In My Garden
Gardeners have enjoyed the ideal of a wind that piled the fallen leaves in convenient drifts. There is no ingredient in manure better than the leaf ; and though the oak and the beech leaves are by far the most popular, other leaves are pretty well as good if their heaps are generously sprinkled with lime. Now is the time for securing these incomparable fertilisers. I see that it is 'still claimed by our authorities, including the most practicable Chase company, that the dust of camo- mile, dandelion, valerian, yarrow, nettle, oak bark with a little honey compound is so potent a mixture that two teaspoonfuls are enough for the treatment of two tons of compost material. Is this claim science or mysticism ? Well, at any rate, the recipe is certainly accompanied by
admirable advice on the making of compost. W. BEACH THOMAS.
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