84 THE ROSE. 
all be found excellent, but nothing I believe 
is better than a mixture—one-third each— 
of cow-dung, rotted hops, and turfy loam. 
Horse-dung is much better for heavy soils 
than for light, and cow-manure does not do 
so well for soils inclining to be wet. In the 
hot, dry weather, which we often have in 
summer, a good watering of liquid manure 
will be of very great benefit to the plants, 
more especially during the time of the forma- 
tion of flower buds. “The happy rosarian 
who has a farm-yard of his own will, of 
course, have a large covered tank therein, 
for the reception and preservation of liquid 
manure. At all times, of drought especially, 
this will be more precious as a restorative and 
tonic to his roses than the waters of Kis- 
singen, Vichy, or Harrogate to his invalid 
fellow-men. Only let him remember this 
rule of application—weak and oft rather than 
strong and seldom. I bought my own ex- 
perience by destroying with too potent pota- 
tions—forgetting that infants don’t drink 
brandy zeat—the delicate fibrous rootlets of 
some beautiful rose-trees on the Manetti 
stock.” * Night soil would be found a most 
valuable manure, if people would only 
rightly prepare and use it, but each rosariar 
* S. R. Hole. 
