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potful of soot to four bushels of loam, 6-inch potful of Clay's 

 Fertiliser, also a few half-inch bones and crushed oyster shells. 



2. About the last week in May. 



3. High cultivation and damp atmosphere. Eemedy : Keep 

 a dry atmosphere and as much air as possible, along with a little 

 fire-heat. 



J. Kipling, Knebworth House, Stevenage. 



3. Excess of nitrogenous manures, and too sudden a change 

 from a warm growing temperature through the day to a cold 

 stagnant one through the night after the plants are housed and 

 the blooms well advanced. Prevention : Less stimulants at this 

 stage of the blooming period, a moderately warm, dry, and equable 

 temperature for day and night. 



C. Cox, Brickendon Grange, Hertford. 



3. Wood not sufficiently ripened, and excess of stimulants, are 

 the main causes. 



KENT. 



D. Hill, Beechboro' Park, Hythe. 



1. Nine bushels of loam, four and a half bushels half-decayed 

 leaves, seven gallons fine-ground bones, one gallon dissolved 

 bones, sand, old mortar ; no horse or cow manure. 



F. Moore, Blendon Hall, Bexley. 



1. Yellow loam, one-third well-rotted farmyard manure, wood 

 ashes, charcoal, and coarse sand, mixed two months previous 

 to using. To one wheelbarrowful of the compost add a 4-inch 

 potful of Thomson's or Clay's Fertiliser ; well drain the pots 

 with oyster shells ; pot firmly. 



2. Second week in May. 



H. Briscoe, Ironsides, Foot's Cray, Kent. 



1. Twelve parts loam, three parts of horse manure, three 

 parts leaf mould, three parts coarse sand, a small quantity of 

 charcoal, bone dust, horn shavings, oyster shells, crushed wood 

 ashes, and cocoanut fibre. To every bushel of soil add one 

 ounce of oxide of manganese, and one ounce of gypsum. 



3. Excess of stimulants and insufficiency of ventilation when 

 the plants are housed. Eemedy : Moderate stimulants, ample 

 ventilation, with dry heat during all weather, dispensing with 

 bottom ventilation during fog or mist. 



