I04 Journal of Agriculture. [8 Feb., 1907. 



A number of spring and autumn flowering bulbous plants may be 

 planted, including Amarvllis, Brunsvigia, Xerine, Ixia, Narcissi, and many 

 others. 



Ground should be prepared for the reception of seeds of hardy annuals. 

 These may be soAvn in beds or boxes, the young plants being afterwards 

 transplanted into their flowering quarters. 



Kitchen Garden. 



Growing crops will require as much water and cultivation as possible. 

 Free, unchecked growth is necessary, or thie produce will be tough and 

 poor in quality. Where water is scarce, only a limited quantity of hardy 

 vegetables should be grown, and these should be well cared for. 



Ground should be prepared for receiving crops that will mature in 

 winter and spring. After any crop is gathered or cut, the soil should 

 be deeply dug and well manured, even if cropping is not immediately 

 intended. The soil will be in good growing condition when required, and 

 :he fertilizing properties in the manure conserved. Seed of cabbage 

 and cauliflower mav be sown in beds for transplanting. In preparing 

 beds for such seeds the soil should be finely worked and well enriched. 

 Seed should not be sOiwm broadcast on dry soil. The beds should be firmly 

 rolled and pressed, and watered prior to sowing. The seed should be 

 covered with light soil to a depth of about half-an-inch, and lightly mulched 

 with hoTse droppings. Should aphis attack the young plants in the seed 

 beds, thev should be sprayed with a solution of fir-tree oil. No old plants 

 that are liable to be affected by cabbage aphis should be allowed to remain 

 in the proximitv of the beds. 



Succession sowings may be made for peas, beans, and saladings, and 

 transplantings made from former sowings. 



THE PROCLAIMED PLANTS OF VICTORIA. 



{Coii'timied from page 28.) 



Alfred J. Ewart, D.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S., Government Botanist; and 

 J. R. Tovcy, Herbarium Assistant. 



Acacia-hedge. 



Acacia armata, R. Brown. {Legiiminosd). 

 A bushv shrub, with angular, striate (grooved) branches. The flat- 

 tened leaf 'stalks resemble leaves (phyllodes), and are semi-ovate, oblong, 

 often wavy, with a central midrib, about i inch long. Stipules spiny, 4 to 5 

 lines long. Flower-stalks as long as the phyllodes, bearing globular 

 heads. Pod i| to 2 inches long, 2 or 3 lines broad. Seeds oblong, the 

 funicle forming" three or four folds. Indigenous to Australia. This 

 v^'ell-known hedge-plant varies considerably, sometimes attaining to a 

 height of 10 feet or more, and, being perennial, is difficult to eradicate; it 

 should be dug up before flowering. Proclaimed for the shires of Dundas, 

 Frankston and Hastings, Hamilton, and Portland. 



