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S. CiiUT^ell & G^uitle. 
CAlilfEI,l,»S 
REAL MANURE ” or FLOWER PRODUCER, 
AND HOW TO GET THE FIRST PRIZES. 
'OTIIIN G can be so jilain to see and understand — when but a mere i 
handful of soil in pots becomes woven and interwoven with roots 
for months — that nothing in the shape of nourishment can re- 
main but what is conveyed in the water from time to time for 
the plants to live on. It becomes perfectly apparent to all that, if vigour 
in growth and highly coloured blooms are required — particularly in hot 
weather — something beyond the ordinary water must be given, and we 
are quite sure that no one can grow plants in pots to attain anything 
approaching perfection without supplying them in some way or the other 
with food from day to day. and the ordinary horse, cow, or sheep manure 
placed in a tub and administered in a clear state, will give additional 
vigour ; but as the strength is uncertain, and often injurious, and the 
smell objectionable, we have determined to offer our specially prepared 
“KeaI/ Manoke,” in large or small quantities, to be used once a week 
at the rate of f oz. to the gallon. All plants, after they become pot- 
bound, must be fed, and, if with the above food, the result will be 
marvellous and (juite perceptible after ten days. Without seeing the 
beneficial effect of this specially prejiarcd Manure one would be surprised 
at the difference ; the foliage at once becomes greener and more dense, 
points of each shoot put forth a greater length, more buds, and the flower assumes larger and bolder 
dimensions, colour far more vivid, ami the whole more attractive and beautiful. 
Healthy, vigorous growth is seldom attacked with insects. This most rapid growth generally dates 
from the time when the first roots reach the sides of the pot until the first rootlet finds its way through 
the bottom of the ])ot; from this day onward all plants must be either shifted into fresh soil or fed in 
some way, otherwise the plant is hastened into premature blooming, leaves gradually turn yellow, 
insects attack them, and the wonder is, what is the matter. Clear water is just sufficient to keep 
them lingering for a time ; should the weather be hot and dry they positively soon become an eyesore 
instead of an object of beauty. To grow plants to perfection, the art of feeding and giving a regular 
and sufficient moisture is the main secret, and if either is done too much or too little the object suffers 
by showing some slight signs of weakness, and only by close observers are those signs of yellowness 
detected until insects commence eating the under surface of the foliage and tender skins, and as soon 
as the sun shines the leaves become blotched, from the fact of the under skin and veins being severed 
and then scorched brown by the sap not being able to flow ; hence the thousands of sickly-looking 
plants that abound in almost every garden. It sometimes happens that too high and dry a tempera- 
ture wilt produce red spider and thrip, and give the like sickly appearance. If so the beauty of the 
plant is gone for the season, and it had better be stood out of doors in the shade. IVjlealy atid house 
bugs ami scaly insects can be completely eradicated by lightly brushing them with paraffin oil ; the 
slightest touch of this shrivels them up. Thrip, a smalt, long, brown or black insect, somewhat like 
the shape of a pin’s iioiut, are difficult to get rid of, and the best way' not to let them come is by using 
our “ Keai, Manure ; ” and the same with the minute pest commonly called red spider. They' are .so 
small that it is only with a sharp eye, or through a magnifying glass, they can be seen moving about 
between the ribs of the under surface of the leaves ; but wo have asyet failed to see much red colour, 
amt have often wondered why tbey'shoulil be so called. These mites jirotoct themselves with an almost 
invisible web, and the force of water required to dislodge or break it injures the plants; their complete 
destruction must be a coutinmnis fumigation tor twenty-four hours, and this is sure, more or less, to 
cause injury' ; therefore, if a plant is attacked it is spoiled for the season, and it is best to jilace it out 
of doors fully e.xposed to heavy dews, which is the only thing to clear without actually killing the 
plants. Want of food is the cause of market plants fading suddenly, although so beautiful when 
purchased. The market growers feed their plants up to the highest pitch, and if not continued they 
at once commence to suffer; but if our ‘•Keai. Manure” is applied as directed, ami continued, 
jilants will flower even beyond their usual period in a surprising manner, for it really gives them, as 
it were, new life. 
1 lb. tin. Is., parcel post, Is. 6d. ; 3-lb. tin, 2s. 6d., parcel post, 3s. 3d. ; 6-lb. tin, 4s. 6d., 
parcel post, 5s. 6d. 
Special prices for larger quantities in bags, and also per cwt. for the garden. 
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