336 Journal of Agriculture. [8 June, 1907. 



Onions mav be planted out from early sowings. The soil should 

 be thoroughly worked, and brought to a condition of fine tilth l)efore 

 planting. Unless the soil was heavily manured for a previous crop the 

 addition of manure is necessary. Onions need constant and perfect 

 surface cultivation during the growing period. Seeds may be sown for 

 later transplanting or for salading. 



Successional crops of peas, lettuce &c. may be sown. Some fine 

 specimens of a new rhubarb were shown at the autumn horticultural 

 exhibitions. It is named " Stone's Ever-bearing Ruby," and is a locallx - 

 raised variety. The stems are of good colour, large but not coarse, 

 and are freely produced during winter and summer. 



THE PROCLAIMED PLANTS OF VIOTORL\. 



{Coutiiiued from fage 276.) 



Alfred. ]. Eivart, D.Sc, Pli.D., F.L.S., Government Botanist; and 

 J. R. Tove\\ Herbarium Assistant. 



S^^eet Briar. 



Rosa nihiginosa. Linuc {Rosacea). 



A tall often dense shrub, branches erect or arching, with large hooked 

 prickles flattened laterally, and smaller, straighter ones intersi>ersed with 

 glandular hairs. Leaflets 5 to 7, roundish or egg-shaped, doubly toothed, 

 glabrous above, hairy, clothed with rust coloured glands beneath, from 

 which when bruised is emitted the peculiar sweet-briar odour, for which 

 the plant is noted. Flowers i or 3 together, concave, pink. Sepals pin- 

 nate and bristly. Fruit orange-red, roundish or ovoid. 



This hardy deciduous shrub has been introduced from Europe, and has 

 spread over a considerable area of the State. The plant should be dug 

 out, the roots removed and the whole dried and burnt. This should be 

 done before the plant has fruited. 



Proclaimed for various districts comprising nearlv the whole State. 



