246 AMERICAN MANURES. 



THE BROMOPHYTE FERTILIZER. 



The above fertilizer, from which samples for 

 analyses were selected, was purchased at the 

 company's office, Philadelphia. Its mechanical 

 condition was good, which is almost the only 

 good thing it can conscientiously boast of. We 

 make the following selections from the circular 

 of this company, with the analyses of the Bro- 

 mophyte by Prof. Blaney : 



" In the manufacture of Bromophyte, the most scrupulous 

 regard is paid to the laws of chemistry ; and to distinguish this 

 fertilizer from all others which we neither endorse nor con- 

 demn we have called it Bromophyte. This term is taken 

 from two Greek words, which sonify food for plants." 



" The farmer and planter will see at once that his interest is 

 our interest. We cannot hope to succeed unless we make good 

 our promises. Nothing is surer than our failure if we do not 

 give the farmer the worth of his money. We can, therefore, 

 have no motive in deceiving any one." 



" We offer this fertilizer at about one-half the cost of guano, 

 while its value, we are led to believe, is equal to if not better 

 than the best Peruvian." 



"The attention of the Fruit Growers' Association of Wash- 

 ington was lately called to this Bromophyte, and a member of 

 the Association, Professor Thomas Taylor, a well-known 

 chemist, at a meeting held August 3, 1869, read a paper upon 

 the subject, from which we make several extracts :" 



*' MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN : I have here a sample of 

 a valuable fertilizer, which is attracting much attention at this 

 time. It is known by the name of Bromophyte, which signi- 

 fies plant food. Its base is human excreta, including urine, 

 and is submitted to a process of deodorization by which it is 

 deprived of its smell. 



"The efficacy of peat, which is used, is due to the soluble 

 salts which it contains, and to its property of absorbing am- 

 monia from the atmosphere having an absorbing power of 

 seventy-two times its own bulk. 



