FLOWERS. 



Every gardener (of vegetables or flowers) should 

 have at hand, all through the season, a bag or box of 

 Nitrate of Soda, to be broadcast on any and every 



Fertilizer Experiments with Fuchsias, 



Phosphoric Acid and Potash Phosphoric Acid and Potash 

 without Nitrate of Soda. with 2^4 oz. Nitrate o£ Soda. 



crop that grows in the garden. The need for Nitro- 

 gen is indicated by the pale green color of foliage and 

 slow growth. It is quite easy to be too liberal in 

 using Nitrate ; 200 pounds of Nitrate per acre, if used 



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