally as well n features preferred by clubwomen showed that the favorite wants of women in the home included: Plenty of closets with proper built-ishelving for each: one adequate electric outlets for n ing has remained until recently a much as it was for and that is the unpleasant subject of garbage Most of us living in individfual houses 'still have to keep a pail in the kitchen and scrape our dishes and throw our waste foods into it t and then carry that out to where the garbage can is to empty it But the end of even this anachr0- We can now nism is in sight connect an electric machine un- the sink Throw in the garbage- turn the switch let a little cold water run: and in two or three minutes it has all disapgreat-grandm- 'i should be - Weeds and is published by the Ntacmillan comIts author is W C pany Iktuenscher professor of botany at the New York state college of agriculture at Cornell imiverSUN' Five hundred weeds (and some of us seem to have them all in - should it have' I started a lawn last spring and nursed it along all 'summer What ran I do to help it along? Ans—The description sounds like a night: blooming cereus This plant forms new "leaves" (they are really pieces of thickened stein only in this fashion on the edges of others Give it a sonny spot and protect from It is an easy plant cold drafts to tare for Don't give the new lawn anything" at present unlesS you spread bone meal over it this is a slow fertilizer and is when alkavs good !Later the growth starts some of used chemical fertlizers may be F M C Ogden writes: "Will' you please tell me the name of these flowers and ivhat is the matter with them? The leaves go like the ones inclosed and then drop off" Answer: The leaves were in a terrible shape when they reached me but I could recognize one— the spotted one—as a begonia This was brown at the edges the other leaves could not be examined Is this plant kept in a It prefers a south window? north exposure It shoul0 have some sand mixed with the soil and should not be given too much Ix'ater On the other hand it likes to have its foliage EP once or twice a week syringed but must not be put back in the tb PLEUXMPEBRINTG window until the drops of water have disappeared If the air of $ By Expert : your living room is too': warm Workmen and dry this plant will suffer 0 CALL US Perhaps from these general di- 41c'‘t ' --reetions you can 'correct your a:' FOR ANY imrtroller conditions KIND OF Note to Mrs NI Salt Lake 2 PLUMBING Repair Work 2 Complete Plumbing Shop City: Sorry but that sort of on Wheels 0 information cannot be given The If you Tribune 13z - Ales through send a stamped envelope I will rimBING it HEATING CO :1036 So llth E Dial reply to you at length on the subject 00110000110990000001100100009 ( ) weed-scatterin- : self-clingi- '- - F t- I : : y Plant a Home Garden Grow Your Own 110 IL I Vegetables ot neees- large garden plot sarY Come In nose let Ralley's help yo'n plan your defense garden! A - S : : $ 100 I I: Lib : i r 44 '' i t Bailey uSonsCosl - for OVER SLEDSMEN 61-6- -- 77 YEARS 2nd So E 3 - F ( 1 4411-jo 1-L 111 1 e---- I- - 1- t — ' -- ' if 11111 tai t: : a BRAND NEW 1941 model OnlY a 1 est available IBUI 0 4 't' 3 t "SEEDS THAT GROW" - f141 r FREEDOM 41 4 I t The-intrica- :N FOOORD WISE BUYEPS white-washe- - - d 'y ' - hs g Paint - 7-an- k They are muci better built than J most erected in similtr circumstances World War I and the during fact that four-fiftof the home building in Our chief cities in the second half of 1941 was $6000 or less Indicates that the houses are within the means of owners r)rr occupants Thus it Is entir elv posstble that the sort of utility space which is a necessity for decent living may be added later as appliances again become available And families once more rise to the living standards they are having to abandon nowadays er - " houses Modern living demands "flexible rooms"--roo- ms that can serve one two or three purposes at different times of the day at different stages of life A home consisting of tightly defined - inflexible- - living space is difficult to live in and a breeder of family unhappiness says Paul R MacAlister interior and member of the American Institute of Decorators Such an inflexible house however can be corrected by a rearrangement of furniture the erection of light partitions or by the use of color and decoration our gardens!) are fully described and almost all of them are illustrated From these drawings alone the mostignorant amateur could recognize his bete noir but there- is also a comprehensive key in the book by - "For instance" MacAlister means of which the name of the points out "a flexible living weed can be learned and then rooth may also serve as dining found of rest information the the room music room library and i n the text of the pages den The bedroom may be sit- ' beSince weed eradication room and bedroom combined ting comes More of a problem every so on of in the like states these year P In addition what may serve intermountain region with our as a nursery and playroom today i sysirrigation room—a terns and since conserVation ' - may become a sewing study—tomorrow ' as the chil-- 7 rnore than ever our should he A house so watchword in times of war ' dren grow up planned may be converted with every gardener should buy this little fuss—little expense—from book even if he has to forego one function to another or1 purchase of the new roses lies lilacs to equalize his budget in the proper grouping and sepa- ration of furniture Chairs ta- bles bookcases should be so ar- i vs Vines ' ranged that they tend to inclose vines themselves Decorators call one The use of on painted surfaces is also dis- phase of this 'conversational couraged because of the dam- - grouping'" age done to the vines when they must be removed to repaint However they can be used on a d garden painted or shelter or wall where an aged appearance is preferred to a4- will purchase the New Genfresh coat of paint eral Electric Range and tracery of the bare branches of the deciduous kinds and of the Refrigerator at once green foliage and stems of the DON'T WAIT A DAY LONGER! vvinterereeper and ivy against a is well worth light background r13 considering g One encouraging feature in what otherwise is an unpromis ing' outlook is the fact that even though many houses being erect-de- r ed are planned to minimum standards they nevertheless are better than the- families moving into them have ever known be- fore More often than not they are coming from old tenements cramped quarters they nave shared during the depression wgth other members of their f amilies and from and often tumble-dow- n old 41-1-11)roveHom- -- l standards Raised Volume Offers FIlexibl Roonis Tips in Weeds every gardener should it helps him to because possess and recognize eradicati every known weed Is called as it k i- home-ower- peared A book I holds house Only one feature of housekeep- on and on and A recent poll of convenience ' rooms set-tub- : lamps and appliances as well as for lights on dark stairways And 'closets noiseless plumbing uniform window equipment sizes throughout the house automatic heat and hot water insulation: plenty of surface work space in the kitchen and built-ifurniture features in the - construction living-dinin- g tit 5 Combination adequate sleeping space with cross ventilation a requirement and utility robins with space for the heater s and household 'washer should be thought of as necessities They will guarantee the occupants at least some of the fundamentals on which correct living should be based Most Of the small houses erected this year will probably be occupied by families requirh small e the income They will facilities for economic operation and maintenance of their house- ' I H s - rs 1942 '! I: - - Gain in Popularity —: Dual purpose rooms have their tigreatest usefulness in such small houses as will constitute most - i! - spast : ZECOND - vealing the difference between living and just existing: 'the amenities of life are being sacrificed according to the experts:'' and prospective Builders mhoold adopt a "must" list designating minimum standards below which no residential construction should be permitted to fall Since cost and cubage go hand in hand the most efficient possible use of interior be made IM --- state experts In - home p1anning-2Skimped inadequate planning resorted to in many of today's home building ventures- are re- - - NI (mollies down to ininiMUM hvIng standards tor the next 13' of ' - '' Residential construction Under way today or contemplated throughout the United States threatena to hold great numbers 1i11 Titri:71 t 4 If: N1t - " 41 ' "gt 7' --A -- '':) '':4 t t Aee11r 7- :ft)tandards Of I(liflg 'i s I I I ' 41r ' - 0 A ' 4 04' '''' 141 it ' tr II i ' 1 - 0 1 t W —- ' -- 7440 o't- k -- - 11Ak - Wttr 'Lowers t - - FOR s - Many organized groups of master plumbers are offering their services and fullest cooperation to civilian defense organizations according to the bureau Prompt- repair of water gas and sewer lines are essential to the welfare of cities after air raidl damage has been done Having complete information on the location of these important piper lines plumbers are best equipped to make repairs most rapidly In some cities complete - ''' 1 14- A's -- -k rN '''' ss- 0 s' !1:4''-- oi - -': - g March - 4 :'14 an imporin reirole in defense from bombs the pairing damage plumbing and heating industries ::74: Ns: 7 "'W 4tOr -P 'l‘-Ccke- i '" 4 4 '4 - - Poison Fumes Rid Plants ' of Fly Pests i 1 11 1 toZT7!1 45 !r J - '''''18$11- a sz i' li 4‘ -- COrner Lot fit '441 V ' --:2 ' II ws4 -- y ' ttsoos14: At - of: ' -- 7 - : '' ' : Ik ' --WS el- v-- 1 i 1:: ' i s71 -- 4: ' '':'- -- flo( : ' :z-s ii: ! s & r iiiil ' '''' - 11r I) 11 r I 1 a Plilinbers Play rather than the slat type Modern HOsekeeping 1 Defense Role Appears Plumbers may play Simple Begde Grandma's Day tant work "'"' :::: -- 't' 4 - ?: ' ase The handsome purple-markt- il leaves of the bryophyllum - - 1 x N i 4 4 e' 1 v: ' 4 ' planting whatever especially on a new area first make a scaled l siketnh on squared paper Mark down the existing buildings trees or material that isin the right place or that cannot be moved: then from this point proceed still on paper with the laying Out of l your garden Study the plan with the greatest care and change it with an eraser working until you have It exactly as you want it to be In leaf and flower Chances on paper are made at part of the work or expense that they can be made witiv actual materials 1 :: ' 7t 1 - be performed with the exception of planting hardy bulbs The gardener with good fitww proceeds slowly Ile never plants before he ham pla nned and for best results he makes a plan on mind 'paper rather than in his Before attempting to do any - 4 i :'-i YOUR 52Z So 3rd West West 1st So —SALT LAKE— Anti Centerville Utah i S - 41 " ' 14 V' I 1 - !I e vier it i iNk -- -i I ': t- t 'GARDEN I t ' 4 ICTORY CALL 4 ':'9'' - A 0 e'' ''T !'i !:'1 '':: '''b I 42 ':1- 1- Iv -' -- - - ‘1:!i "'''"- I r 1W1 - 4 - '''''" '''':''''''"'ea"444'-4‘4- 'y 1 r7--3 4 1 2' with FOOD a 4 ' t '''!1' iiA ? te informed and reasonably mind- : - - ' 1 t 4 - ' N A 131":-'-'4--- Economic Future of House Unknown i 7 e I '441 i ' r r7- ?:'-- preparing the soil to re'teive seeds or roots it must be dug turned over broken into fine particles and leveled In digging the subsoil is often turned up to the surface and the topsoil moved down under This is good because the most N'aluable soil is thus placed where the root needs it for food Eut at the same time the soil on top of the bed is poor and lacking in fertility and must have some nutriment added It is wrong to dig soils when they are wet most especially if the soil is clay for it becomes gumbo under manipulation and then dries in hard masses ' t -'" it l 1- subsoil The future economic life of et house cannot be precisely determined because it is imposFible to foresee the occurrence of 'events or new discoveries which' affect the values of existing structures by making them obsolete or by hastening the operation of the forces which cause obsolescence All that can be expected i3 that estimates of future ecorornic life will be of such eharElder as will cause them to be accepted as plausible by well 0 " equally between sand and clay and which has an amount of humus compounded with it Humus is necessary for plant It is organic matter growth or decayed vegetation which helps break up the soil particles and so gives it "life" Organic matter is naturally lacking most soils of the intermountain states and must be added Its purest form is peat moss though leaf mold runs a close second In value Any kind of decayed vegetation grass clippings dried leaves or whatever you have that has once lived onia plant helps add humus to the soil Topsoil In Fertile The upper eight or ten inchesi of the ground is called the topsoil and below this it is called subsoil Topsoil is fertile sub- soil is lacking in fertility Earth that has been dug from base- ments or from ditches is infertile ' '' t" 1i 111()()11 The garden planting season will be here very soon in fact In soMe sections it is already hre d This Is the time when List year's mistakes 11J31 110 Chltil4rd WIICI1 IlvW plit1111 puist be ordered and may soon be planted when rose gardens can be planned when whole gardens can be laid out when practically 1 Loam Described We speak of a ''loam" or a "good garden loam" when we refer to a soil that is in texture 1 ‘ - ' - ' NI 1 t t i - '''''1:-' — ITZ'Act P1 1 - t r'' $4 - ' 4 before they germinate Under sun they bake on the surface and air cannot penetrate them It is- as essential for soils to be aerated as it is for thesa to be moistened - 4 1k:A' - ' - - 'N:-- ' 1 goh ' ' 4 '- ( 11 Ionise ' A 4 4 '0' 1)r()v( I -- )Util (Itil ICI'S 4 '6 IA ) - - tfill I ' 4 t seed-mone- y - g i'- t 4 ki'"4 tt I 1tti)(r 11lans A9 4 ' ' 1 I til : 4 4 --- - I 0 qz ''q o ' :t a rible0i ' q 16 ' The amateur gardener who now- e xpects to raise a crop tar 1:1tite ril t ( i1g 1 11 I 11 1 ardens 1G 4 ItiVk ZI)c -- PlantGro‘vth rmigh itild complete prepitra- tion of the soil first is doomed t to failure He is wasting both and nowatime and days no one dares do that Dull though the subject may be we must learn about soils and how to handle them We speak of the soirm "texItP1 ture" when We physical property or the mizes of the innumerable particles of which the earth is made Thus the texture of the soil may be sandy or clayey or various degrees ofthese In sandy soil theparticles are'large and loose in clay soil they are infinitesimal and er held The ideal soil is a happy me-diurn between the two extremes Of sand and clay plus fertility Sandy Soils Workable Sandy $oils are loose and very easy to work with they warm up quickly under the rays of the Fun seeds germinate readily in them and cuttings root rapid- But they- allow water to ly pass through them too freely dry- out too quickly and because of this excessive evaporation may cause losses of plant foods from the soil by leaching Clay soils on the other hand hold water well this may mean they hold it too well and so have poor drainage They are cold soils taking long to warm up in spring Seeds may rot in them - - 'I-L6-ei-5 1 1 — - ' I - a ime t 4 AAreetiatCr wawa- 4 gft WILL INSURE DELIVERY Iraandgee- In - g AlitTelerringeera6tnorrout ibe 1r 701 SO STATE ' a I 0 t |
