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Garden and Forest. 



[Sf.ptemheu 25, 1889. 



A Cypress Avenue at Verona. — See page 4 



green-house benches is planted with Roses. The soil consists 

 of turfy loam well mixed with solid cow manure. Late last 

 winter our gardener, a rather intelligent negro, informed me 

 that he had heard that sheep manure would make the plants 

 show their color, and begged me to secure him some. In a 

 short time a quantity was obtained and made into a liquid and 



applied twice a week to the roses by Andy. Certam it is, our 

 Roses did unusually well last spring. I shake my head in a 

 questioning way as to the responsibility of the sheep rnanure 

 for this, but Andy only laughs, and says : "Sho", P'fegsor ! 

 Didn't I tell you that sheep manure 'ud do it ? " 



University of Tennessee, Knoxville. ^- '5^' PlumO. 



