RESULTS. 



Ill this test there was u very marked difference between the plants 

 treated with bone black and those treated with nitrate of soda, the 

 former being fully six inches higher at the time the comparison was 

 made, and much more advanced toward blossoming. 



PANSIES. 



To compare the effects of muriate of potash with the sulphate, 

 thirty-six plants of a choice strain of pansies were set in two beds 

 and treated by mixing the fine fertilizer with soil so as not to bring 

 it in contact with the leaves. The result is as follows : 

 Plot No. 1. Treated with Muriate of Potash gave 806 blooms. 

 Plot No. 2. Treated with Sulphate of Potash gave 1363 blooms. 



CARNATIONS 



WITH COMIUNED FERTILIZERS. 



To learn the best combination for the carnation 13 plots were made, 

 each of 10 of the same kind of plants. Using four pounds ground 

 bone to each plot mixed with a well enriched soil as a basis, other 

 fertilizers were applied as follows : 



Plot. No. of Blooms. 



No. 1. ^ lb. Muriate of Potash, ^ lb. Sul. Ammonia, 130 



No. 2. i " " i lb. N. Potash, 124 



No. 3. I " " ilb. N. Soda, 124 



No. 4. i " "2 ^^' BoneBlack (dissolved) 154 



No. 5. i '' " i lb. Dried Blood, 134 



No. 6. i " " lib. M. Potash (excess), 118 



No. 7. I lb. Sul. Potash, 132 



No. 8. ^ " " A lb. Sul. Ammonia, 163 



No. y. I " " i lb. Nitrate Potash, 110 



No. 10. 1 " " 1 lb. N. Soda, 133 



No. 11. 1 " " 1 lb. Bone Black (dissolved) 161 



No. 12. 1 " " i lb. Dried Blood, • 113 



No. 13. A " " I lb. Sul. Potash (excess), 128 



In this test, the Sulphate of potash with the Sulphate of ammonia 

 gave the best results, closely followed bj^ the same form of potash 

 combined with bone black ; with the latter, and Muriate of potash 

 third, while the poorest results were from Sulphate and Nitrate of 

 potash, Sulphate of potash and dried blood and Muriate of potash in 



