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glorious ‘art éf gardening / ‘and Tetih ‘only add; that when orte“seés' the 
enterprise, ‘and eller gy Which this | one house! exhibits; With “its? Gorre- 
spondents in far ott lands,” the “Syonder' ‘teases''that® “fnigland’ should 
occupy the} sOsition she'ddes, ‘as'the, foremost nation in the world’in ‘all 
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T “ARTIFICIAL Compost: FOR AituRiCayt PLANTS.” 
Pulte soil for: vowing “Américan “plants: is: mot always: procurable i mn 
quantities for out-door: cultivation) °° When the natural’ soil is unfavour- 
able and peat is'scarce I have’ made an artificial: compost; which serves 
either to grow" American plants ‘by-itself)or' to mix: with’ the natural 
loams; -as “I ‘find about’ one-half: compost: mixed owith! one-half doam to 
grow? ‘many ‘kinds’ of) hardy {Rhododendrons .Duxuriantly.. (Dhis:eoms 
post is also‘suitable for numerousother plants, andowhere there is aty 
extent’of ‘woods ‘or trees ‘of anyikind!may*be chéaply manufactured; 
and as this is the “season for procaring the. charhmases AL “ice to send) it 
yoti ‘for iiseltion’ in the Plorist. vig)! & 2h 
wo TLet the tree? leaves which are ciltestddl ut this Seaton be taker to 4 
eon'veniént spot) where they: may remain fora coupleiofoyears ;'\ as my 
best Oui leaves ave usually retained for' the: pits, &e those T employ for 
the: prestit: purpose are merely thewaste leaves and: rubbish: swept! up 
after ‘the best are removed, and’ also® the ‘leaves of the’ Chestmit;: Elm 
&e)/ whith are urifitefor forcing! purposes! As “these leaves até formed 
intd’a'stack’ F throw ‘over them clean sand, inthe proportion of two good 
Watow loads ‘of sandto acart-load of leaves;:and:two:barrow-loads of 
the ‘dro pings-front ‘cattle ‘picked up’ from» pasture fields, ‘and (6f scourge 
Without sttaw!CIf sand: is scarce; road-scrapings are-a:good ‘substitute 
whet’ the’ istorie employed“in’ repairing the reads'is mot limestdne; ‘for 
line fi any’ form ‘America ‘plants greatlydislikes:! To ithesabove may 
beuddéd the trimmings from hedges; old tan; saw-dust, long grass; moss; 
or any other kind of vegetable refuse of not too succulenta nature. of 
geiterally intké the heaps’ sufficiently large! to heat slightly; and! where 
theré iytivé! they are tarned ‘over*onceor twieenthe: firstoyearand the 
saré'the sééond, by! whichtime the materials areventirely: decomposed 
dfid fit for uses’ On fist tried the compost ivithout: the «droppings, ‘but 
P Sind it’ much stiperior when these ‘arevadded.1°W hen using ity I-genes 
rally ¢ dad more” ‘sand’ for hardy Heaths and Kalmias¥: s but: Rhododendron 
and’ Azaleas' grow! avith the greatest: vigour in it alone} orswhem ‘mixed 
with a portion ‘of! yoam. for’ thechardier speciesy but ‘the gldfaxtey shouldbe 
mulched; to’ prevent: its! drying too rapidly’ until theoplants! coversit ‘by 
theit branches. .’ For" ‘Gladiolus, ‘Liliams, Alstroémerias, and’ Fuchsias;, 
planted? in thé’ ‘operi air; iis the best compost Tiever' saw, their growth! 
in it being’ something extraordinary? Tf carects! takenvoftwhatids. usually 
cast away 'to’ a useless’ purpose, there® ave? ‘few: ‘abet abi ot iat — 
have their'American plants‘in perfeetionio os ov2 of bunrre whic 
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