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and allowed to soak for three or four days, make an 

 excellent stimulant not only for roses, but other garden 

 crops. Those who shrink from the trouble and un- 

 pleasantness of making liquid manure will find Maiden's 

 Patent Infuser a great boon. The manure is placed in 

 the Infuser and suspended in a cask of water. Any kind 

 of manure, natural or artificial, can be infused, and a 

 clear liquid obtained. 



A first-rate mixture for established roses is one 

 hundredweight each of kainit, bonemeal, and blood 

 manure, mixed with three barrowfuls of dry potting 

 soil. After two days it is ready for use. A good dressing 

 may be applied in April, May, and June, allowing a 

 month to intervene between each application. Good 

 recipes for liquid manures are as follow : 



Half a peck of soot to eighteen gallons of water. 



Half a peck of horse manure to fifteen gallons of 

 water. 



Half a peck of cow manure to fifteen gallons of water. 



Half an ounce of nitrate of soda to one gallon of 

 water. 



Half an ounce of sulphate of ammonia to one gallon 

 of water. 



One pound of guano to eighteen gallons of water. 



One of these may be given once or twice a week 

 from the time the buds are visible until they show colour. 

 It is a better plan to vary the kind of manure rather 

 than to use the same continually. Vigorous plants 

 should be more liberally manured than weakly plants. 

 An unhealthy plant cannot be made strong by doses 



