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SALT AS A MANURE. 
ARTICLE XV.—CULTURE OF ANTHOLYZA. 
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Antholyza is a genus belonging to the Iridese, which thrives well 
in a mixture of loam and sand, with an equal quantity of decayed 
leaves or peat soil; and, like the rest of the family, they will succeed 
well hy the side of a south wall, in a sandy soil. The bulbs being 
large, they may be planted full eight inches deep, so as to be out of 
the reach of frost; and a little dry litter should be thrown over them 
in very severe weather. But the best plan for growing all the plants 
of this family, such as Gladiolus, Ixia, Bahiana, Watsonia, Spa- 
raxis, Moraea, &c. is a pit built about two bricks thick, so as to keep 
out the frost, and to he covered with lights and mats in severe wea¬ 
ther, hut to be exposed to the air when the weather is fine and mild. 
The lights will also require to be put on when there is a superabun¬ 
dance of wet, or the bulbs will he likely to get rotten ; they require 
no water when not in a growing state; and may be increased hy off¬ 
sets from the bulbs, or by seeds.— Sweet's Bot. Cultivator. 
ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS. 
ARTICLE XVL—AN ADDRESS 
To the Owners and Occupiers of Land, in Great-Britain and Ireland, 
ON THE 
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF THE DECOMPOSITION OF COMMON SALT, 
FOR THE PURPOSES OF MANURE; 
Whereby an Acre of Land is prepared for the reception of any Crop, at a cost of 10s. only. 
BY HENRY KEMP. 
Pamphlet , 72 Pages.—Ridgivay Sf Son , Piccadilly. 
The present depressed state of Agriculture, and the inadequacy of 
the dung produced on the farm to insure those returns in the crops 
which the farmer wishes, added to the great expense of purchasing a 
sufficient supply of dung for the purpose, have induced him to avail 
himself of almost any stimulant to supply the deficiency, such as 
bone-dust, rape-cake, woollen-rags, and a hundred other substances, 
and which cost him, on an average, as much as fifty shillings an acre, 
in order to answer the purpose in any material degree. 
It may be remembered by some of our readers, that a while ago 
Mr. C. Johnson, of Great Totliam, Essex, in writing on the subject 
of salt, strongly advocated its fertilizing properties in an unprepared 
state; and although in this state it has not, in general, answered the 
