They should have a top-dressing of manure every fall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden] Reference

Beneath that top-dressing of speed, modernity was old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swan Song] Reference

This is left on the surface and makes a rich top-dressing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference

One to 1-1/2 cwt. nitrate of soda as a top-dressing in early spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Bone-earth (pounded bones) is a common top-dressing for grass-lands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference

In the spring a top-dressing of rich manure and soot should be given.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gardening for the Million] Reference

He didn't try to clothe the bones of his thoughts with social top-dressing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twice shy]

The Parisian top-dressing would be removed and the essential subsoil be exposed and tilled.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Stairs] Reference

An occasional top-dressing of organic compost or natural fertilizer encourages abundant flowering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brigitte Mars: Delightful Day Lilies with Brigitte Mars] Reference

Grass roots derive their nourishment close to the surface, hence the great advantage of top-dressing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden] Reference

Even when used as a top-dressing, it may be advisable not to apply the entire quantity all at one time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

It has been employed alone for turnips, or mixed with farm-yard manure, and also as a top-dressing to cereals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference

These two years I have been paying money out of pocket for top-dressing, and taxes, and expenses of all kinds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Poets] Reference

For this reason it acts best when applied in small quantity as a top-dressing to grass-land, and to young corn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference

Where farmyard manure is used, the guano has been recommended to be used as a top-dressing in small quantities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Add compostA quarter-inch of top-dressing compost applied once or twice a cuts the need for fertilizer and water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Save time and money with our quick, easy lawn-care tips: Part I] Reference

Superphosphate may also be employed as a top-dressing and worked into the surface around growing plants with the hoe.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference

Bones are commonly regarded as being specially beneficial to pasture-land, to which they are applied as a top-dressing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Farmers have obtained good responses to nitrogen top-dressing during tillering and to systemic fungicides at flowering.    From Wordnik.com.  [7 Experiences Around the World] Reference

It's not long, though before a shredding wind is tearing the top-dressing from the scene to reveal the charnel-house beneath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jasmin Vardimon Company: 7734 – review] Reference

Apply a top-dressing of farm-yard manure to the beds before the frosts set in, as this will both nourish and protect the roots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gardening for the Million] Reference

In the majority of cases it will be advisable, however, not to apply it as a top-dressing, for the various reasons above-mentioned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

It has long been used as a top-dressing for young grain and grass, and has been applied at the rate of from 40 to 60 bushels per acre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Manure and fertilizer are added as top-dressing, as needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1] Reference

This is covered over with a top-dressing of stone and clay.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar] Reference

If there was any top-dressing he particularly fancied, he should have it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once a Week] Reference

"I'm out here in my garden, just top-dressing the lawn, cleaned the pool today," the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Roar - Your Sports Opinion] Reference

To supply this nitrogen a top-dressing of nitrate of soda or sulphate of lime is helpful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition] Reference

The practice of using salt as a top-dressing on wheat in the spring gives less effectiveness it is believed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement] Reference

A top-dressing of manure is good, affording excellent physical condition of the surface for starting the plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement] Reference

Equal and even greater advantages are secured by a top-dressing of barnyard manures and composts to the heaviest of clay.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Acre] Reference

Then the compost can be used with great advantage as a top-dressing directly over the drills when either sets or seeds are planted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Home Acre] Reference

In the latter case the manure always should be used as a top-dressing, and should be evenly spread and well mixed with the surface soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement] Reference