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THM AGUiCULTUBAL JOURNAL. 



bargo against importation from Mauritius 

 should be removed, and arrangements 

 made for importing cane from that island 

 in quantity in time for the coming plant- 

 ing season. If the Government Ento- 

 mologist and a representative of the 



planting industry were sent to Mauritius, 

 duly accredited to the Government there, 

 they felt sure that the matter could be 

 arranged with safety, so far as any risk of 

 introduction of disease was concerned, 

 and with satisfaction to the planters. 



Gardening Notesm 



By W. J. Bell, F 



WHBEE watering can be done, further 

 sowings may be made of carrot, 

 turnip, lettuce, radish, beet, spinach, 

 mustard, and cress, parsley and other 

 herbs. 



A grand lettuce for sowing now is 

 Webb's Wonderful, one of the largest in 

 cultivation. They should be trans- 

 planted not less than 18 or 20 inches 

 apart, as they will easily fill up that space 

 in good rich soil. 



Two other good varieties of cabbage 

 lettuce are the Big Boston and Ice- 

 berg. I 

 Sow in the flower garden candytuft, 

 larkspur, calendula, autirrhiuum, phlox, 

 drummondi, pansy, daisy, petunia, carna- 

 tion, sweet alyssum, poppy, gaillardia, 

 coreopis, and ten-weeks' stock. 



The young seedling plants of carna- 

 tion, pansy, daisy, and stocks that have 

 been previously sown in boxes should, as 

 soon as large enough, be pricked out into 

 small beds of nice rich soil about two 

 inches apart each way; afterwards, when 

 strong enough, each plant can be lifted 

 with a ball of soil and planted out where 

 they are required for flowering. Several 

 varieties having tap roots,such as poppy 

 and larkspur, do not transplant well, and 

 should be merely thinned out when the 

 seedlings are too crowded. This thinning 

 is a very necessary operation, especially 

 80 in regard to the poppy, the seed of 

 which is so fine that from fifty to a 

 hundred plants will often come up in 

 the space that should only be occupied by 

 one. Each plant of the larger varieties 

 of poppy requires at least a space of 

 eighteen inches in diameter. 



3t and Seedsman. 



Tree Seed Sowing. 



The sowing of all tree seeds enumer- 

 ated in last month's notes should be com- 

 pleted this month, and also the various 

 varieties of eucalypti, such as E.Globiilus, 

 Blue Gum,, E. Amygdalina, and E. Kost- 

 rata, both red gums; E. Coriacea, Weep- 

 ing Gum, E. Marginata, the Jarra, E. 

 Obliqua, Stringybark, E. Panicnlata, Iron 

 Bark, E. Robusta, Swamp Mahogany, E. 

 Viminahs, Manna Gum, E. Diversicolor, 

 Karri Tree, E. Citriodora, Lemon- 

 scented Gum. 



Pruning. 



The pruning of grape vines and all 

 kinds of deciduous trees and shrubs may 

 be commenced at the end of this mouth, 

 and should bo completed by the end of 

 July. 



Grape vines should be pruned by cut- 

 ting back last year's wood to one or two 

 eyes. If the vine is in an exposed place 

 it is best to leave two eyes. The Isabella 

 or Catawba may be pruned to one eye 

 only. The pruning of deciduous flower- 

 ing shrubs requires considerable dis- 

 cretion, as some need ditt'erent treatment 

 to others ; take, for example, the double- 

 flowering May Spirea Reevesi. The 

 beauty of this shrub when in bloom is in 

 its long pendulous sprays of Mdiite 

 blossom, antl the only pruning required 

 is in cutting or thinning out as near the 

 ground as possible all the old wood, and 

 leaving the long sprays required for flower- 

 ing untouched. xVs an example of a 

 different style of pruning, the Pride of 



