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aV>out three feet high, of a semicircular form, is then built round them. 

 The branches are set on fire, and when about half burnt down, seed-weeds, 

 and such rubbish as collects in every garden and will not readily decompose, 

 are thrown on the top, and earth is gradually cast up as the fire breaks 

 through. 



During the first two or three days, great care is requi-ite to keep the pile 

 on fire. Here is the pomt wiiere many fail. They allow the flame to 

 break through and expend itself before the heap is tl.oroughly kindled. 

 Constant watching is necessary atthis juncture. As the fire breaks through, 

 a layer of bushes and weeds should be added, and then a layer of earth. 

 Follow up this plan, and the fire will spread through ihe whole heap , and 

 any amount of earth may be burnt, by continually adding to those places 

 where the fire appears strongest. The soil burnt here is the stiffest loam 

 that can be found within our limits, and which is ratlier of a clayey nature; 

 also turf from the sides of ditches and ponds, in itself naturally sour and 

 full of rank weeds. 



Burnt earth has been found beneficial in every instance where applied. 

 In black garden mould, rather wet, in which Peach-trees were disposed to 

 sucker and canker, despite of the use of various manures, two or three an- 

 nual dressings of it appear so to have altered the nature of the soil, that 

 they now grow clean, vigorous, and liealihy, are free from suckers, and 

 produce roots completely matted with fibre. The like success has attended 

 its application to various other trees. — {Paul's Bose Garden, exiracl in Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle, 1847, p. 639.) 



Proper Manure for Roses. — That stable manure, which is excellent in 

 most cases, and the kind in general use for Roses, is not of the best de- 

 scription /or /j^^i s^n/s- Its tendency is to render them still lighter; and 

 if it can be dispensed with, we think it desirable to do so. Manures should 

 be applied here in a more concentrated form, (yow-dung is exceljein, es- 

 pecially for the tea-scented Roses; and pigeon-dung, rabbit-duno, and 

 night-soil, are all great improvers of light soil. The unpleasantness at- 

 tending the preparation and use of night soil may in a great me;isure be 

 done away with by pursuing the following plan : — A basin, or reservoir 

 should be formed on the ground, to hold a given quantity. In the bottom 

 of this, loam may be thrown, heavy or light, turfy or not, as may be at our 

 command, or whichever is thought best suited to the character of ihe soil 

 we intend to manure. Upon this the night-soil is lowered from the cart 

 and a sufficient quantity of loam thrown in to absorb the whole. The heap 

 should then be covered over closely with a layer of earth, about a foot 

 thick, and remain closed for about six months. It may then be broken up, 

 more or less, according to its state, mixing dry soil, or ashes, or durnt laith 

 with it in the operation, and casting it up in ndges. About a monili aiter- 

 wards it may be turned over again, that the night-soil may be well mixed 

 with the loam. In spring or autumn it may be carried to the places where 

 required, and forked in as other manures ; or it may be scattered over ihe 

 beds immediately after they are forked in spring, wiieii it will be v\ ashed 

 down by the rains. We cannot conceive of any description of manure lo 



