BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



then take the fine coal-ash siftings and work them 

 into the soil. It is hard, I know, to get well rotted 

 manure in the city, and very hard to get it to your 

 gardens if you could find it. There are men who 

 are digging humus out of beautiful valleys and sell- 

 ing it to people who cannot get manure. It is also 

 called Swamp Muck, and is as black as can be be- 

 cause it is really leaves and grasses which have been 

 decaying for hundreds and hundreds of years. This 

 can be easily handled and has no odor. 



