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land, the wheat was rather forwarder, but not better than the 

 adjoining. The salt in both cases was spread immediately 

 over the land by hand, after the grain was sown and harrowed 

 in. 



On grass land by itself, at the rate of seven and of fourteen 

 bushels an acre, without any advantage whatever, but mixed 

 with earth, at the rate of from six to eight bushels to about 

 six or eight loads of earth to the acre, and also with earth 

 and manure at about the same rate an acre, it has been of 

 very great advantage ; so much so, that I think most pro- 

 bably I shall never manure grass land without mixing some 

 salt in the compost : I mean one bushel of salt to each load of 

 compost, and about seven loads of compost to the acre. The 

 salt to be turned over with the compost, and lie three or four 

 months before it is spread. I have also tried it in the garden, 

 but cannot speak decidedly as to any advantage derived from it. 



Lincolnshire, June, 1827. 



Art. XIII. On the Conduct of Gardeners and their Em- 

 ployers. By Mr. John Cameron, Gardener, Grove Lane, 

 Camberwell. 



Sir, 



In the first and second volumes of your Magazine, I observe 

 various remarks upon the low wages and bad treatment which 

 gardeners often experience ; and, although I in some measure 

 agree in opinion with the writers, yet I must attribute the 

 cause principally to the young men themselves, especially to 

 young gardeners from the country, who, whenever trifling dif- 

 ficulties come in their way, throw up their situations with the 

 view of bettering themselves through the medium of advertise- 

 ments in the public prints, or by soliciting favours from nur- 

 serymen. 



Gardeners from the country should engage for twelve 

 months ; by the end of that time many of the difficulties, so 

 formidable when they first come to London, would be sur- 

 mounted, which would be a great inducement for giving their 

 place a farther trial, and, at the expiry of four or five years, 

 they would be able to look around them with pleasure at the 

 fruits of their industry, perseverance, and talent ; and, having 

 shown specimens of all these to their employers, whose confi- 

 dence long ere this time they would have obtained, they might 

 justly expect an advance of wages for their exertions : but, in- 

 stead of this, the difficulties appear to them so great, that they 



