with chicken manure as a base. Bone-meal could be used to take 
the place of the acid phosphate in this formula. 
Lime is an indirect fertilizer in that it helps to put the soil in 
good physical condition, provides the slight alkalinity desirable 
for most vegetable crops, and assists [in making inert plant foods 
available. It is used in the form of ground limestone, or air- 
slaked lime, at the rate of 20 lbs. to 400 square feet. 
It should be borne in mind that lime, or any fertilizer con- 
taining lime, such as wood ashes, must not be applied so as to 
come in contact with any organic manure or it will result in loss 
of nitrogen. 
All concentrated fertilizers can be best applied by first dig- 
ging or plowing the ground leaving the surface rough, then scat- 
tering the fertilizer, afterwards raking to mix with the soil. Bulky 
manures, such as undecayed barnyard or stable manures, leaves, 
and cover crops should be dug in as deeply as possible. 
Montague Free. 
NOTICES 
The Garden is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. un- 
til sunset; on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. m. The Laboratory 
Building, containing the library, herbarium, and offices, is open 
daily, from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. The Conservatories are open April 
1-October 1, 10 a. m.-4:30 p. m.; October 1-April 1, 10 a. m.-4 p. m. 
The Garden may be reached by Flatbush Ave. trolley to Malbone 
St.; Franklin Ave., Lorimer St., and Tompkins Ave. trolleys to 
Washington Ave.; St. John’s Place and Rogers Ave. trolleys to 
Sterling Place; Vanderbilt Ave., Sixteenth Ave., Union St., Green- 
point, and Smith St. trolleys to Prospect Park Plaza and Union St., 
and Brighton Beach elevated to Consumers’ Park Station. (The ele- 
vated trains stop only when the conductor is notified in advance.) 
A docent will meet parties by appointment and conduct them 
through the Garden. This service is free to members of the 
Botanic Garden and to teachers with classes; to others there is a 
nominal charge of 25 cents an hour for parties of less than three, 
and 10 cents a person per hour for parties of three or more. 
Subscription for Leaflets fifty cents a series (comprising about 
fourteen numbers); free to members of the Botanic Garden and 
to teachers. 
The Leaflets are published weekly or biweekly from April to June, and 
September to October, inclusive, by The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
at Washington Avenue and Montgomery Street. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Telephone: 6173 Prospect. 
Mail address: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
