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Hemarlcs on Lindlci/s Theory of Horticulture. 



Table of Manures, arranged according to their Action, by Henry R. Madden, 

 Esq., M.D., Edinburgh. 



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Manures which act 



by yielding Orsanic 



Matter to the 



Plants. 



Manures 



which act by 



yielding Earthy 



and Saline 



Matter to 



Plants. 



Manures which act on 



the Organic Matter of the 



Soil. 



Manures 

 which 

 act by 

 altering 

 the Tex- 

 ture of the 

 Soil. 



Manures which act speci- 

 fically upon certain 

 Crops. 



Manureswluch 



act as 



Stimulants. 



From 

 containing 

 peculiar 



Saline 

 Mutters. 



From 



containing 

 peculiar 

 Organic 

 Matters. 



By Ferment- 

 ation. 



By 



Chemical 

 Solvents. 



" Rapecake 

 Malt-dust 

 Steepings of 



flax and hemp 

 Green plants 

 Straw 



Woody fibre 

 Tanner's spent 



bark 



All more 

 or less 



- 



All 



slightly 













Farm-yard 

 ' dung 



Farm-yard 

 dung 



Farra.yard 

 dung 













Dead animals 



Fish 



Blubber 



Excrements 



Urines 



Horn 



Hair 



Woollen rags 



Feathers 



All in 

 ■ some de- 

 gree 



J 



All more 

 or less 







Horn 



Rapecake 

 Malt-dust 

 Horn 







Chalk 



Gypsum 



Marl 



Saltpetre 



Commonsalt 



Kelp 





Kelp 



Lime(hot) 



Marl 

 Chalk 

 Lime 

 (mild) 



Gypsum 



Chalk 



Kelpl 



Salt 



Saltpetre 





Saltpetre 



Common 



salt 



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Bones 

 Composts 



Bones 



Ashes 



Soot 



Composts 



Bones 

 Composts 







Bones 

 Ashes 

 Soot 

 Composts 



Bones 



Soot 



I have thus gone through all the divisions of the treatise. 

 The subjects discussed are very important, and it has necessarily 

 been tedious ; but I have endeavoured to condense as much as 

 I could, and hope the example I have set will soon be followed 

 by others. Let us differ from each other as much as we can, 

 when we can give reasons for our opinions ; let us also weigh 

 well one another's reasons, and not consider our neighbour must 

 be wrong, merely because he differs from us in opinion, and 

 mutual benefit will be the result, as every practical man has his 

 own sphere of operations, to which, from habit and necessity, 

 he is most attached, and has opportunities of observation on 

 certain subjects which others do not possess ; and when any 

 important observation has been made, it should not be kept 

 hid. 



Kilmarnoclc^ August 1. IS'tO. 



