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Food for Plants. 



Fertilizer Experiments with Fuchsias. 



1 iiosiihoric Acid and Potash Phosphoric Acid and Potash 



without Xitrate of Soda. -with 214 oz. Nitrate of Soda. 



Instructions for Using Nitrate of Soda on Flowers. 



A])ply the Nitrate of Soda by broadcasting it evenly 

 over the entire surface of the garden you are fertilizing, 

 at the rate of 200 pounds per acre, before you sow your 

 seeds in the garden and before you set out your plants. 

 It may be applied later by hand between the rows at the 

 same rate if you find the earlier time inconvenient. 



Our Formula for Flowers. 



Nitrate alone 200 lbs. per acre 



or preferably 



Nitrate ' 300 " " " 



Acid Phosphate 300 " " " 



When potash salts can be conveniently obtained we 

 advise the use of fifty pounds of sulphate of potash to 

 the acre everv other vear. 



