APPENDIX 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE. Dissolve two pounds of copper sulphate in 

 a gallon of hot water, using a wood or earthenware vessel. Afterwards 

 dissolve one pound of caustic lime in a sufficient quantity of water. When 

 the lime solution presents a milky appearance, pour it into the vessel 

 containing the copper sulphate solution, strain the whole through a 

 rough piece of sacking, and add sufficient water to make sixteen gallons 

 of liquid. Stir the mixture well, and use it at once with a knapsack 

 sprayer or other apparatus having a fine nozzle. When spraying, it is 

 important that the liquid touches the underside of the leaves. 



SOOT- or MANURE-WATER. Procure a stout canvas bag, fill it with 

 soot, or sheep, cow, poultry, and similar manures, and tie the mouth 

 effectually so that none of the contents can escape. Then, by a piece 

 of string or wire, suspend the bag by means of a piece of wood laid 

 across the top of any suitable vessel in water, until the latter turns a 

 rich wine colour. The liquid may now be poured off, diluted to quite 

 double its bulk, and used ; while the vessel containing the bag of manure 

 may be again filled with clear water. Replace the manure, etc., when 

 exhausted. 



HOW TO MAKE A HOTBED. The materials required consist of fresh 

 stable manure in sufficient quantity, with a fourth part of dead leaves. 

 The manure must be strawy, and quite fresh. First of all, throw the 

 manure into a heap, and leave it for a few days to ferment. Then turn 

 it over on to another piece of ground, and work in the leaves. If it is 

 dry or mildewed, water it well. Next day turn it over again, and once 

 or twice afterwards. Measure the frame next, and add at least a foot 

 on, all round. Choose the most strawy portion for the outside margin, 

 as the small stuff can always be used for the interior. Tread each layer 

 firmly. It is well to erect the bed slightly leaning outwards, as this 

 ensures its being the proper width at the top. Continue to build till all 

 the manure has been used, and then, with the fork, remove any loose 

 manure from the sides, throwing it and the remaining droppings into the 

 centre. Tread the heap well finally, and then put on the frame. Throw 

 soil into the latter to a depth of six inches ; and, after putting in the 

 thermometer, leave the frame for some days with the lights a little open. 

 When the temperature is about seventy degrees Fahr., it is safe to sow 

 seeds or put plants isito the frame. 



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