6 NEW ZEALAND GARDENING. 



Peas and broad beans should be largely sown now. 



Broccoli, and all varieties of the cabbage tribe, should 

 also be sown for general crops to be transplanted when 

 strong enough. In sowing all kinds of the cabbage tribe, 

 it will be found best to sow them in drills, in an open 

 situation, and rather thinly ; as, when sown in the ordinary 

 Old-Country method of thickly-sown beds, they are liable to 

 be drawn up by the heat of our climate, and seldom attain 

 the same perfection as when grown thinly. 



Potatoes. The early varieties should be planted in the 

 driest part of the garden. Early potatoes should always be 

 planted in drills from four to six inches deep. 



Turnips may also be sown in drills, in any dry, warm 

 situation. 



Celery, for the main crop, may be sown towards the end 

 of the month, in fine mould, in a sheltered place ; it should 

 be kept growing freely, as a check is very injurious to it. 



Beet may now be sown in drills eighteen inches apart, in 

 ground manured last autumn. Dwarf red and Dell's superb 

 are good varieties. All kinds of salads should now be sown 

 in small quantities, and sowings of most of them may be 

 repeated every fortnight from now to the end of February. 

 The main crop of onions should be got in early in September. 

 They require a rich mellow soil on a dry subsoil. Any 

 manure used for onions, carrots, and parsnips should be well 

 rotted, and ought to have been dug in in the Autumn. Crops 

 of carrots and parsnips may also be sown during this month 

 in deep dry soils, well prepared, in drills fifteen to eighteen 

 inches apart. 



Fruit Garden. Newly-planted fruit trees should have 

 a mulch of rotted manure over their roots. Grafting is 

 generally performed this month, with scions previously 

 gathered and heeled in, in order that the stock may be 

 somewhat in advance at the time of the scions being 

 inserted. 



Vines. During the present month young vines may be 

 planted, provided the new borders have sufficiently settled 

 down and are in a suitable condition to receive them ; if not, 

 planting may be deferred somewhat. Recently-started vines 



