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quality. This, as we have stated beforehand, can be 

 supplied to any extent necessary, by the judicious ap- 

 plication of liquid manures, properly prepared and 

 applied. And here some caution is necessary, for it 

 must be admitted that the character, as well as mode 

 of application, of such powerful stimulants, are not so 

 well understood as they will be hereafter. Enough is 

 known, however, to build successful practice on, and 

 we will here describe the kind and mode of applica- 

 tion, which we have found to answer. It may be 

 stated, in the first place, that no application of this 

 kind will answer long, if applied in a turbid state, for 

 it will defeat, after a few applications, the funda- 

 mental principle of all good potting, viz., so to pre- 

 pare, or compound, the ingredients of any compost, 

 as to ensure, for a great length of time, the free per- 

 colation of fluids through the mass, and by conse- 

 quence a free admission of atmospheric influences. 

 This being premised, a good liquid manure may be 

 made, by mixing guano with water, after the rate of 

 two ounces to a gallon of water. To this, add stale 

 urine of any kind, and clarified soot water. The two 

 latter articles we apply indefinitely. Let it, how- 

 ever, be remembered that this forms a most powerful 

 manure, and if applied without dilution will destroy 

 vegetation. Our present practice is to merely colour 

 the tepid water with it, adding about half-a-pint to a 

 large water-pot. This we have found to answer well, 



