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ouiu o.s wtTc di>>ol\c(,l ill oiu* t^atUm <»f water, and part of a row 

 of l*ea« was soaktnl wiili it ; the Peas were uninjured. The 

 sume solution apphixl to the same extent of a row of fiardcn 

 Heans aippeared n» injiire them. Strawberries in pots were killed 

 with it in five days ; Kidney- beans in j)ots were killed with it in 

 a f(»rini^ht. On \'ines, Cabbiit^es, Seakale and Capsicum^^, the 

 effects were not apparent. The Strawberry plants in i»ots did 

 not appear affeeled for some days, the first symptoms were 

 exhibited by the tips of the leaves, after which the whole plant 

 was rapidly de^tn)yed. 



Mr. (iordon reported from the Hardy Department, that the 

 following experiments had been tried on ti:rass in the Arboretum 

 with Nitrate of Soda. Poittevin's disinfected manure and Amrao- 

 niacal Liquor, each having; one rod of ground allotted to it, but 

 with a division of two feet between the .allotments. 



The Nitrate of Soda, Ured as a manure on the square rod of 

 fjrass, was in the following proportion, viz. |lb. of Nitrate of 

 Soda, diluted with twenty gallons of water. This was poured on 

 the ground through a rose, on the 3rd of December \HAO , in 

 about fourteen days (even at that dull season of the year) the 

 griiss was perceptibly greener and more hccdthy than any of that 

 surrounding, which appearance it has retained up to the present 

 time ; it is also more vigorous than that which has not been 

 experimented upon. The quantity of grass cut from this rod of 

 ground, as well as that obtained from the others will shew the 

 respective merits of each. 



On the second square rod of grass, Poittevin's disinfected ma- 

 nure was uired in the follow ing proportion, viz. 7 lbs. to the rod 

 or half a ton to the acre ; allowing therefore each bushel of ma- 

 nure to weigh about 50 lbs., this would be at the rate of ^20 

 bushels per acre, and the cost about 35s. independent of carriage. 

 There was not the leas-t perceptible difference between this square 

 and the ordinary grass, either in appearance or weight. The 

 disinfected manure w hen used, w as diluted with the same quantity 

 of water as the preceding. 



On the third rod of grass, Ammoniacal liquor w as used in the 

 proportion of 12 quarts to 20 gallons of water, to the rod. For 

 about 48 hours after its application the grass became quite burnt 

 up and to all appearance dead ; but in about six weeks it began to 

 shoot and eventually became the most conspicuous of the three ; 

 growing very vigourously, of a beautiful dark green, and far 

 surpassing all the others in quality. This mixture also destroyed 

 the moss and other annual weeds, and even very much affected 

 the daisy and dandelions. 



The following shews the proportions of grass produced by 

 each rod. 



