USEFUL HINTS 



ARTIFICIAL MANURE 



Ichtheinic guano or Clay's Fertiliser are excel- 

 lent manures. 



Decayed leaves, with weeds or other green 

 vegetable matter added to them in a heap, together 

 with some kitchen refuse, make a good manure. 

 Cabbage, broccoli, and turnip leaves benefit any 

 kind of soil. The leaves of the Brassica family 

 emit a bad smell when decaying, but this can be 

 remedied by covering them in the earth. 



CROSSING VEGETABLES 



The form and arrangement of the pistil and 

 stamens vary much in different plants, and the signs 

 of the former being in a fit state for inoculation are 

 so different that only very general directions can 

 be given in such a small treatise as this. 



To insure a perfect cross the anthers should be 

 removed with a pair of small pliers before they 

 begin to shed their pollen. When the stigma 

 arrives at the proper stage, which is known by 

 various signs, the pollen from the plant selected 

 for the male parent must be applied to it either by 



