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of bone, but be sure it is pure. Some years since the 

 writer lost $2,000 worth of new roses tteough the use 

 of bone which had been cut with acids. The manu- 

 facturer's purse being the longer, discretion counseled 

 bearing the loss in silence, which was done. - This ex- 

 perience leads me to emphaf;ize the advice given, that 

 you know absolutely that the article you are using is 

 pure. With a change of manufacturers I have since 

 found no trouble, and have used it freely every season. 

 This is a matter of so much importance to all growers 

 that I cannot do less than to say the article last referred 

 to is obtained of the Cincinnati Dessicating Co. For 

 field carnations unleached ashes sown broadcast and 

 worked into the soil are very beneficial, they are also 

 good as a top dressing on benches when used in small 

 quantities. It will be remembered the color of To- 

 ronto grown Woottons was referred to in the cultural 

 notes on that variety. Since those notes were written, 

 I have been told by one in whom I have every confi- 

 dence, and who is in a position to know, that the ex- 

 traordinary size and color produced by our Canadian 

 growers in this particular variety was the result of a 

 liberal use of unleached hard wood ashes. No oppor- 

 tunity has been had to test this personally since learn- 

 ing of it, and I would say to those disposed to try it, 

 do so carefully until it proves to do for you as it is 

 claimed to do for others. That ashes are good for al- 

 most any field crop is a well known fact, but without 



