50 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
Carnations of all types produce far finer stock and better bloom if 
grown in a compost good enough and rich enough to carry the plants 
from planting until layering. If the season is a dry one we find that 
watering with weak liquid manure is very beneficial, and always 
helps to develop strong grass — a great consideration if the plants are 
required to be layered. 
To make it, take two gallons of fresh sheep manure and place in a 
sack with J gallon of soot ; tie up securely and sink in a tub of water 
holding, say, twenty gallons ; after two days squeeze the sack well and 
the liquid will be ready to use in a proportion of one pint to a gallon 
of water. 
