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GARDENING. 



Feb. 



coil at the lowest part of the coil nearest 

 the furnace door. Near the furnace at- 

 tach to the return pipe a %-inch pipe 

 which should run up a few feet higher 

 than the highest part of your heating 

 pipes in greenhouse and that should be 

 attached to small iron or wooden tank, 

 which is your feedingcistern. When that 

 tank has water in it your apparatus is 

 in working order. When the system I 

 have described is followed out you can- 

 not have air in the pipes and there will 

 be no pet cocks or any trouble of any 

 kind so long as there is water in the feed 

 cistern. 



3. The best method to ventilate is by 

 continuous lifting sash from the roof; let 

 the sash be 2 feet deep from the edge on 

 the south side. There is nothing like an 

 abundance of ventilation. If you have 

 upright glass in front it would be well to 

 have it made in sections of 3 or 4 ft. in 

 length and hinged. It would be found of 

 the greatest use to ventilate in the hot 

 summer months. 



In the plan for circulation of water that 

 I have recommended you will notice that 

 it is one continuous flow in a single pipe 

 from the start to its return; there are no 

 branches or manifolds and the circulation 

 must be perfect. Wu. Scott. 



PHOSPHORIC ACID AS fl FERTILIZER. 



What proportions of phosphoric acid 

 and water should be mixed to make a 

 liquid fertilizer for house plants? (The 

 phosphoric acid I can get in either the 

 liquid or the glacial form.) I am aware 

 this would be an expensive fertilizer if 

 largelv used, but I have only a few plants. 



E. W. W. 



Phosphoric acid in quantity would kill 

 plants, as no plant will grow in any 

 strongly acid solution. The phosphoric 

 acid must be combined with some base to 

 form a neutral salt before the plant will 

 use it. 



Phosphate of soda may be used for this 

 purpose and can be found in cheap form 

 1 1 8 cents a pound ) in the shops. Phos- 

 phate of ammonia (80 cents) would be 

 more active. 



Salts in solution for manuring plants 

 must be used in very dilute form. One 

 part in a thousand is usually considered 

 the limit. This is strong enough for first 

 trial. R. C. Kedzie. 



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