Abstract
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has recently reprinted three booklets on the production of ornamental plants for market. Bulletin No. 109 (London : H.M. Stationery Office. Is. 6d. net) deals with summer flowers ; Bulletin No. 110 (1s. net) describes the horticulture of plants with decorative foliage ; and Bulletin No. 112 (2s. net) considers the treatment of pot plants. All three bulletins have been written by Dr. H. V. Taylor and Dr. Katharine H. Johnstone. A general section on the raising of seedlings appears in each number, and descriptions of the varieties, cultivation and any special technique are given for each species. Length of text for a particular species is in proportion to its market value, and though the bulletins have no pretence to the encyclopædic, the grower will find that commercial factors have all been dealt with adequately. A number of drawings by L. N. Staniland illustrate the bulletin on foliage ; the others have a smaller number of half-tone photographs. Part 1 of the series dealt with spring flowers and flowers grown under glass ; it appeared first in 1936. The three booklets now reprinted should provide a modern compendium for growers who may b3 attempting to restore pre-war floral glories.
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Commercial Flower Production. Nature 159, 431–432 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159431d0
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