TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 214, 11 September 1886, Page 4

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

iJC \N-umso Hosira (" P.") It will not injuro tho :roeo bushes even if a part of tho manure touches tho stems, un'e^Bil; is in <i hot tormenting state. If well-rottrd or cow manure, apply at once in the form of a thick mulch, within about two foot of the ntem of ench plant. In tho ►uinmer tho debris will proto -t tho rootafroii tho hot rayaof tho eun. During ' the spring tho rranurcd properties will bo

washed into the noil by the timo the plants aro in need of it. Aa 'ho season advances, you could use with adv«nUK«> liquid manure made from cow droppings. Jlun ("Enquirer")— Tho tosta submitted for public inspection liitt ■\vook were placed in a forciDg houa;1. The temporature at night would bo as a rule from sjdci{. to GO dog. The daily temperature would ran<{e from 75deir. to EOdenr. Thoy wore all crow

within a space of about two feet, mil all euhject to the Bame treatment. They wero all .watered with water taken f;om the City *>f Auckland service pipes. No manurial Infjnidicntß were used whitevor. The water waa always allowed to Bland for a few hqcra In a watoring-can in tho house, ho as to brinfj it up to about tho eamo temporature as tho house. I consider a test of tho growlnc capabilities of soils in arttflclal heat w.mld he na aound aa any that could bo otherwise obtained. Till after the present summer nroperly teat any vegetvJon that may bs sown or planted whpre tho deposit is of v

Bnfli^lflnt depth to placo ve^otation beyond the influences of. tho submerged original soil. VINES ('• Vinery.")—lt would bordly bo fair for you to take any crop oir your vines this year, even if it would bo possible. I supposo tho plants are the usual one-year-old plants obtained from the nurseries. These will Deed to Krawona year in the houao. so as tomako a cano. The second year a fow bunchoa can bo taken, but only a fow. If vines are overcropped whilo yonnir, it simply ruins all chauce of Rotting flrat claes crops afterwards. Vines are lifco animals—if allowed to bear too early, or too prolifleally. it will bring on prcmntureold acre. This year, train the vines with single o»n's up thehouso, and next winter, if you remind me, I will try aud tell you how to prune, and what fruit you should

.carry. So wino Bulbs ("Am^tecr.")— 1. It wonld bo im•po?siblo for me toßivo you a Hat of annuals -wlththi colour of their flowers tind Urn height 'hey grow. Apply to any Bcc*<snii>o, and from Ma catalogue you will bo able tj obtain all that Information. Any pir;lcnlau informalion about how to rtow a Binjflo variety, or varieties, I thall only be too happy to eunply. 2. It is too early to obtain tomato plunta yet. At th« proper season, 'hamarkctwillbo an well supplied as U9ual, whon you can procure them. Now ia tho timo to sow bo d under glass to procuro atrjngJpUuts for planting as tho warmer weather eets in.