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the liquid was consumed by the roots in the bottle, it was 

 filled up with this. After a few applications of the guano, 

 the rootlets, which at first put forth and grew freely, ceased 

 to grow, or to consume the liquid : they soon died, and, 

 on removing the bottle, I found them in a putrid state. 

 This experiment, though unsuccessful, was satifefactory, 

 as it confirmed the opinion I had formed of this manure, 

 that, when applied in a highly diluted form, it is valuable, 

 and that one cannot well be too cautious in using it. 



The second experiment was simple rainwater ; the root 

 in this grew very slowly, and^n five or six weehs made 

 only three or four inches, with four rootlets, about one 

 inch long, each ; they continued to grow Tintil removed. 



No. 3, was manured with the liquid from a teaspoonful 

 of ashes from the wood of the grape, soaked in half a gill 

 of rainwater; the effect was sudden and great; and the 

 roots formed so fast, that, in three weeks, there were 

 thousands of feeders in the bottle, and, in bright days 

 it had to be filled morning and evening ; it very soon 

 used up the first quantity, and had another supply fur- 

 nished ; this I cut off and planted out ; it is now a grow- 

 ing plant in the border. 



No. 4, was manured with the extract from one pound 

 of cow manure, which had been under cover four years, 

 and never exposed to the weather; it was as free from 

 any offensive smell as the purest spring- water, and was 

 prepared by steeping several days, before using, and 

 was then strained into a bottle. The effect of this was 

 like the above, — from the ashes: I could not perceive 

 any difference. This is also a plant now growing in the 

 border. m 



