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become much drier, and should be placed directly in the sun to 
ripen, and for the winter treatment, it is only necessary to keep 
them as dry as possible ; with this seasonal treatment, the plants 
are always ready to break vigorously upon the first application 
of excitement. There are several other plants of the same 
description that will bear the change equally well, and in some 
instances to greater advantage, of which I will send you occa¬ 
sional short notes. 
T. Barnes. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH ARTIFICIAL MANURES. 
By Mr. J. Rogers, 
Gardener to — Johnson, Esq., Wood Hall, Essex. 
Dear Sir, —The following experiments I forward you, as 
they may be useful in guiding the operations of some of your 
readers; they were all made in the spring and summer of last 
year: 
1st. With Bone-dust. Applied to Balsams on the second 
shifting, in the proportion of one tenth of the soil used, with 
much effect; at the third shift it was repeated with the same good 
effect, in the same proportion, and when the plants were placed 
in the blooming pots, none was added, as the soil was full, the 
dust appearing nearly as fresh as when first used. The result of 
this was very satisfactory. 
Applied to Geraniums with some little benefit, which I think 
may be attributed more to the increased drainage than any other 
cause ; the proportion in this case was about one twentieth. 
Applied to Ericas and Epacrises, in the same proportion as 
for Geraniums; the effect was soon seen : the plants assumed 
a brown colour, looked burnt, the leaves fell off, and they would 
have ultimately died, if suffered to remain in it, and it was with 
difficulty they were recovered. 
Upon Oranges it was highly serviceable; the leaves in this 
case were larger, of a dark glossy green, and a vigorous growth 
resulted : here the proportion used was one tenth of the whole. 
2d. With Guana. Applied in a dry state with the soil at 
