406 GARDEN PLANNING 



Use at the rate of one ounce a week for each plant, 

 watering liberally after each application. 



Chrysanthemums. 



Nitrate of soda I part 



Kainit i " 



Superphosphate i " 



Sulphate of iron 1 " 



Use at the rate of one ounce to a gallon of water as a 



liquid manure. 



Carnations. 



Sulphate of ammonia I part 



Kainit i " 



Superphosphate i " 



Use as the last. 



Grape Fines. 



Guano i part 



Kainit i " 



Use as a top dressing at the rate of one quarter pound 



to the square yard of soil. As a manure when the berries 



are forming the following is good : 



Guano I part 



Nitrate of soda i " 



Muriate of potash i " 



Superphosphate I " 



Use as above. 



One other method of improving the soil, that may be 

 practised in the vegetable garden and wherever annual 

 plants can be removed by September, is the use of green 

 manures. This means growing a forage crop such as 

 peas, clover, oats, barley, rye or buckwheat, to be left 

 untouched until late fall or early spring, when it is plowed 

 under. This is an especially valuable treatment for 

 extremely light or heavy soils, and around fruit trees. 

 In the latter case sow the crop about July 1 5th and 

 plough it under the following spring. 



In the garden, where, it is to be hoped, there will be 



