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The Country Gentleiuoinan 



LIQUID MANURE FOR HOUSE PLANTS. 



AS liquid manure cannot always be had, 

 especially in winter, dirty suds in which 

 clothing has been washed, I find, will answer 

 as well. I have been using it once a-week all 

 winter, and my plants never grew so fast or 

 looked so well. I have a double Primrose, 

 in a 3-inch pot, on Avhich I can count over 

 one hundred blossoms : also some bicolor and 

 white Geraniums, started for spring planting, 

 only 3 inches high, the leaves measuring 4 

 inches in diameter. My largest Calla stands 

 3 feet 2 inches high, leaves 15 inches; also 

 many other things, all of vrhich I attribute to 



the use of my dirty suds once a-week during 

 winter. 



Last summer I watered all my Roses with 

 it, and the pillar Roses with dish-water. The 

 slugs scarcely troubled them, and the blos- 

 soms were really wonderful, both in quality 

 and quantity. I never have any slops wasted. 

 Bedroom slops are just the kind to throw 

 around the roots of young trees. I think that 

 is what saved our Mountain Ash last year from 

 the borers ; at any rate it never does any harm 

 to save all the slops for Grape vines and hardy 

 trees. — Mrs S. J. H. 



