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Cocoa-Nut Fibre Refuse

This is a most useful and inexpensive material, extensively employed by gardeners for various purposes. It is described as being free from any acid, saline, or tannin principle. The more recent or fresh it is, the longer it will last, and the better it is for all purposes. Being very light and easily worked, it forms one of the best materials for plunging small pots in, either in the propagating house or frame, in winter and spring, or outside, at any time. Cuttings of tender bedding plants are propagated by thousands annually in Cocoa-nut Fibre, as they root into it very quickly. It may also be used for potting such plants as these, but not for any subjects that are to be potted permanently, as it retains too much moisture, and decomposes so quickly. As a surface covering for flower-beds in summer, and for affording protection to the roots of somewhat tender plants during the winter months, Cocoa-nut Fibre Refuse is unequalled, in cheapness or otherwise. It may be employed with much success in rendering stiff, clayey, and other unfertile soils into productive ones, and is also useful in various other ways.