GARDENER'S CALENDAR 



FOR 



BOMBAY. 



MAY, 



But little can be done in the garden beyond breaking up the 

 soil and collecting manure : on light and poor soils, the dry mud 

 from the bottoms of tanks may be spread with advantage. Dry 

 leaves and grass may be collected and spread on the beds, and 

 burnt a week or two before the rains set in, for manure. 



JUNE. 



But little more can be done than in the previous month. After 

 the first rain has fallen, the growth of weeds is so rapid that 

 constant attention is required to prevent the soil being impov- 

 erished by them. The best way to get rid of weeds, and roots 

 of grass, is by trenching the soil two spades depth, and turning 

 it over previous to burning ; or after the first fall of rain, when 

 the ground has become well softened. The Doob or Hureealee 

 grass roots (Agrostis Linearis) are the most troublesome. 



At the commencement of this month you may put down 

 beans, white and black ; cucumber, gourds of sorts, Jerusalem 

 artichoke, and sweet potato. It is generally best to wait until 

 the first heavy burst of the monsoon is over, in July, before 

 transplanting all sorts of Europe vegetables, from turnips to 

 lettuce and radish, for heavy continual rain is usually detriment- 

 al to the young plants. The climbers may be sown. Turnips, 

 onions, tomato in baskets, and also nole-cole, cabbage of sorts, 

 vegetable marrow, parsley, lettuce, and radish, for early sallads, 

 and most Native vegetables. 



JULY. 



This is generally the month in which the rain is heaviest. 

 The use of the plough when practicable will be of great assist- 

 ance in checking the weeds. It is of importance to ascertain 



