Commercial Gardening, Vol. 4 of 4

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Excerpt from Commercial Gardening, Vol. 4 of 4: A Practical and Scientific Treatise for Market Gardeners, Market Growers, Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Growers, Nurserymen, EtcAlthough results are not so quickly attainable with trees and shrubs as in some branches of nursery or market-garden work, yet once stocks are secured and a supply maintained by a properly organized scheme of propagation, there should be no difficulty in finding a market. The development of garden cities and suburbs, the increasing practice of planting trees in streets, and the growing desire shown by owners of gardens and pleasure grounds, small and great, to utilize either ¿owering or foliage trees and shrubs, are all indications of a demand that has to be met.The scope and extent of Operations by the would-be nurseryman will naturally be largely determined by the amount of land available and its situation. A site in the south of England, or on the coast, for instance, will enable many subjects to be propagated and grown out-of-doors throughout the year, whilst similar plants in a nursery farther north may require a glasshouse for propagating and protection during the winter. On the other hand, stock from northern parts has the reputation of greater hardihood than that grown farther south.The best soil for a tree and shrub nursery is undoubtedly a good deep loam, somewhat inclined to a sandy nature rather than too stiff. Clay should be avoided. If a portion of the land is of a peaty nature, so much the better, it will serve excellently for what are termed American plants. At one time it was considered essential that peat should be present in the soil to grow Rhododendrons with success. This is not so, they thrive splendidly in loam without a trace Of peat, and, what is of great importance to the nurseryman, they transplant success fully from loam to the ordinary soil of the average garden. This is more than can be said of those grown on peat. An open situation is preferable, and low-lying ground should, as a rule, be avoided.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.