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THE GARDENERS’ 
—— — bY—ů— — '4äĩ 
them all at their own valuation 
hard on Hill. W. Roberts, 86, Grosv enor Road, 8. 
— Hill received ie order 5 the Polar Star 
from the King of ward for a copy 
f epigrammatists, and as he w 
about almost everthing, he laid himself open to the 
attacks of the w Dryden’s lines to Milton, 
commencing— 
“ Three poets, in three distant ages s born, 
Greece, Italy, and England did adorn,” 
was parodied thus— 
„Three great wise men in the eame era born, 
Britannia’s a island did adorn 
enley i of souls, 1 his skill, 
ck e in aers a h, John Hill; 
8 er go, 
make a third she joined the former two.” 
was a religious 5 and to Rock is attri- 
wenty men, nineteen are 
gout in 17 and as a tin 
ranted a specie for that disease, 5 was given 
for these, the last lines written u 
Good lack! 
“Of what disorder?’ ‘An attac 
Of gout! Indeed! I ‘thought | that he 
Had te ed) 
w 
ey it trae—the doctor died! 
. . 
[The correspondence on Hill must now cease. Ep] 
He 
MUSICAL SEEDSMEN: A SUGGESTION.—A year 
believe, a cricket match was played 
ound for some charitable 
object. i Biyi the needful 
reference to hand juat that would supply a 
ord of the success of that venture, but I surmise 
whi ave been succes n 
augmented the funds of three deserving local chari- 
ies. If such a result is attainable amongst a limite 
south, east, and west? 1 should 
some further correspondence on this matter, as I am 
01 that gardeners and the 
; would 1 the venture in lar 
r jed pioni be requi 
nt 
ca in conelusion 
conviction that a rub 
from such means be p 
e Gardeners’ Benevolent Fund, r 
other horticultural charity. Musical Seedsman, 
Gardeners’ oa 
published a no 
aera or N GROSSE 9 —In the 
P. 7 
to 
Grosse boosts grows badly, hence there is a difficulty 
in getting good runners for early forcing. In such 
cases, of 3 it will not be wise to use e it. 
eaders w 
certainly . W to do 
fruits as a fair sample of peed picked the end of 
ast week, that — may see they weigh eae: three- 
= of an ounce eac - bas hia , Tad- 
Our 8 uae > e fruits, 
ue "ripe, and highly e ony 7 mies of his 
statements, Ep 
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TOMATO n 
(Continued from 
cular form in which 8 apply the various 
2 at plant bod to the Tomato, as well as the 
special association in which they may be 
exerts quite a decided influence, not only o 
cous of the crop grown, but also upon the quality 
of the fruit. 
A due ier of Sri character and amount 
xistin lant- food of st soil, 
matter the followiag analytical data is given, 
which illustrates the chemical composition of the 
or mineral ingredients o of the Tomato fruit, 
with selected constituents in the ashes of the Tomato 
bine (stems and leaves), and also of the plant roots. 
Percent age Composition of the Ashes of Tomato Fruit, Tomato 
bine, and Tomato Roots. 
Constituents. 1 In the Fruit. lin the Bine. In the Roots. 
Potash .. 27 00 | 16:67 2°48 
Soda „ 
Magnesia — 8'21 
0 
. Avia A 18°58 23°33 0-51 
Sulphuric Acid oon 4°86 
Silica 00 oe 12°36 
Tron Oxide 3°96 
Chlorine de wee 2°54 
100 00 | 
According to calculation, we find the Tomato 
requires for the development of its various parts, the 
amounts of fertilising materials ee ton of produce as 
shown in the following table: 
Selected Cynstituents in 1 ton of Fresh 4 at Mi Tomato 
Fruit, Tomato bine, and Tomato Roo 
Various Parts. Nitrogen, „ Potash. 
Ib. Ib. lb. 
In fruit 3°58 1°12 6°05 
In bine. T17 1:57 11°20 
In roots 3 5˙38 1°33 6°50 
Mean 5 38 134 7˙92 
The data thus given shows that about 58 lb. 
nitrogen, 12 lb. of phosphoric acid, and nearly 8 — 
of potash is taken up from the soil by each ton of 
fresh Tomato ce yielded, provided these were 
grown in equal en of fruit, of bine, ey of 
although in reality we know there wou 
the greatest bulk of stem and 1 
The fi w that the Hine portion of the 
plant is the largest a of manurial ingredients, 
whilst the roots take up and retain in their tissues 
about a mean quantity between that of the fruit and 
of the stems and leaves 
A close examination ‘of the foregoing data further 
reveals the fact of the remarkable variations in 
the relative proportions of these essential 
elements of plant-food—nitrogen, potash, and phos- 
unig acid—in the different organs of the Tomato- 
an 
Now we know that a productive e we 2 
implies, for various reasons, the presence of deca: 
vegetable matter; this condition is seit eh ps 
a direct meer in the form of stable or farmyard- 
manure, or me other vegetable refuse material, 
— 
such as leaf or 8 An excessive accumu- 
CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 9, 1895, 
lation in the soil * 8 animal or vegetable 
is turn 
supply of the various essential a f 
by the use of an exceptionally 5 pee? of stable 
manure, or of any organic refuse material of a similar 
character. 
A ap use of these substances, supported by 
ap 
of plat nt-food, for the purpose of rendering them com- 
plete fertilisers, deserves in the majori 3 cases, and 
particularly in the cultivation of the Tomato, com- 
mendation on account of the er and certainty 
with which we can reach the object in view. 
Let us ask, does stable manure conta the impor- 
y 5 7065 materials — nitrogen, potash, and ar 
phoric acid—in relative proportions; e 
boa exactly to the food requirements of the 
ato ? 
* imoderately-decayed and good stable or farm- 
yard manure, there are 120 parts of potash to each 
100 parts of Wee with 60 parts of phosphoric 
acid to each 100 parts of nitrogen. It is known that 
the nitrogen of stable manure exists in very different 
conditions. 
That due to the urine of the animals will be the 
moat readily available, pe in the finely comminuted 
matter in the fæ:es will be much more slowly avail- 
able, whilst that in the —.— or litter will be still 
more insoluble; hence, the reason of the small 
proportions of 8 that is at once 2 in 
sta ae or farmyard-manure, and the very 
amount that e within the aoil in a very 
iai R condition. 
Turning now to the composition of the Tomato, 
taking the whole plant, there are the following 
proportions of nitrogen, potash, and phosphoric acid, 
viz, 147 parts of potash to eac rts 
nitrogen, with 25 parts of phosphoric acid to each 
of nitrogen. There is, therefore a very 
ee by the 1 
of nitrogen, the dung only 
provides 120 parts at this ingredient to each 100 
parts of nitrogen. 
And now we ask—What must the gardener do, if 
he wishes to employ manures of commerce in i 
an 
to replace or to increase the -n 
activity of 5 emen A oa ul 
he must supply the plants w important 
food materials in a readily l an 1 acting 
form. Ia nu mae experiments which have been 
conducted with the Tomato, it that 
the oan of centers manures preg as guano, 
nitrate of soda, or sulphate of ammonia mineral 
manures, e potash and phosphoric 2 in 
some cases has more than quadrupled the p * 
Saperphosphats is particularly helpful in 
e plant. hat 
J ¢ 
oking at the constituents of the Tomato iat 
and its manurial requirements, W 
liberal supply of nitrogen and 2 — in 
of a corresponding proportion of phosphoric of 
tends to retard the timely maturing an ripening a t00- 
the fruit, whilat it is not less recogni Ber 
liberal supply of lime in favours = 
exceptional degree the gro 3 a 2 — 5 and 
J. J. Willis, Harpenden. 
a 
JEAN FRANÇOIS pounsautt. 
Eve x knows the Bours sault Rose, of A! 
hardy Alben, whose parent is th? rope 2 
alpine. although . very few peol in 
of the man, once & ¢ ons pieuous 
