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air sufficiently to keep up a smouldering 

 fire. 



Ashes have been usually recommended 

 as a manure most useful to heavy soils, 

 but this is a decided mistake. As ferti- 

 lizers they are beneficial upon all soils, 

 and they can never be applied in sufficient 

 quantity to alter the staple of a too tena- 

 cious soil. To thirty square yards, 

 twenty-eight pounds is an average appli- 

 cation, and they cannot be put on too 

 fresh. 



Peat ashes contain 



Silica (flint), ... 32 



Sulphate of lime (gypsum), 12 

 Sulphate and muriate of soda (glau- 



ber and common salt), . 6 



Carbonate of lime (chalk), 40 



Oxide of iron, ... 3 



Loss, 7 



They are an excellent application to 

 lawns, turnips, cabbages, potatoes, and 

 peas. 



Coal ashes contain carbon, silica, alu- 

 mina, sulphate of lime, iron and potash, 

 carbonate of lime, and oxide of iron. 

 They are a good manure for grass, peas, 

 and potatoes. Sprinkled half an inch 

 deep on the surface over beans and peas, 

 they hasten the germination of the seed, 

 and preserve it from mice. They are 

 also used for forming dry walks in the 

 kitchen department. 



Soap-boilers' ashes contain 



Silica 35.0 



Lime 35.0 



Magnesia 2.3 



Alumina (clay) .... 1.5 



Oxide of Iron .... 1.7 



Manganese . . . 1.8 



Potash (combined with Silica) . 0.5 



Soda (do.) 0.2 



Sulphuric Acid (combined with 



Lime) 0.2 



Phosphoric Acid (do.) . . 3.5 

 Common Salt . . . .0.1 

 Carbonic Acid (combined with 



Lime and Magnesia) . . 18.2 



They are good for all crops, but es- 

 pecially grass and potatoes. 



Wood ashes and the ashes of garden 

 weeds generally contain silica, alumina, 

 oxides of iron and manganese, lime, 

 magnesia, potash, partly in the state of 

 a silicate, soda, sulphates of potash and 

 lime, phosphate of lime, chloride of 

 sodium (common salt), and carbonates 

 of lime, potash, and magnesia, with a 

 considerable portion of charcoal. They 



are a good application to cabbages, pota- 

 toes, and peas. 



Turf ashes contain silica, alumina, 

 oxides of iron and manganese, lime, 

 magnesia, sulphates of potash and lime, 

 phosphates of lime and magnesia, com- 

 mon salt, and charcoal. They have been 

 used beneficially to grass, onions, carrots, 

 beans, potatoes, and beet root. 



ASH-TREE. Fraxinus excelsior. 



ASIATIC-POISON BULB. Crinum asia- 

 ticum. 



ASI'MINA. (A Canadian name not ex- 

 plained. Nat. ord., Anonads [Anona- 

 ceae]. Linn., \%-Polyandria, 6-Polygynia). 

 A. triloba is a fit companion to such 

 plants as Daphnes, Illiciums, and Dirca 

 palustris, in British gardens. Sometimes 

 by seed, but chiefly by layering the 

 branches towards the end of summer. 

 Peat and loam. 



A. grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 3. White. 

 June. Georgia. 1820. 



parviflo'ra (small -flowered). 3. Brown. 



May. North America. 1806. 



pygmce'a (pygmy). 2. White. North 



America. 1812. 



tri'loba (three lobed flowered). 8. Pale 



purple. August. China. 1822.. 



ASPA'LATHUS. (From , not, and spao, 

 to extract ; in reference to the difficulty 

 of extracting its thorns from a wound. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous plants [Fabaceaej. 

 Linn., 1 Q-Monadelphia 6-Decandria*) . With 

 one exception, all greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs. Cuttings of half ripened wood 

 in April, in sand; placed over sandy peat, 

 well drained, kept shaded, and little water 

 given, as they are apt to damp off. Loam 

 and lumpy peat. Temp., summer, 55 to 

 65 ; winter, 40 to 45. 



A. affi'nis (kindred). 3. Yellow. July. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1822. 



a'/6es (white). 4. White. July. Capo 



of Good Hope. 1774. 



araneo'sa (cob webbed). 3. Yellow. July 



Cape of Good Hope. 1 795. 



argefntea (silvery-lcarcd) . 2. Yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1 7 59. 



asparagoi'des (asparagus-like). 3. Yellow. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 1812. 



astroi'tes (starry). 2. Yellow. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1818. 



callo'sa (hardened). 3. Yellow. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1812. 



ca'ndicans (whitish). 2. Pale yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1774. 



carntfsa (fleshy-team/). 3. Yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1795. 



capita' ta (bead-flowered). 2. Yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1823. 



