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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
lime might be more freely used to counteract 
some of the injurious qualities deposited by 
the smoke. And, naturally, the difficulty in 
getting well-decomposed manure, leaf-soil, grit, 
and wood-ash, etc., is very great, and they are 
done without, and the plants starved in con- 
sequence. Artificial manures and fertilizers 
are used with good results now that the 
chemical needs of plants are being more 
studied, but need to be judiciously applied, 
and not placed in contact with growing plants 
but dug into the ground before it is planted. 
