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COCONUT PLANTER'S MANUAL. 



Fish Guano shares with the true guanos the property of continuing 

 to yield up nitrogen tc the plant throughout the whole growing season. 

 It also contains a valuable proportion of Phosphoric Acid. 



Nitrate of Soda supplies the bulk of the nitrogen in the form which 

 both the world's Scientists and Ceylon Planters have found to bo the best. 



Muriate of Potash is a salt which meets the potash demands of the 

 crop. A small amount only is included in the mixture because it will be 

 supplemented by the action of the soda in the Nitrate of Soda which 

 liberates potash from the soil compounds, thus rendering large dressings 

 of this salt unnecessarj-. 



The Composition of Fertilisers. 



