40 THR 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE: 
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(JULY 11, 1874, 3 
»” 
‘‘ digger.” No earthi ne. is practised here. 
are different times for planting early Potatos, pe 
ing from Janu E "a gs end of Mar 
Potato is the 1 
rom 
d nigah for anG 
of them on the spot ; the rest are sen riu London and 
other markets to be sold on commissi 
anures, and their eee merits for Potatos, 
are given as follows :—Sea s first, guano 
second, rags third, far myard suis fourth fifty loads 
of the first, I ton of the second, 4 to of the third, 
and sixty loads of doe fourth, are used s an acre, when 
one kind is used a 
tubers are put into baskets, containing 
ch. Buyers come fi 
Sicssdoasinrit 
Something has already been said about Gooseberry 
growing ; but, in order more fully to give the 
method adopted, we will start with cuttings. The 
are prepared from 1 foot to 1 
na bed. In 
wth the best Aen 
, as before stated, i 
"the Broccoli and Onion crops. 
are e Golden Drop, Rough 
rown Bob e last variety is getting 
more in favour for selling He a green state to supply 
the great markets, while the two former are allowed 
markets. In uence 
or third year of br 
are taken out, and plan 
nection with 
ri 
of the Straw crop not so remunerative as 
in days gone by, the fi is m culti- 
vated these last ten ortwelve years. Pru he Goose- 
bushes is performed b; about mid-winter, 
ire branc! 
destroyed in one DERRE leaf rek sarah Aier 
; them in a “si aes: They come all a 
ces, 
v 
pi 
s.they 
and sometimes leave again 
spring. of an encl 
i EGE raar OHI plate Sr dhat purpose. F. M, 
THE saree a 
OF V 
_A VERY interesting wee ie the a 
he various fores 
There ~ 
iniportale ce of the depicted. A inat 
icaly 
” the B 
Fiad 
tha tertiaries brali the clays lat 
ar pes sore flourishes 
the raw thay 
similar fact is mentioned in 
near the 
the Da 
eF Sarat 
Siar. Thes 
ma mid o be approximately ma 
by the bright sap- dots 
n found, notably at Jan Juc and at R deih 
ording to a statement nb ae containe th 
report of the State Forest Boa 
scrubs in Victoria are as 
Large white Gums of various kinds nsec 
aiaprlaline, &c.) 
000 
S er ohare rostrata) 3,000 
2 z. Ses 
“atts fa: ke 500 
Kinds of Eucalyptus of ‘comparatively small 
dimensions — Box, yeNow Box, colon lal Awe 
tree, Pe permint, Pies is ss 14,000 
Lightw x T : 1,900 
Oaks Mureay Pine 500 
Sassafras, Beech, and ot eous kinds 
of trees in sheltered mo s mirage 300 
Honeysuckle, Wattle, and other other [ow siid trees 
not otherwise speci şs 500 
Mallee b . 14,000 
Tea-tree scrub 200 
The extent of open country is about 18, too ‘square 
miles, — Australasian. 
CULINARY NOTES. 
HOW TO COOK CAULIFLOWERS, 
WHERE gardening ends kitcheni begi and 
Se no a sie ofa | * as the gardener is the cook’s provider he has a right 
est . peste ity echo: Nog fair tre rs oe om 
aes ces elite A eee ea much -i ; P ains. ith- 
maps, and a er out t cook is at a ae, and has 
bat the: Mini little call h saucepans and boilers. Vegetables 
Peasant d of Victoria have gone much further than “There pst scarcer cookery, kes 
ecaa thay avd ot ak coals 2 : ere are but one or two exceptions, and they 
glance what a of forest or scrub will be found in When tp ae 
colony.. Now that it is proposed to | at American Guacho lassos a bull, 
ae Stew ke aughters him, his s over a fire m 
A l Sby this this Wt be with the bones and fat, and dines off the broil and 
eF Sa i ae red y Me. nothing ae li - gat iet = so ae an 
— treat = the Mi been compi Taik $ 3 app independent of 
-Arthur Everett, ining par vegetables—with the slight reservation that with 
Bes record ma maps in eze pae the Surveyor- grass he would neither he eat, nor the wisi a 
, by means of coloured dots, the post 
sources, under the | 
. Mr. e "Brough ı Smyth, ay fl. 
amongst the allied su 
- of the li 
subjects 
of the Gardeners’ Chr — to take advanta 
a Famme bill of fare to-day shall 
: 
: ions of: the principal descriptions of trees, Pea sg 
0 
n to the ordinary serving these | 
course ve has been impracticable to give every species 
are made to harmonise remarkably well, care betag, 
however Gleh to gi i ue prominence the 
for at 
the map shows that the fotests properly so- celled are 
orders, Pii where 
It is aab. ae the 
be still sanee by the 
lines of Murray Pines that once fringed its 
connection w 
A 
wak Lalbert 
rked oi aes p 
which eate the pre- 
sence of ke Iron-bark pen It is a curious fact that 
this tree is popularly regard an in- 
dicatio the presence of gold. is, however, met 
ki in lo where auriferous sits have not 
d previously pikire 
to, the approximate areas occupied by forest trees and 
follow 
Square Miles. - 
eG OR CAULIFLOWER: I. Stewed.—The | | 
mode of 
vegetables, że., Bie oe is that they are insi T 
and variety. F e en os position of Stringy- | that they are mostly sent to table whole and 
bark is indica by rald-green A divided, Which is a emptor to the cook to 
(Eucalyptus amygdali na) eg S, Terem by | them underdone, to preserve their unbroken sh 
carmine, Gums (red Gums and white Gums of various | appearance, and to please the eye at t 
ne ot Eucalyptus) by burnt sienna, Ma ilee and other | the palate and the stomach. I have seen Cau 
scrubs by neutral a Wattle (Acacia) by fatale, set, for show, before guests so nearly raw that 
Murray Pin ne by Indian red, Iron-bark by sap-green, | could not carve them a spoon 
Honeysuckle by Indian blue, Lightwood by purple have also the disadvantage of harbo 
he ite spaces indicate treeless nearly | insects, mollusks, or, in very wet seasons es pl 
treeless ig h f these varied colou ms, tan agreeable sur 
on your plate a boiled slug or caterpillar « delic 7 
masked with melted butter. ring roccoli, com 
in early, gi eee subject to the invasion. The im 
of wh 
may also here be ventured that the Broccoli, 
confined to the clay slate country and the areas occu- | ever Siig a superior vegetable to the Cauliflow 
pi nite and car aceous rock: he | The latter is acc eptabl s a substitute when i 
clay slate country the chief timber consists of Gums | former i h rple and the gre 
Stringy-bark, Box, and Mess large tract | Broccoli are first-rate to eat ; no villa kitchen garde 
of country in the western district occupied by volcanic ose mistress likes to have really good things on 
cks is nearly treeless, except where patches of | table, should be wi t Ek are negl 
palæozoic rocks occur, when th s immediately | now and out of fashion because they are pre inferi 
app The tertiary plains in the north-west part of | in appearance to th ulinary me aken 
pe colony = ty eg | or 7. occupied by Mallee | show and take no prizes at horti exhibiti i, 
which, while they have given us many excellent pro 
nae have also thrown some deserving vegetable 
into the shade. à 
Cut up your Cauliflower into sprigs of a convenie 
size to pedis with a table-spoon, and throw them int 
cold w an hour before cooki 7 
have a eos iron stewpan 7 
ordinary tin saucepan or boiler will har . Pate 
large lump of butter into your cass as you set r- 
over a gentle fire: instead of butter you may use the 
fat taken from shi Aa of cold roast-meat gravy 
r veal is ble to that 
salt and a ey slight dust o 
auayp roved ; 
ore in quantity than is wanted to 
hey with sy vegetable ; for 
t be u with ae moderation, othe 
psy iien The gravy would be 
brine ; transfer the Cantiflower from the ‘a 
consequen! a na 
Note hat this recipe is founded (like the di 
tions for many other dis 
rı 
For instance, to hash mutton, 
ay make “god eee 8 Lael with pon 
the gravy of the cold pem Bowe 
or poultry. To have light brown 
roux, you leave it on the fire wu 
colour d 
fat f ro 
gout. 
are, you would bone loy a browner roux 
hashed roast key 
