Show experiments ON vegetation to improve any any variety or ascertain the best modes of cul bire experiment has never been found fruitless 11 II is generally thought that only professional gardeners gird g ird eners have any a uy right to experiment in the soil soll 01 oi 01 lut this is a mistake read the following from the june number of the american agriculturist we abouel consider it an important point gained if we could couii induce ach esca of our rea readers dersy or any considerable num ber cf of them to direfully cere cire tully rully conduct a t ingle hingle experiment in cultivation during the present season taking for a subject any pla pia tor pianta that may be mott convenient A small mull plot of or even a pot of earth mey suffice for this purine the observation of the effects effect of a fertilizer or of the growth of 0 a plent under different circumstances cum stances may assist in determining questions of the greatest possible interest to tillers of the soil boll after all that has been said and written abut ab ut the growth of plants plant how now little do we w really know upon the subject scarcely two writers tern are entirely agreed as to even the first principles concerned in vegetation though scientific know maybe nce reary sEary to draw correct conlu lon ion loc from rom ta f a ts is observed in vegetable growth t till tams fads alone can give a sure mire for scientific k ko and the very humblest mind can observe and collect facts TJ ta illustrate what may be done dene suppose you pant pa n t two seeds of the same fame variety as nearly alike as you can ran select in separate boxer each containing the same rame kind klod and weight of soil sell cultivate and treat them la in exactly the 8 ame same manner will no doubt very nearly resemble reeble ebie each othera other but they will also aleo present well marked points of dafft ence one will have longer stem sterna or more mure leaves or greater abundance of flowers than the other why science at present can not answer the question she may conjecture um but until the careful experiments pert peri ments of perhaps hundred hundreds hund reds redi of observers have been collated collate eis cip there can be no certainty cenal nty in the matter so with many of very great importance adolt additional ional lonal facts fact aioo aino alone sloe cad can lead to right and anil practice it Is true that each years year cultivation of the foil soil Is adding to our store of f aci act aois acid P but bow how many more might be obtained if it each fen cultivator would devole devoie a small portion of his leisure to the study of some one plant with a view to find ont out br by rit lit all that could te ile known about it or better stilt still perhaps to tobe be able to rive give a satisfactory answer auler to some one question concerning conc ernins its babits baliti or its ita needs need but leaving out of the question the im importance of such tuch experiments to the advancement of kni there Is an inexhaustible fund of rational enjoyment in conjunct ins inc experiment tuch such as we are ate now f peaking speaking of let a person watch the development of a single plant ant from day to day with a view to ascertain facts ind and and each successive stae glae stage of its progress pro gress grets will acord new d delight tre tte variety of subjects for to 1 almost endless probably Pra bably babiy the greatest interest nt erest enest would be taken in endeavoring end avorine to ascertain for tor or yourself the truth I 1 in regard to some gome point as to which you have doubts for example ex ample ampie it I 1 staled stated that there I 1 if a dinner differ ence in the time of matu fatuity ity of potatoes raised from eyes alten ayten taken alien from d efferent parts of the same tuber tober can you tell eil ell about thi thlu with a few potatoes a rod of ground and a few tew memoranda of the time of planting blofson ing iba and ripening you can in one or two seasons gain much useful information the value of 0 different manures may be new varieties at if seed tried new fruits originated by hyl ill ili abort the taste and circumstances of each individual will suggest topics for experiment to employ his try it such stich experimenting may be conducted to a highly satisfactory issue by almost any person who has a plat of ground and a reasonable fund of orsene orsen sense benge e an hour or two each day will be all the he time tima required |