SEPTEMBER 14, 1895.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
309 
Valuable hints were given as to the treatment of this kind 
of manure е, and the heap-method explained. It was е insisted 
covered places. Urine being the very best part of the manure 
should not be allow ld run into an 
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ped 
ecayi e, which would 
2 excessive fermentation, and the consequent t loss 
ni EN 1 
опа 150°, пог be allowed at any time to 
In either cases he ere will be a loss of ammonia. A — odour 
Th 
tage of — —— distributed, « 8 
toon mdr аз — food. Sheep-dung had a still «бет 
percentage of nitrogen, and a less d of water, — also 
g-manure varied considerably, according to 
th n Ko. е reasons for a applying | — 
dung to stiff soils, and thoroughly decomposed manure to 
soi ined 
u 
soluble and available to the plants was add. 
this was done, the manure was wasted through the soil, before 
thes rops had benefited from its application. 
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asic It had been found that the е bones 
ground, the sooner were -r available — plent ife asd: the 
Bone- їз 
more valuable were they as manure, s now very 
much ased. 
ту hosphate of Lime.—Mr. tson then explained 
Wa 
acter n this valuable manure, by is ing that were — 
— MÀ sulphuric acid, certain gases would becom 
volatile, pin the remaining най would be that known 
ph ate of lime. Th te now 
manufactured ыз other ш considerable 8 ж 
used, M was better for dry and hot soils than 
superp 
Nitrate 
ate of Soda: agua a Slog.—The Epon gp slag, a 
mineral manu 
the Fen district, trate of coda ained in large qu 
tities from South America, Its action was quicker than tha 
of any other ni в manure. The quality of this manur 
is very variabl js easily washed from the soil than 
any other, and s fore not а complete manure, but 
should be used only as an immediate stimulan 
Guaro —This was described as the dried excrement of bird 
It used to contain about 16 to 18 per cent. x — but 
the excessive ulteratic f practised, it falls 
i i is the excrement of the native bate, and 
realise ses high — Guano is adulterated with clay, 
"T brick, 
Lime was next alluded to, and its well-known — upon 
es explained. The application of rification, 
lime hastens n 
and is very useful in old gardens where aquantity ot vegetable 
is present, 
tarh i basis. 
t d: without it 
no chlorophyll ca med pes — uently as 
Kainit, but * the Tre of Creating a tendency to 
parasitic fungi ntiti 
r the shore, and in — 
weed was fr — — with coarse ma 
About 10 to 15 tons per acre was the — 
recomme 
Fish, eat, and 
woollen rags, are all used as garden a 
agricultural manures under certain circumstances. The fish 
is er and covere . When decom- 
opt it is eee ped about the rate 14 8 bola 3 A 
ton: 
ganically upon the soil, in addition to а manu 
Its application is useful in irane чч — ia 7-84 — 
pests. rags are used i t as manure for 
d Soot were also alluded to, and their uses ex- 
plained, 11 с r4 practised in b pes to 
ry to first find by analysis 
soil, md then supply that only. Bids sU 
only one element, and d id not require a general or perfect 
cally. Th e gardener who hllows the urine to escape from his 
steb’e manure. , ап в мн G chemical preparations, 
may be said to за рч he throws азу 
Mus Avr hints were n give n by Mr. Warsox on the 3 
NATIONAL kriege THEMUM. 
т. —On Tuesday last = 
opene «алтам of the National Society, 
early exhibition of Chrysanthemums in the » Royal 
Aquariam „Ж ly, from 
point of v о еке ыы с 
junction 
seen, and the occasion nnder 
notice was certainly noexception totherule. Bat little 
MATE the мыш to long 
the season of the large - flo ‚мнн айк 
һу varieties will well before 
autumn is 
commenced, нет оза 
cause for regret in this circumstance, 
nee thee of ласа that the Chrysanthemum | is е n- 
tially an autumn flower, that it is best appreciated 
at that period, and аа x it be desirable that the 
flowering period be prolonged, it should А ** the 
means of ani varieties — than early one 
HRYSANTHEMUMS. 
for m bunches of 
The class Chrysanthemums, in 
not fewer than eightee: R 
Nurse es, Maid 
varieties, was won by М 
enhead 
—an arrangement not quite as pleasing 
Madame О, Desgranges, from Mr. J, 
of good 
ce ; 
в: Dean, and Louise were promin — The las 
named new variety is a "s useful one for — work. The 
exhibitor of the best lot w: 
i ЕВЕ {. Albans, won Ist place for 
twelve Pompons, but the dida. was not remarkable. The best 
Desgran 
six bunches of any ny censerent pro ВИ . ges, 
includ . Burrell, G. Wermig, a ts. Hartshorn. The 
on was ar W. res gr. to J 
COURTENAY, Esq., T. im, Weybridge. 
For early work the following six varieties should be useful, 
they were nin cessful stand for that number of 
M. C. Miss An 
ps themum — staged. 
rom Mr. Хопман D Davis, С well, com- 
and J J 
Ferns. 
"Жж К Н. J. JONES, rinse Nursery, Lewisham, had a fair- 
sized group of tuberous-rooted Begonias, Ferns, Lilium lanci- 
folium 8 and a few —— the the whole being 
very attractive 
DAH : 
These were plentiful, and d quality good. Amongst th 
€ exhibitors we re Mr. С HAS. TURNER, * Nurseries, 
ou ALK = 
Oxon, Ist for thirty-six blooms ; Mr, ae — Hu 
Pans, The Nurseries, Chippenham, won for — нд 
blooms ; J. Сн RAL & фон. Lowfield Ramzi кізе, Оруу, lst 
. 
a yery ber oe tom M Тноз. S. WARE, Hale Farm Nur- 
; others from Messrs, J. CHEAL & Sons, 
— ий & Co., "Rothesay, &c. 
The collection of these t DA place, was one from 
Messrs. J, — & с — » Lr къа a good display, but 
arranged them MM 
5 hibit. llecti 
S. SPOONER & Sox 8 „ and J. CHEAL & Sons ; hardy 
flowers, frs eo: c., from esras, J. LAING & Sons, Forest noe 
urseries; Sweet Peas, from the Brockhampton Nurseri 
Ty, manager), &c. 
(WE. 
SEPT. в 3.—There were a few Chrysanthemums 
submitted bidon the Floral Committee on the above 
small whi d flowered sport from Madame n 
Pompon size and shape, ve fs and useful for iy qma — 
which oe committee wished to see again. It is 
Amanda, and Mr, ROBERTS stated the flowers find a poeni 
sale i in the market. From Mr. H R уесго 
Mr. Јони ROBERTS. nurseryman, Shepperton, brought a 
of 
es, viz., Madam 
o Paia Amie 8 
each rege 
to the white se semi- 
which the committee commended in eac 
Farm Nursery 
Cactus Dahlia scarlet, very distinct and 
ttractive, from „ WILLIAMS & Co., nur- 
Salisbury ; also to Messrs, J. OHEAL & SONS, nur- 
seryman, p for Cactus Nobile, 
salmon-rose, a very distinct and pleasing flower. Also to 
the — varieties Mr 
. ER, Royal Nursery, Z., Douglas, 
roon, of fine pn me yellow, heav 
bright red; Nerissa, rosy pink, very pleasing; and 
mede, salmon, 9854 with delicate mauve on the petal 
edges. а 
пау Малака of the single Cactus Dahlia were 
rs. DOBBIE & Co., nurserymen, Rothesay, but 
they. ы to o find favour with. the comm ittee °. 
Баьд d 
‚ nurserymen, Cam- 
roval. br Messrs, J. BUBRELL & Co. 
bridge, and go fica Merit wer were awarded to 
‚ Viz., a pale pink, faked slightly with dark red- 
Mon Sunray, delicate pink, with slight flakes of 
crimson ; and Blushing Morn, delicate flesh, with a tinting of 
pink—a charming iei, 
NATIONAL DAHLIA. 
MBER 6, Meier ge ith the Royal 
rd, & d the above exhibition — 
ес ev 
however, i ep indien: and Pompon 
— very fine. 
Dahlias. m the Crystal m Mr. С. TURNER, 
Royal Nursery, Slough, was an easy er for sixty bloome, 
distinct, the Ж-ын ‘being in tin 2 Hick- 
m a very fine yellow self; George Rawlings, John Standish, 
flower, yet still a fine exhibition variety; Gloire de 
Garra 
e show; Arthur Rawlings, Florence ess of 
York, ay ease "pe flower ; Grand Sultan, Alice Emily, 
Burgundy, Mabel Tranter 
self ; Mn. байыд, one of t 
е best fancies, eget rom 
Vibe. the finest white self 
Pe ieri e t bloo 
ooms, Mr. TURNER was again 
а * of the fines 
Emily, 
t flowers in the stand bein 
GEORGE Hump 
the fore, having we 
"il Quin ot 
gd tp Brentwood, was 
. J. SALTMARSH & Sons, nurserymen, 
elmsford, 
With twenty-four varieties, Messrs. ARSH & 
were 1st, with a very good stand, their —.— этсе 
Colonist, J. Hickling, 2 Rawlings, R. T. Rawlings, 
Walker, Prince of Denm 
т, Harry Turne 
Belgians, Shirley Hibberd, — Cannell, John Hickling, and 
Glads 
‚ Geor 
n Walker; Mr. ARTHUR, Florist, 
mark a eT. W. 
Gladstone, and Willie 
Keith; Mr. L. FEWKES, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, was 
2nd; and Mr, єт. ANSTISS, Brill 
Wi th twelve blooms, excl 
MEE acta Aeris, Bril, had the bast valve 
blooms, Dandy, Prince Henry, Mrs. Sa 
very good ; M. = еи 
prit — 
2nd. Р 8 was lst, and Mr. E. 
ч „ Dahlias in colours, the best six blooms 
of any dark variety was Willie Keith, from Mr. C. TURNER; 
„ 8. MORTIMER, Farnham, th James Cocker. 
other vari shown. The best light, not 
, were those of John Walker from Mr. WALKER; Mr. 
S. MORTIMER was 2nd with Mrs. © 
other exhibitors, but two ieties only 
The best six bl a yellow Mr. WALKER, who 
came from 
bad W. Powell; Mr. MORTIMER was 2nd with John Hickling. 
