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therefore perfectly right, in storing the compost 

 with matters retentive or attractive of that ele- 

 ment, which both rotten cow-dung and salt de- 

 cidedly are ; and placing a stratum of the former 

 at ten inches below the bulbs is also most rational. 



The soil prepared for the hyacinth in this 

 country is an imitation of that used by the Dutch 

 florists; it is composed of four barrowfuls of fresh 

 maiden sandy loam ; one ditto well rotten cow- 

 dang ; two ditto leaf-mould, well reduced ; two 

 ditto sea or river sand ; and to this is added one 

 barrowful of old night-soil, all well incorporated 

 together. This is said to retain its virtues for 

 three years ; but an annual addition of the in- 

 gredients near the surface will always be accept- 

 able to the bulbs, more especially to those reared 

 on the same spot. 



Haddock's compost is made of one barrow- 

 ful of coarse sea or river sand ; one ditto sandy 

 loam ; half ditto rotten cow-dung two years old ; 

 and a quarter ditto of leaf-mould. 



Mr. Campbell, in Gardener's Mag., No. VIIL, 

 asserts, as a general axiom, that wherever the 



