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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  the 
  manured 
  plants 
  one-half 
  gave 
  full 
  crowns, 
  

   of 
  the 
  non-manured 
  only 
  one-fifth, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   sandy 
  soil 
  a 
  still 
  smaller 
  proportion. 
  Other 
  

   trials 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  results. 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  made 
  

   use 
  of 
  steamed 
  and 
  ground 
  horn, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  ma- 
  

   nure 
  very 
  rich 
  in 
  nitrogenous 
  substances. 
  One- 
  

   eighth 
  of 
  a 
  kilo 
  per 
  square 
  meter 
  is 
  an 
  ample 
  

   amount. 
  And 
  its 
  effect 
  was 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  full 
  crowns 
  to 
  an 
  exceptional 
  degree. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  controlling 
  trial 
  and 
  under 
  ordinary 
  

   circumstances 
  this 
  figure 
  reached 
  some 
  50$, 
  

   but 
  with 
  ground 
  horn 
  it 
  came 
  up 
  as 
  high 
  

   as 
  90#. 
  We 
  may 
  state 
  this 
  result 
  by 
  the 
  

   very 
  striking 
  assertion 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  

   crowns 
  in 
  a 
  given 
  culture 
  may 
  be 
  nearly 
  doubled 
  

   by 
  rich 
  manure. 
  

  

  All 
  other 
  external 
  conditions 
  act 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  

   manner. 
  The 
  best 
  treatment 
  is 
  required 
  to 
  at- 
  

   tain 
  the 
  best 
  result. 
  A 
  sunny 
  exposure 
  is 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  most 
  essential 
  requisites, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  at- 
  

   tempts 
  to 
  cultivate 
  my 
  poppies 
  in 
  the 
  shade 
  I 
  

   found 
  the 
  pistillody 
  strongly 
  reduced, 
  no 
  single 
  

   full 
  crown 
  being 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  lot. 
  Often 
  

   the 
  weather 
  may 
  be 
  hurtful, 
  especially 
  during 
  

   the 
  earlier 
  stages 
  of 
  the 
  plants. 
  I 
  protected 
  my 
  

   beds 
  during 
  several 
  trials 
  by 
  covering 
  them 
  with 
  

   glass 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  weeks, 
  until 
  the 
  young 
  plants 
  

   reached 
  the 
  glass 
  covering. 
  I 
  got 
  a 
  normal 
  

   number 
  of 
  full 
  crowns, 
  some 
  55^, 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  

  

  