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To Prepare Composts

The the drainings from a dunghill; and after bepreparation necessary for heavy and light ing drained, but while still wet, should be composts for general enrichment, and of the sprinkled with the powder and then dried . 1830. Phosphate for Manuring . above different earths, consists in collecting cach soil in the compost ground, in separate Macerate for some days, with frequent stirridges of 3 or 4 feet broad, and as high, turn- ring, 2 parts crushed bones in 1 part oil of vitas high, turn- ring, 2 parts crushed bones in 1 part oil of viting them every 6 weeks or 2 months for a year riol and 3 parts water. This forms a superor a year and a half before they are used. phosphate of lime, which, mixed with water, Peat earth, being generally procured in the dry earth, or sand, forms an excellent manure. state of turf full of the roots and tops of heath, 1831. How to Select and Manage requires 2 or 3 years to rot; but after it has Cuttings. The choice of cuttings should be lain 1 year it may be sifted, and what passes made from the side shoots of trees and plants, through a small sieve will be found fit for use. and, when possible, from such as recline Some nurserymen use both these loams and towards the ground, observing to leave a little peats as soon as procured, and find them wood of a former year or season's growth answer perfectly for most plants; but for attached to them, as such are found to take delicate flowers, and especially bulbs, and all root more readily than when they are wholly florists' flowers, and for all composts in which composed of new wood. The time to take manures enter, not less than 1 year ought to be cuttings is as soon as the sap gets into full allowed for decomposition and sweetening. motion. Before setting them they should be