IRISH GARDENING. 



co-operate but, I feel certain, he would take off his coat 

 and plant the trees himself in preference to having; the 

 experience repeated. 



I therefore appeal to the residents of the metropolitan 

 county, be the)' g'entle or simple, rich or poor, motorists, 

 cyclists, pedestrians, drivers of coaches or of donkeys — 

 let them, Wr. Editor, express their views throug-h )our 

 valuable columns, and let us hear their opinions for, 

 ag'ainst, or in modification of this scheme. Vintor. 



Monkstown, Co. Dublin, 13th May, igo8. 



"Current Topics." 



Sir, — Some sarcastic remarks appeared on pag-e 66 of 

 last month's issue of Irish Gardening, under the above 

 heading-, in reference to some hints of mine on pagfe 62 

 of previous month, which I think need some little 

 comment. In the first place, the writer took a wrong; 

 impression as to the quantity of the arfificial fertiliser I 

 meant to be used. He appears to have noticed, at least, 

 that I mentioned holes should be made and that " half of 

 Ihe quantity of fertiliser recommended was to be mixed 

 with the compost, &c." Now, what I meant to conve}' 

 was, that the so-called saliy coiiiposf to be used would 

 be mixed in the proportion of one-half of that quoted to 

 each square yard of compost ; or, if I try (o make it 



clear, the compost heap ought to be one square yard on 

 surface, having- a depth of lyi feet ; this would g-ive the 

 cubical contents of the heap to be 3 ft. by 3 ft. by i^ ft. 

 NcTW, the number of holes, each 4 ins. in diameter, re- 

 quired to occupy a square yard would be about 104 — that 

 woukl mean about i lb. of the mixed fertiliser to every 

 15 holes. If we calculate the quantity of the salty cotn post 

 ihat would be required per statute acre at the above 

 rate, the holes being- 15 ins. by 12 ins., it would only 

 require about I ton 6 stones ; that would be less than 

 one-fourteenth of the amount mentioned in last month's 

 issue. 



In the second place, when a person g-rows carrots for 

 exhibition he is not likely to g-rowa statute acre of them, 

 only a few holes will be quite sufficient ; besides, not 

 likely does he sample them as to the food material they 

 contain, owing- to the fact that they are most likely 

 well-handled and examined on the exhibition table, so 

 that he is not at all interested as to their sal/y flavour. 

 Me only looks to straightness, smoothness, g;ood colour, 

 and uniformity of size. 



In g-rowing- carrots after any heavily-manured crop in 

 old g-ardens we are told lo " fumig-ate the soil." There 

 are two lately iiivented fumigators mentioned, but I am 

 rather inclined to believe that the " past master knig-ht 

 of the spade" — so sarcastically made use of — never used 



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