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They are the parents of a future race, and ought to 

 be kindly and respectably treated. Manure must be 

 plentifully given in conjunction with the above mode 

 of treatment. It should be applied at such times 

 that the growing plant may receive the benefit. It is 

 possible for a top-dressing put on in autumn to have 

 all its valuable properties washed below the reach of 

 the roots, before they begin to exercise their vital 

 powers. However, cover the beds with good dung in 

 autumn, but do not neglect to furnish a fresh supply 

 in spring. Salt and liquid manure should be used at 

 the latter period, as they become immediately avail- 

 able. In April cover them with salt, so that on a 

 dry day the whole surface looks as though it had 

 been snowing ; then water with about 60 gallons of 

 liquid manure saved from a stable during the winter. 

 If you have not liquid manure, make some by diluting 

 good stable dung with soap-suds, &c. As the roots 

 will soon begin to move, the soil will be furnished 

 with those materials which will ensure a quick and 

 strong growth, and, if the beds were healthy last 

 year, you may depend on a crop. (Ibid. 1846, 

 204.) 



The foregoing remarks by Dr. Lindley and Mr. 

 Beaton are so excellent, that farther comment is al- 

 most superfluous. We would here, however, again 

 urge the necessity of rest, before adverted to, pro- 

 viding durability is aimed at. Notwithstanding, 



