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garden should, as well, be manured with stable manure, but not for 

 some weeks after the lime application. 



Cabbage and cauliflower plants may be planted out; and seeds of 

 parsnips, carrots, onions, peas, and broad beans may be sown. 



The Flower Garden. 



The whole flower section should now be thoroughly dug over. All 

 beds should be cleaned up, top-dressed with manure, and well dug. The 

 light rubbish, such as foliage, twiggy growths, weeds, &c., may all be 

 dug in, and they will thus form a useful addition to the soil. These 

 ■should never be wasted. Only the coarser and stouter growths should 

 be carted away for burning, and then the ashes may be used as manure. 

 No part, whatever, of garden rubbish or litter need be wasted. In one 

 form or another it should be replaced in the soil. 



May is a good month for establishing new gardens, and for planting 

 out. All deciduous plants and shrubs may now be planted. It is not 

 necessary to dig a deep hole for planting. A hole in which the roots 

 of the plant can be comfortably arranged, without crowding or crampT 

 ing, will be quite sufficient for the purpose. 



Continue to sow seeds of hardy annuals, including sweet i>eas, 

 although the main crop of sweet peas should be well above ground. 

 Where there has been any overplanting, the young plants will readi'y 

 stand transplanting, and this will greatly assist those that are to remain. 

 Annuals should not be crowded in the beds. They require ample room 

 for suitable development, and thus the seeds should be sown thinly or 

 the plants set out a good distance from each other. 



All herbaceous perennials that have finished blooming may now be 

 cut down. Included amongst these are phlox, delphiniums, &c. If 

 these are to remain in their present situation for another season it is 

 always an advantage to raise them somewhat, by slightly lifting them 

 with a fork, so that too much water will not settle around the crowns;- 

 they may also be mulched with stable manure, or the manure may be 

 forked into the soil around the crowns. 



REMINDERS FOR JUNE. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Houses. — Those stabled and in regular work sliovild be fed liberally. Those 

 doing fast or heavy work slimihl be clipped; if not wholly, tiien traee higii. Those 

 not rugged on coming into tlie stable at niglit slioiild be wiped down and in half- 

 an-iiour's time rugged or covered with bags until tlie coat is dry. Old liorses and 

 weaned foals sliould be given cruslied oats. Grass-fed working htu'ses should be 

 given liay or straw, if tiiere is no old grass, to counteract the purging effects of 

 the young growth. Old and badly-conditioned horses siiouhl be given some boiled 

 barley. I'addcKked liorses should be looked at from time to time to ascertain if 

 they are doing satisfactorily. 



