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The Flower Garden. 



Constant watering and hoeing will now be required to keep the flower 

 garden in a condition of success. Cannas will require manuring ; the 

 old flowering stems should be removed to make way for the new growths. 

 Dahlias and chrysanthemums will need a great deal of attention, staking 

 the growths as thev develop, disbudding, thinning out weak shoots, and 

 removing unnecessary growths. The dahlias should receive a good 

 soaking of water during the hot weather, and liquid manure or quick 

 acting fertilizers should be given when the flower buds are developing. 

 When chrysanthemum buds are very small liquid manure should be ap- 

 plied. Roses may now be summer pruned ; all weak growths should be 

 removed, and the strong ones shortened to a fairly good bud. The 

 plants should then receive occasional waterings with liquid manure, 

 and be kept well supplied with water. 



All flowering trees and shrubs that have finished blooming should be 

 pruned, the flowering growths removed, and, unless the seed is required, 

 all s«eds heads should be cut off. 



Cuttings of pelargoniums, zonale and regal, may now be planted; 

 delphinium spikes that have finished flowering should be cut down to 

 make wav for new growth, the plant being watered and manured. Seeds 

 of perennial and hardy annual plants, especially winter-flowering sweet 

 peas, Iceland pojipies, stocks, and pansies, may now be sown, and a few 

 bulbs for early flowering may be planted. The beds should be well 

 manured and deeply worked in anticipation of planting the main crop of 

 bulbs. 



REIVIINDEHS FOR IVIflRCH. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horses. — Feed as advised last month. Tliose in poor condition sliould be 

 ■' fed up " in anticipation of winter. 



Cattle. — Cows in milk should liave plenty of succulent fodder and water 

 easy of access. Algerian oats sliould be sown on suitable land for grazing off 

 in the winter. Sow a mixture of oats, ryi", and tares or peas for winter fodder 

 or to fill silos. Only exceptional cows and tliose required for town milk supply 

 should be served between now and July. Within the next two or three months 

 is the best time for cows to calve, as they will pay to feed through the winter 

 and give the best returns for the season, and be dried off when the grass is 

 dry and scarce. Calves should be given lucerne hay or crushed oats where 

 grass is not available. 



Pigs. — Sows about to farrow should be provideil with short bedding in well- 

 ventilated sties. See that the pigs have shade, and water to wallow in. There 

 should be plenty of cheap feed now, and pigs should be highly profitable. Read 

 articles on breeding, feeding, &c., of pigs in Jiiuriwls for April. 1!)12, June, 1913. 

 Mav, 1915. 



