. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. roduced in the United Kingdomis, to put it mildly, wasted ; what a vast sum of moneythe annual value of only this half reaches ! I neverpass a urinal in a town without thinking of and griev-ing over the waste constantly going on there—a wastewhich, except in a very few instances indeed, might beso easily and profitably avoided. That which findsits way to those apologies for or grandchildren ofignorance and stupidity, sewage farms, is not ofcourse quite wasted, but that which finds its way torivers or
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. roduced in the United Kingdomis, to put it mildly, wasted ; what a vast sum of moneythe annual value of only this half reaches ! I neverpass a urinal in a town without thinking of and griev-ing over the waste constantly going on there—a wastewhich, except in a very few instances indeed, might beso easily and profitably avoided. That which findsits way to those apologies for or grandchildren ofignorance and stupidity, sewage farms, is not ofcourse quite wasted, but that which finds its way torivers or dead wells frequently becomes a curse in-stead of being, as it should be, under enlightenedmanagement, a blessing. Mr. Baines mentions thetimes and seasons when he considers liquid manuresmay be used with the greatest advantage, and I thinkI shall not be disagreeing with him much when I saythat at no time of the year need any liquid manurebe allowed to run to waste for want of places or sub-jects to which to apply it. In spring and summerwhen green crops are in full growth these receive. IlG. 100.—IN PORT, (see p. 556.) a sunny border for Asparagus for the earliest forcingalso. Growth should be made early, and the leavesshould fall and the crowns be well ripened early inthe autumn, and this can only be accomplished bychoosing a soil that is not over-rich nor heavy, and awarm congenial situation. Dorset, Liquid Manure.—I was glad to see in a recentissue so eminent a horticulturist as Mr. Bainesadvocating the more general use of liquid importance of this subject can hardly be over-rated, and it is certain that not a tithe of the at-tention it both deserves and demands is given to itin this or perhaps any other country. How manygardeners, professional as well as amateur, complain ofthe scarcity or dearness of manure ? What horti-cultural establishment would not be better formore than it gets? and further, I beg leave toask, where is the garden or farm in or near
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