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Analyses of chemicals used in compounding the above 

 mixtures will be found below : — 



A greater variety of garden vegetables was selected for 

 trial. Each box was planted on October 11 with seed of 

 the following : — 



Lettuce, variety Hanson. 

 Spinach, variety New Zealand. 

 Beets, variety Egyptian. 

 Tomato, variety Essex Hybrid. 



The boxes were treated similarly with regard to tempera- 

 ture and time of watering. To control the experiment, ])art 

 of the vegetation house was turned to account to raise the 

 same varieties of vegetables in the same soil, properly ma- 

 nured with vegetable compost from a successfully managed 

 hot-bed. On October 17 the lettuce and spinach appeared, 

 and by October 20 the remaining seeds had sprouted. The 

 following notes relating to the ditlerent garden vegetables 

 on trial may not be without interest in this connection, 

 although still of a preliminary character : — 



