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well to the treatment, and the colour of the blooms 

 was intensified. 



CRESS. The effect of the treated peat on cress is 

 excellent, and this plant is admirably adapted for 

 showing the effect of peat experimentally on a small 

 scale. In the opinion of one grower the improve- 

 ment in size, flavour, and substance was such as to 

 justify 100 per cent, increase in the price charged- 

 To repeat the experiment it is only necessary to sow 

 cress seeds in a shallow box containing ordinary 

 garden soil, and to compare this with a box under 

 similar conditions with treated peat added in the 

 proportion of i : 12. Germination may be slightly 

 delayed, but the ultimate effect is assured. The 

 second cutting of the treated cress has in many cases 

 been heavier than the first cutting of the untreated 

 cress. 



CROCUSES. Foliage and flowers were greatly im- 

 proved. The resulting corms were bigger and 

 heavier, giving promise of better results in the fol- 

 lowing year. 



CROTONS. The plants were much finer, and the 

 colour in the foliage was greatly intensified. Root 

 action was very strong. (Photo, p. 159.) 



CUCUMBERS. Twenty days after planting the 

 cucumbers which had been peat-treated, cutting 

 commenced, 72 cucumbers, weighing 73 pounds, 

 being cut from 18 plants before the untreated plants 

 yielded a fruit (June 7). A fortnight later 119 

 cucumbers, weighing 119 pounds, had been cut 

 from the treated, as against 58 cucumbers, weighing 

 51 pounds, from an equal number of untreated 



