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• GARDENING. 



April is^ 



foliage was perfect; the plants in fact be- 

 came so strong and vigorous, that we 

 selected all our cuttings of tho-e varieties 

 from these same plants, in preference to 

 any others on the place. This should be 

 a sufficient reply to those who claim, that 

 while nitrate of soda and similar fertiliz- 

 ers may stimulate a plant for a time, 

 they simply do so at the expense of the 

 plant's constitution, beingalmost certain 

 to produce a soft, unhealthy, unnatural 

 growth. 



I have used nitrate of soda for almost 

 all kinds of greenhouse plants, and am 

 not aware that it ever injured any one of 

 them. 



Phosphoric .\cid. — I can not tell you 

 what symptoms are manifested by the 

 plant when there is a deffieiency of this in- 

 gredient in the soil, butas I have never 

 heard or read of there being too much of 

 it for the plant's welfare, we are safe in 

 furnishing a liberal supply. There is no 

 question of its being a great factor in 

 furnishmg food to plants. B jne meal is 

 one of the best sourcesof phosphoricacid, 

 yielding as it does from 20 to 25 percent. 

 There is danger from bone meal in the 

 greenhouse, however, if it has come in 

 contact with acids. 



Lime is usually present in the soil in 

 sufficient quantity, but an addition of it 

 to heavy or clayey soils is often very 

 beneficial; it acts as an enricher, as a 

 sweetener, as a pulverizer, and as an in- 

 secticide, hence its value to the florist. 



Liquid Manure.— Perhaps the most 

 satisfactory and economical method of 

 supplying food to such plants as roses 

 and carnations during the winter and 

 spring ntonths is by means of liquid 

 manure. I have a decided objection to 

 laying manure on the benches as a top 

 dressing in the late fall, or during winter, 

 believing it to do more harm than good; 

 it prevents evaporation and keeps the sun 

 from the roots at the time when they are 

 benefited the most by its direct action. 

 Twice during the season, the first time in 

 August, and the second in March, I mulch 

 all our tea roses; the first saves a great 

 deal of watering and is entirely gone by 

 November, and the March mulching gives 

 the roots new material to run in and also 

 prevents severe drying out. Between 

 these dates and in fact after the latter 

 date I consider liquid manure cheaper, 

 cleaner in the house and more effective. 

 For ordinarj' purposes that made from 

 animal manure is the safest and best. 

 Four pecks of cow or horse manure, two 

 pecks of sheep manure, or one of hen 

 droppings, is sufficient to make 100 gal- 

 lons of liquid. I have known people who 

 never thought liquid manure was strong 

 enough, unless its odor was powerful 

 enough to drive most people away from 

 the house where it was being used, but 

 this is against all reason and common 

 sense, far better to use it weak and often; 

 plants, like animals, should be fed regu- 

 larly if they need feeding at all, not 

 gorged today and starved for a month. 

 Their food also should be changed from 

 time to time, so that what is not sup- 

 plied in one form may be found in another. 



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