THE 
SEPTEMBER 12, 1874.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
327 
=n 
either a pow ibra of Sphagnum or po of turfy 
pid t n make e flow 
peat. The p ill this seaso wer 
andit * miaa elon whi Il be asy pene ed 
by each grower, her they are to be allowed to 
in on, or i d growth encouraged ? 
If the object is to get ple large as 
can be in the least possible time, then they 
should not to flower ; but when there i 
a disposition to use them whilst young for decorative 
no harm will ne by al g the 
flowers to open, providing they are not left too 
they 
e, that is, so “that it will open early 
es 
gei 
g 
careful as n proper 
e the follo owing season, when, if all goes well, 
they make none mall ming specimens. 
Pot oe again haa: 3 it will in no way interfere 
with their ‘diag, provàling. it is done with care 
and the plants are not suffer either from the 
want of water or from E. = ch until their 
roots get hold of the new soil owers shoul 
not be allowed to remain upont the a more than six 
will interfere 
poin 
them’ into shape during the winter. As to potting 
_ this season in the spring, or deferring it wi after they 
have flowered, that can best be determin: 
suffer for want of sustenance at root by 
y oecapy had, with the 
PY: had better be | 
the reverse 
eration ng il. 
r, although it pest wise t in its 
ounger stages all the root- mae enie to get it on 
size as quickly as possible, yet, when once good 
eftected up to a certain size, " dete r- 
made, so as to renew the soil, as may be 
with coarse-rooted plants, that will bear etali} dis- 
rooting. 
If they do not receive a larger pot until the en- 
suing spring let it be done by the end of March, 
as, now =~ the gan have attained size, they 
cannot be nere with so little disturbance of 
- dik eiaa a necessity for this 
is that = the e potting is deferred un later it may 
= e effect of injuring the season’s bl t 
n mind that this plant can never be 
ce Fir; this is much 
:  Phaiotonas are but little subject to the attacks 
ote postin though ‘occasionally red-spider will make 
them, in 
E ; 
T. Bai 
THE CHEMISTRY OF MANURES. 
as been much di wpe ‘pl opinion as to 
anure, sas 
n 
deterioration "by 
sun and wind; t e writer stating at the same time 
that he hir po es” of land then Sealad with 
“as dry as sun and wind could make it.” 
to be the exc fowl, but now tho 
some to be the remains of nor life) remain unaltered, 
although under a sun. is article was 
followed by a lengthy discussion, and at the foot of a 
subsequent paper 377) on this subject was 
appended the editors’ P objection to such views as were 
put forth. 
What I would also add before proceeding further i 
this: Are we certain that the ilies of the guano 
beds loses no fertilis: 
I think not. We this r top-dressing t 
grass, &c., because it is the only m c 
resorted to with facility. There ie or ogee hentia 
in all surface manuring. If dressing ake 
are growing could be performed W liquid aplication 
m f this waste would be avoided rj 4 
was afterwards acknowledged that ‘‘fresh” guano 
more valu ae “old”; but that the reason 
as not on accoun sun d dissipating 
f the and 
the rich and volatile ingredients, but solely 
rain moistening it and c g fermentation, which 
also was the case with other ry so exposed. et 
a 
bsence rain. e only ee A hose 
hich skirt the sides of t the rivers t the 
moun tain: or 
al prev myt aking much notice of this impor- 
tant and interesting subject as then brought forward, 
jotted down a few notes, thinking I 
few days ago, when my thoughts recurred to it on 
turning over the leaves of the journal, and o servi 
y written remarks in margin opposite to the 
icles contributed. Feeling prompted to put t 
jottings into some = ther wit to pub- 
I determined to do so, having a 
on, en formed 
ore from which k cannot yet t depart, and which 
vely opposite t the theory of the old adage 
oh Bea werer be it dry 
your muck aud let it lie.” 
And hence I would say, the ‘‘ muck ” should not in 
pinion be spread ov: Ta ground until it is con- 
venient i pone or ae it i 
Th manure e, depends upon—(a) th 
amount of sashes it contains, and “be the ‘alii 
of phosphates which ar uble f 
Now y bones, w whe 
soar ig 
te and ammonia zat bone-dust ; : itis therefore 
is is spread on on a field 
the rain, and part is left t 
o yield the regret the insoluble 
vetsaistiing on o soil, and to of 
i w, when land is A Wi h stable 
in gene 
. C 
ya wd remain un ed 
Si 502 om the same volume we find this startling 
ertion cultu 
n 
“a pa 
into ammonia, so that we have both 
dissipate any Sey er matter when manure is spread 
field.” Any o one who has walke over a 
z some other person’s fields. When rain comes, it 
ashes the vital principle i into the soil; and so, as it 
were, boxes z up u mg ie of aprenen by the living 
garei it may be as 
a erst and i 
cation of manures es that tonsfitntes ag agriculturist. 
vet, in a general way, i be said re -$ the benefit 
of those who ma hat it is and best 
to adopt the Wore of ears in all kiar directly i it 
is spread ov nd, 
At p. 20 6. f ror next kn another horticulturist 
takes up the matter, an an interesting 
paper on the einlig of soil and plants, uong it 
contains some few err hic 
a this does not sure 
we hy 
snot le of all elements.” Just so; but then an 
attep is made to righ that plants d sooner 
absorb this inert agent than the active ammonia, 
which is contrary to the supposition of Liebig, jaat 
erh ong oer at ‘trae ge or this 
to inferred from the 
e minosæ, is in some 
due to the attention we pay to the rat 2 
Peas cannot well be be produced from 
e mopoa a the aloen. of the air 
table 
th 
constitutes a Big is age an origina 
It was the opinion of so oar the aasi r pneumatic 
po 
ents 
by Senebier, — 
3a wel wit remains for me 
i haere - d Y i i wa A. 
not concur with him. I need not mention here the 
details of those experiments, as they were submitted, 
in co i my name, in the pages of the 
n connection 
English Mechanic, and an 
e editors in one o of 
extract upon the matter 
their gg rs 
experiment bu 
difficulties, dieti that seemed 
hence, results were 
pl 
dried ave oat er roots 
cial food. either set of Beans took 
Badiy to to this artificial culture: the wee red 
of the fine san itself w t the medium 
wl n the plants Sethi 
“drawn” and weak, and to this Rea state alone I 
attribute the attacks made b i in those 
in the ammoniacal Mahana whi 
ink, the 
hiran the other set orqera 1i 
ammoniacal air. Besides, te 
the sema of the Bue 
latter of Deian 
