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richer, deeper green colour, the result being 

 especially marked on light soils. 



This top dressing may be used at any time 

 during the season when it is desirable to force 

 a quick growth in spots that have become 

 bare through usage, and in certain cases it is 

 better to rely upon it than to fall back on 

 reseeding, as for instance when the bareness 

 is due to heavy traflEc. Reseeding in such 

 a case would not be effectual, because the 

 young plants would be trampled to death as 

 soon as they are germinated. On the other 

 hand, nitrate of soda may be regarded as a 

 forcing or stimulating food and should always 

 be supplemented with something of a more 

 lasting character and which will assist the 

 plants in building up a hardy and vigorous 

 structure. 



LONG LASTING FERTILISERS 



Of the more permanent fertilisers bone 

 meal and hard wood ashes are the best. The 

 former, for top dressing, must be used in 

 what is known as fine meal. The coarse 

 ground bone takes too long to dissolve and 

 comes in too large particles for convenient 



