October 1, 1909 
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TEA-LEAVES AND ASHES. ie 
E.M., Wallaroo.—We do not suppose 
the came of tea-leaves is very great, 
out in any case they will haye no’ jarni- 
fal offect if dug with the ashes into. your. 
Slay soil, The general. effect will be. to 
lighten heavy soil; but the manurial 
Value of tea-leaves is practically. nothing. 
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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 5 
CARNATI ONS. 
S.J, Ashelstons Cuttings aay whe 
pat in now. 
“MAIDENHAIR FERN. 
A.B., Mount Lofty.—No ; it need - not 
_have been cut back. 
ae eeccercesvences 
LIME. 
‘Tgnoramus, Bowden —Put it on as it 
i835 it will soon become slaked in the open 
t 
(gee cencocccns eosecces Q 
SOIL FOR FERNS, 
AB, Mount Lofty —Most Ferns do 
magnetic in- good turfy loam ;, peat is 
useful for lightening it, but is not indis- 
anensable, i 
Cee men ceceeecmnvecees 
PRICKING OUT. 
JN., Paradise. —Read the article on 
the Begonia 3 in page 14 of this number. 
p The system of pricking out- ‘seedlings. is 
_clearly described therein. 
easeescene 
TANGY MM ANU RE. 
Truly” — 
Scoceseses 
‘Yours — Tan “decays, very 
slowly, and is not an active. manure. But | 
having been employed as. litter in the 
stables it will certainly contain valuable 
ingredients and should not be wasted. 
-Youcan use it for:garden crops generally 
but do not expect. it to give the best 
‘results:when applied to .a quick-growing 
crop that requires an active fertiliser. . 
NITRATE. OF SODA. 
M.M.,-Horsham.—Nitrate of Soda is ¥ 
quick-acting nianure which supplies ‘ond, 
iugredient’ required‘ in plant - growth— ; 
nitrogen. © ‘If’ the other ' ingredients 
required are present in’ the soil the 
effect of nitrate of ‘soda is very marked, 
“put it is not'a general:manure like farm: 
yard or stable dung: “You may use’ it ‘in 
the garden and for pot plants. Jor the 
* jatter, sprinkle a little on the surface’ of 
the soil and: water it in, or put’ a teat 
spoonful'in ‘a’ watering pot an ase” ‘the 
solution. - Be HES in ‘its: uxe, 
“tos i 
‘another hard grizzly ‘skin, 
“ever, | 
Tt tee 
ee - DISEASED -PULLET.- _ 
ee SY 8, ‘Dry. Creek, ayrites. LT haveja, pullet 
with a large substance under the _throat, 
exactly between the. wattles | extending 
‘down the throat ; it is as large as ‘a good- 
«sized egg. 
_ well, and Jooks fresh and well. 
The pullet is healthy, eats 
Lhave cut 
the substance, first cutting the outer skin, 
and the lump was then exposed showing 
I then cut 
through thatyand a good ‘wine- glasstul of 
oblack: plod streamed out. I -stitched the 
outer. skin up, but it is*again as large as 
wil some reader tell me what it is 
and whatis the cure? 
‘The ewelling i is probably of tuberculous 
origin, and that or others will” ‘be likely 
in due course to kill the bird. Weshould 
‘not advise you attempt a cure, for there 
‘is no likelihood that you will be successful 
The safer plan is to kill the pullet and 
bury her. You are, pethaps, hot aware 
that’ the tuberculous disease i is the worst 
and thast “deadly: the poultry- keeper has 
to contend with, because it can never be 
eradicated, and the more chickens you 
breed ‘the more wen will spread the 
disease. f 
EDITORIAL. 
When We saw our sumshiné made thy 
‘Spring, and that the: Summer bred us no 
‘increase, we set:the axe to thy -usurping 
LOO em Atlee + odt at 
This alinase of an pean in the making 
+0f) < English history ‘taken «from ‘the 
budding shoots of the orchard*is intensely 
‘practical although ~ poetical... ‘Many 
_orchardists are.apt to be :a «little soft 
hearted about trees, atid are for “many 
reasons» loth» fo Jay: the» axe” to ‘ the 
root.’ The «word ‘increase,’ however, should 
hé the keynote to determine the case of 
any tree. “As ‘the’ trees néw*come’ into 
hud) the orchardist loses *no- time’ in 
making-ail examination :of them «to: see 
; nee and ‘what the‘incréase is ‘likely: to 
If the fruit.buds show well ‘for an 
fee eet if not some’ explanation is 
demanded, the proposition then isa’ simple 
one. If there is likely:tb be no increase 
ahorgi should be no tree. It is only taking 
the’ place: and time and: ese of ‘another 
‘that will show an increase, 
? Some orchards : are ag ‘lean salto 
St Ther ith S53. 
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