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and reliable guide would be supplied 

 for the benefit of central mill people 

 generally, and the managers in particular 

 who would thea be enabled to watch for 

 any improvement, when a short corres- 

 pondence, or an occasional visit, would 

 keep up a continual interchange of ideas. 

 Discussion and criticism of sugar makino- 

 problems would do a lot of good at the 

 present time, but unfortunately in matters 

 pertaining to sugar manufacture there 

 seems to be a " conspiracy of silence," 

 presumably because it is rather unpleasant 



to admit that notwithstanding all our 

 boasted knowledge, "good mill work" 

 seldom exceeds 80 per cent, of the sucrose 

 contained in the cane ; consequently the 

 "unavoidable" (.?) losses have been 

 generally ignored in the records of mill 

 work, both private and central. The 

 inheritance of defective and imperfect 

 methods from the passing generation 

 ought not to deter us from endeavouring 

 to make mu<!h of the present day loss 

 "avoidable." 



Gardening Notes. 



By W. J, Bell, Florist and Seedsman. 



KITCHEN GARDEN.-Peas may be 

 sown this month. The best varieties 

 are ; — 



Pride of the Market, 2 feet. 

 Harrison's Glory, 2| feet. 

 Yorkshire Hero, 2^''feet. 

 Doctor McLean, 3 feet. 



.u J^^ '^"^'^ ^ ^"^^^^^ <^«^ep, not less 

 than ,i feet apart, about lib. to 40 feet of 

 drill. Peas grow best in a soil which has 

 been liberally manured for a previous 

 crop. Unless the soil is very rich, a 

 dressing with phosphatic manure, when 

 the pods begin to swell, will give excel- 

 lent results. 



Further sowings may be made of carrot, 

 beet, lettuce, radish, and turnip. Early 

 tomatoes, marrows, and cucumbers can 

 be raised by sowing the seeds, about the 

 middle of the month, on a hot bed under 

 a trame. Without the assistance of bottom 

 heat It will be of little use sowing these 

 till towards the end of August, or begin- 

 ning of September. 



Flower Garden.— Sow pansy and other 

 hardy annuals and perennials. 



Prune and manure roses and deciduous 

 ilowenng shrubs. 



This month is the best time for plant- 

 ing roses. The following is a good selec- 

 tion :-Lamarque, white; the Bride, white, 

 occasionally flushed with carmine ; 

 Bouquet d'Or, coppery yellow ; Duke of 

 i^dmboro and Ella Gordon, crimson ; La 

 France, silvery rose ; Belle de Bordeaux, 

 pink ; Climbing Perle des Jardins ; 

 Moile de Lyon and Marechal Kiel, yellow • 



Madam Lambard, bright metallic red 

 Marie Van Houtte, canary yellow, edged 

 with rosy carmine ; Madam Pierre Cochet, 

 deep nankeen or orange yellow ; Francis 

 Dubreuil, crimson, a fine button-hole 

 rose ; Madame la Baronne Berge, rosy 

 white edged cerise, similar to Homer ; 

 Beauty of Waltliam, bright rosy crimson I 

 Captain Christy, salmon ; Souvenir de la 

 Mahnaisoii, flesh colour; Souvenir de 

 William Wood, maroon ; Marechal 

 Vaillaut, purplish red. 



Deciduous shrubs should also be 

 planted for spring and early summer 

 flowering, such as Philadelphus, Dentzia, 

 Spiroea Reevesi (double May , Viburnum 

 opulus or Guelder rose, magnolia purpurea, 

 Pride of India, hibiscus grandiflora, 

 hibiscus syriacus, the double flowering 

 pomegranate, lemon scented verbena, &c. 



Deciduous fruit trees, such as apples, 

 pears, peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums 

 quinces, figs ; also, grape vines, rasp-' 

 berries, and American blackberries should 

 now be planted. 



Where only a limited number of fruit 

 trees is required, the following will be a 

 good selection : — 



Apples, Cooking.— Beauty of Kent 

 Echiinville Pippin, Lord Derby, Lord 

 buffield and Keswick Codlin. 



Kitchen and Dessert. -King of Tom- 

 kins County, Reinetta de Canada, Rhode 

 Island Greening. 



Apples, Dessert.— Cox's Orange Pippin 

 Golden Reinette, Irish Peach, Newtown 

 Pippin, Nonpareil, and Ruby. 



