Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural SocietyW.D. Ticknor, 1888 |
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Page 77 - ... to furnish what more is needed. It is not good economy to pay' high prices for materials which the soil may itself yield, but it is good economy to supply the lacking ones in the cheapest way. The rule in the purchase of costly commercial fertilizers should be to select those that supply, in the best forms and at the lowest cost, the plant-food which the crop needs and the soil fails to furnish.
Page 21 - Give fools their gold, and knaves their power ; Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall ; Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all.
Page 344 - Maps showing the location of the diplomatic and consular offices of the United States of America, March 1, 1888.
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Page 212 - Committee further recommended that this report be entered upon the records of the Society and that a copy be sent to the family of the deceased.
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