Dew Drops for Famishing Flowers (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Dew Drops for Famishing FlowersSand should be free from all foreign substances, if it is hot, it can be washed by putting it in a tub or some other vessel, and rinsing it through several waters. The ladies will understand what we mean by this.Moss from the woods or sphagnum from the swamps is very good to mix in the compost for Ferns, Pitcher Plants, Orchids, etc. It should be torn or chopped into small pieces before using, and be mixed in the soil.Loam. This word is often used to mean quite different substances, we intend it to mean in this case rotted sods and totted manure prepared as follows: In the spring, or at any other convenient time, out from an old pasture field, on the roadside or anywhere you can get them, sods, cut them small enough to handle conveniently, and about two inches thick ¿ay them in a heap, grassy sides together, between each alter nate layer of sods put one layer of manure, (cow dung is best) in a few months chop as best you can with a spade, and mix the compost thoroughly, the heap should be turned and mixed several times during the season, until it becomes fria ble, when it is ready for use.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.