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been supplying their plants With
yltamin 81 IN the form q manure.
organic fertilizers. ete A eaFtAin
California nufNgymAn lEeeE a special
Csameilin fertilizer which he rncran-
men6s highly This feTtiilzsr. upon
analysis. turned out 20 Dc rich in
NitAmin 81. which had not. Of
course. been added ~pzfTsselys bull
which wAa present In ans At uhe or
ganic examE,onenss of the fertilizer
Needless TO say. this nurserytnan
found no benefit from added pure
vitarnin H-f Laboratory tazts have
shown thai moi only stable MANURE
out particularly seed meals contain
significant amounts Of Nitamin b~i
n such fertilizers should be used.
the valur Of further additions 81
pure vltanin Bel would BE dubious
The remaTkz made above concern
ma CaKncllia should apply 20 other
species Of plants that produce only
limited amounts Of Vttamln B-1 A.
least three factors are known 70 In
flnence the response of the plant 10
added vttAmln B-t These factors
are
4 The amount Of yltaxntn B-i
N~yniheaized By the plant Itself II
this amount ID large. aN with wheat.
corn. tomatoes, etc then the roots
receive ali Of the Eftnmin they reed
wtthots further addition. NJ the
amount formed Ia the leages rs
small. then there Ia q possibility that
the plant may respond favurahiy 70
added vitamln B-f. The amount Of
vitamin B-i formed By the plant
also varies with cultural conditions
2 The amount Of vItamin B-1 al
ready IN the sol This factor has
not been studied In any detail Stll
Il Is probable that soils rich In hu-
mus mas contain more Ritamin B-i
than the humus-poor soils Of ard
regions. 1t may De expected. there
fore. that the response 20 Vitamtn
B-l viii be relatively greater IN the
soils Of the arid regions than In
richer sells.
J The nature of the fertilizer
which l. applied II TIE fertilizer
contains vltafE1in B-i manure, seed
meal produetsl Il Il possible that
further additions Of pure vitamin
B-i VII h4 without effect II naa3
be predicted that WtAfnin B-i. IN
is pure form. vii De Of more use IN
conjunction with purely inorganic
fertilizer than IN connection With
organic fertilizers.
There are. Of course. stu further
factors which may influence the re-
suonse Of plants % added yItamin
B-i A yet. however. only naeakeS
information Il available regarding
' the influences Of the three ma
Tor factors enumerated above
The practical value Of vilAfnin
B-I as en- aid In The roofing Of some
KINDS of cuttings : seil established
and Is used Oh : commercial nnuAe
by numerous pfoEaeatosB At pres
ent The xitafnln treatment has
been found 70 BE- Of particular value
for cuttings which vii form few ~
sfsnr1 roots either spontaneously o.
after treatment With root-tHduein4
chemicals. such "a irdoie acetic sead
vstamin Bel treatment q the w0pas
eating bed . week O. ten days
after ind0Ie aeekle acid treatment
causes rapid ard extensive root de-
y~elgfzuent IL auEh species. conaad-
erable esfdenoe has alpo been aecu-
muiate4 indicating that beneficial
results maF be obtained NTH Vita
min B-I treatment # the time d
tra~naplanEina This has been Ac-
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