GENERAL REMARKS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13888, 12 November 1910, Page 7

GENERAL REMARKS.

Weather condition.- continue very dry. and will tho-use of the hose or watering can t-f stimulate

-rowih and ir?sure wimo return from j The garden. Where risible, the water j applied should contain some element ot j (vx-j, -and ihU fan be best obtained by placing any manure from tbo cow. horse "or sheep, into a. sack and soaking same in a, barrel. In another vessel a. half bushel of soot (this also in a sack) (should t>o set to .soak. Within a day or two the liquids will be, fit U-v use, and applied at the base of the plants. Care must be taken to apply it in a thin clear state, otherwise harm niay be done, tor if applied too strong, the plants are liable to become too luxurious in growth, and abstain from blooming. Romemlt-r the chief value in liquid manure is that its effects areperfectly controllable either to promote an exuberant growth and sustain it. or to produce any lesser effect as may be desired. If wood and folia go be desired, the manure- should be given early in the season, after the leaves make their appearance, and frequent applications should be applied during the heat of summer, and gradually lessened ac the days shorten, and stayed altogether when the autumn comes. . When the production of iino flowers is desired, liquid manure should be a;>pliod when the Mower buds begin to show themselves prominently and begin to swell. Xow is a favourable time to feed roses which have their buds set, and this will can so the larger development of the petals and an enhancement of tho colours. If the food supply is applied too freely it is liable to produce monstrous flowers. For general garden plants of a soft nature, artificial manures put into a receptacle and made soluble with water will r»' v e splendid results. This rulers to vegetables, particularly cabbage, cauii flower, lettuce, peas, and beans responding to such treatment in a very marked degree. Some, however, adopt tho principle of top-dressing around the base of the plants with these 1 artificial manuiee, and make them soluble by watering with jhe hose or can. This, gives good results, but not so good ac when tho elements of the artificial manures are applied in liquid form. Jn parsing, (some amateurs complain that iirtilicial manures do not appear to .stimulate growth. This is true in a season like the present, for unless made soluble by moisture, the plants cannot assimilate any of the elements in these artificial foods.