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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



MAT, 1863.— 31 Days. 



Phases of the Moox. — Full, 3rd, 2h. 52m. after. ; Last Quarter, 10th, 7h.. 16m. 

 mom. ; New, 17tli, 4h. 49m. after. ; Fii-st Quarter, 2Dth, 8h. 47m. after. 



THE GAEDEN GUIDE EOE MAT. 



Kitchen Garden. — High culture 

 should be aimed at now with all vegetable 

 crops, frequent stirrings between the rows 

 with the hoe to keep down weeds, and 

 abundant supplies of water and liquid 

 manure. It is hardly possible to give too 

 much water, and in exposed situations and 

 on thin soils grass mowings should be used 

 as a mulch to keep the ground moist, but 

 should be examined occasionally to guard 

 against it becoming a harbottr for slugs. 

 Put sticks to rows of peas as soon as they 

 require it ; well bank up those that are 

 forward. Thin parsnips and carrots to 

 eight inches apart, sindgoon transplanting 

 from seed-beds as fast as the plants are 

 large enough to handle, leaving the smallest 



to get stronger before moving them. 

 Choose showery weather, if possible, for 

 transplanting, or else give shade for a few 

 day.s, and gentle watering. Flat-hoe po- 

 tatoes, and draw but little earth to their 

 stems ; the old method of moulding them 

 up has proved to be of no benefit at all, 

 rather an injury, as the heat of the sun 

 cannot h.ave too ready an access to the roots. 

 Thin out celery, and make up small beds 

 for the plants on very rich, hard ground. 

 Trenches should now be made for celery, 

 and six inches of rotten dung forked into 

 the bottom of each. A dull or showery 

 day should be chosen to put out the plants, 

 and plenty of water given during dry 

 weather. Look to seed-beds, and trans- 



