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Soot Water for Roses

Put the soot obtained from the pipe or chimney of a wood fire, into a pitcher, and pour hot water upon it. When cool, use the liquid cocasionally to water the rose plants. Its effects are extraordinary in strengthening the growth of the plants and flowers. 1842. To Make Hydrangea Flowers Blue. If they are grown in a tolerably strong maiden loam, which contains a portion without further trouble; but they will require to be potted in this said compost, and continually grown in the same, from the cutting