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Favor The Growth Of Water: Geography.—The potential of a country and its transportation is largely determined by geography. Extensive coastlines indented with many natural inlets and harbors and large navigable rivers or natural lakes penetrating the interior favor the growth of water transportation. Mountains, swamps, bodies of water, and desert areas stretching across main lines of trade and travel serve as obstacles to land surface transportation.
Adding raw sugar to the water, or pennies, or diet soda does nothing except help the growth of bacteria, thus clogging stems so they cannot take up water. The University of California at Davis conducted an experiment in which a lemon-lime soft drink was added to water (1 part soft drink to 2 parts water) and tests did show that flowers lasted far longer than in plain water. The sugar in the soda apparently feeds the flowers and the acidity inhibits bacterial growth. The same results can be had by mixing 1 tablespoon of corn syrup and 10 drops of ' bleach in a quart of warm water. (Forgive an old curmudgeon, but that seems like undue effort to keep flowers fresh, with an active cutting garden in the backyard.) Commercial preparations are also available, but I've never tried them.
Moss may be destroyed by spreading powdered sulphate of iron over it at the rate of one ounce to a square yard but unless the basic cause for its development is corrected more will grow.
Algae, which usually appears as a bluish green scum or slime on the soil surface, develops under the same conditions that favor the growth of moss and may be eliminated by following the procedures recommended for destroying moss. It may be killed promptly by the application of a solution made by dissolving a teaspoonful of copper sulfate in eight gallons of water but algae will grow again unless steps are taken to improve the soil. |
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