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pass through. Tlie tubers will require turning, and for this wotIc a wooden 

 fork should be made. The prongs of the fork should correspond with the 

 spaces between the battens, so that in turning the tubers thev will run in 

 the spaces and not injure them. If poultry can get at the tubers it will 

 be necessary to protect them with wire netting fixed to frames as shown 

 in the sketch. 



The shed may be constructed of any mattr'al ayailable on the farm, 

 and in addition to the floor shown in the illustration could be made to 

 take one or more tiers of trays, thus nroviding a much larger space for 

 storage under the same roof. Trays can be made from the cases in 

 which galyanized iron is piacked cut to a handy size, about 2 ft. by 

 2 ft. 6 in. If trays are used it will be necessary tO' put in uprights to 

 carry them. The space to accommodate a ton of potatoes spread out to 

 a depth of 5 inches is about 10x12 feet. 



Seed tubers are in the best condition for planting just when the bud 

 starts ; this condition is hastened when the temperature of the atmosphere 

 reaches in the day time to 60 degrees and oyer. Consequently tubers dug- 

 in the summer are usually ready to plant in from 5 to 7 weeks after dig- 

 ging, but the sprouting can be retarded for long periods by keeping the 

 seed below 40 degrees. 



In the cooler districts along the Diyiding Range potatoes dug in April 

 are usually ready to plant in tJie same district by Septelmber, but may be 

 planted during July and August in the earlier districts near the coast. 



THE PROCLAIMED PLANTS OF VICTORIA. • 



{Continued from page 137.) 



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

 J. R. Tovey, Herbarium Assistant. 



English Broom. 



Cyiisus scoparius, Link {Lcgnminosce). 



A shrub of 2 to 6 feet, nearly glabrous, but the younger branchlets and 

 leaves silky, Avith numerous long, straight and erect, green, wiry branches 

 prominently angled. Lower leaves shortl\;_ stalked, with three small, obo- 

 vate leaflets ; upper leaves sessile, or shortly stalked, the leaflets often 

 reduced tO' a single one. Flowers large, bright yellow, solitary or in 

 pairs, on slender pedicels, in the axils of the old leaves, forming handsome 

 leafy racemes along the upper branches. Petals all broad, the standard 

 .broadly orbicular, the keel deflected. Pod i| to 2 inches long, flat, 

 brown, or black, hairv on the edges, but glabrous on the sides, the seed? 

 attached tO' a line considerably within the edges of the pod. 



A native of Europe, Northern Asia, the Canaries and Azores. This 

 hardy, deciduous shrub is very difficult to suppress ; it should be dug up 

 before flowering, and the root-stock removed from the soil, or it will grow 

 again. Mowing wdll prevent the seedlings from re-establishing them- 

 selves, but not grazing. Proclaimed for the Shire of Glenlyon, July,. 

 1902. 



