FERTILIZERS AND PLANT REMEDIES 



ground bone meal is invaluable for roses, 

 young trees, and many flowers; poudrette, a 

 preparation of native guano, sold by Dreer of 

 Philadelphia, is a clean, odorless fertilizer, 

 rich in ammonia, and excellent for many per- 

 ennials especially the phlox. 



Soot, which may be bought by the bushel 

 or taken from the chimneys, is the best possi- 

 ble nutriment for bay trees and box, and, 

 when mixed with equal portions of sulphur 

 and dusted upon plants in an incipient stage 

 of mildew, will cause its immediate arrest. 



Bon Arbor, a commercial fertilizer recently 

 placed upon the market, has a wonderful 

 effect upon dahlias, heliotrope, petunias and 

 many annuals. This is an expensive fertil- 

 izer, costing thirty dollars a hundred pounds, 

 but a little goes a long way, as one pound is 

 dissolved in thirty gallons of water, and the 

 dose consists of half a pint of the solution 

 poured slowly on the ground directly over the 

 roots of the plants. The earth should not be 

 wet for twenty-four hours before nor for 



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