100 THE CANADIAN IIOKTICULTUllIST, 



manure water, the foliage generally changes from a green to a golden 

 yellov/, moving from the stem down to the point of the leaf, which, 

 however, lasts only for a few weeks, when it changes to a dark, glossy 

 green. Plants under this watering grow very strong, and the flowers 

 are very regal and bright in color. Plants thus treated can he kept 

 in very small pots for a long time without being transplanted. 



We find this recipe now going the rounds of the American journals, 

 credited to a Baltimore florist, who seems to say as the result of his 

 experience that this liquid manure, applied in the manner mentioned 

 above, is especially advantageous to market gardeners, enabling them to 

 sell plants grown in three and four-inch pots as large and attractive 

 as those shifted into five and six-inch pots, when only rich soil is 

 used. It is added tlmt plants grown in this manner by the use of this 

 liquid fertilizer, will bnng twenty-tive per cent, more than those 

 grown in the ordinary way; having this additional advantage, that 

 being in smaller pots they can be packed closer, will weigh less, and 

 can be easier handled. It is also claimed that this fertilizer is not a 

 stimulant but a plant food, and that plants Mdiicli have been watered 

 with it will not fail when planted out, but will continue to grow and 

 keep in growth, which is not the case when tliey have been stimulated 

 with guano, while it is claimed that it is as quick in its action as 

 guano, fully as powerful, and more lasting in its effects. 



Further, it is said not to do the slightest harm to the foliage, 

 should it come in contact with it ; that it does not form any crust on 

 the pots or soil, and that it is cheaper than any other good fertilizer 

 which is used in a liquid form. The hoof clippings do not require to 

 be renewed oftener than twice a year, even if the water is drawn off 

 and filled up again every day. If liquid guano is used too strong, it 

 will cause the plants to drop their leaves, but this liquid can be used 

 even twice a day for a sliort time without injury to the plants. 



COKRESPONDENCK 



THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION. 



Mr. Editor, — In looking over the Daily Globe of the 12th instant, I 

 ■was very much interested in the Report of the Agricultural Commission, 

 and was very much pleased to see the growing interest taken in the science 

 of Horticulture, for a science it is, and tlie more it is studied as such the 

 inoie thoroughly it will be pi-actically appreciated by the farming com- 



