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night elapsed between the first two applications, but afterwards 

 an application was given every week, until towards the end of 

 the season, with evident advantage to the plants. 

 No. 1. Kainit. 



„ 2. Nitrate of potash. 



„ 3. Kainit and nitrate of soda, equal parts. 



,, 4. Nitrate of potash and nitrate of soda, equal parts. 



„ 5. Kainit, nitrate of soda, and sulphate of iron, equal parts. 



„ 6. Nitrate of potash, nitrate of soda, and sulphate of iron, 

 equal parts. 



„ 7. Nitrate of potash, nitrate of soda, sulphate of iron, and 



superphosphate of lime, equal parts. 

 ,, 8. Kainit, nitrate of soda, sulphate of iron, superphosphate 



of lime, equal parts. 

 „ 9. Two parts kainit to one part nitrate of soda. 

 ,, 10. Two parts nitrate of potash to one part nitrate of soda. 

 „ 11. Two parts nitrate of soda to one part kainit. 

 ,, 12. Two parts nitrate of soda to one part nitrate of potash. 

 „ 13. One part nitrate of potash, one superphosphate of lime, 



one nitrate of soda. 

 ,, 14. One part kainit, one part superphosphate of lime, one 



nitrate of soda. 



,,15. One part nitrate of potash to one part sulphate of 



ammonia. 

 ,,16. Muriate of potash. 

 „ 17. No manure of any kind. 



Nos. 1, 2, and 16 in each case were quite a failure, which 

 leads me to believe that potassic manure is of very little or no use 

 for Tomatos. When the available food in the soil was used up 

 the leaves turned yellow, and the flowers failed to set. A light 

 dressing of nitrate of soda was then applied, and in the course of 

 three or four days there was a marked improvement in their 

 condition. No. 17 was very poor, but it did not appear to be in 

 a worse condition than Nos. 1, 2, and 16. Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 

 9, and 10 produced very fair results. Nos. 11, 14, and 15 were 

 good. Decidedly the best results were obtained from Nos. 12 

 and 13, and these were so equally balanced that it was im- 

 possible to say which was the better of the two. 



The remainder of our plants were frequently supplied with 

 diluted liquid manure from the stables, which acted most 



