TBB AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



593 



Garden Notes for November. 



By W. J. Bell, Florist and Seedsman. 



KITCHEN Garden.— The main crop of 

 celery should be sown early this 

 month in a well-prepared bed thoroughly 

 well sheltered from north winds. Imme- 

 diately the seed is sown the bed should 

 be covered with a layer of light litter, 

 which should not be removed till the 

 seedlings appear, and then only gradually 

 as the young plants become stronger. 



While germination is taking place, and 

 for some time after the seedlings are 

 through, the surface of the bed should be 

 kept continually moist by watering both 

 morning and evening, as in hot weather 

 one watering is not sufficient, and special 

 care and attention will be required for at 

 least two months after sowing. 



The best varietifls are Coles Crystal 

 White, (iiant Solid White, White Plume, 

 Major Clark's Red, and Giant Solid Red. 



This month is the best time for sowing 

 leeks. 



A thorough preparation of the ground is 

 necessary as the leek luxuriates in the 

 richest of soils. 



The finest specimens are produced in 

 shallow trenches dug out and manured as 

 for celery. Here the seedling leeks are 

 planted in single or double rows. By 

 this means the roots are kept cool during 

 the most arid and hot weather, whilst 

 water can be applied more directly. The 

 seed may be sown in a bed either in drills 

 or broadcast, and require similar care and 

 treatment to celery until they are large 

 enough to be transplanted into the 

 trenches. 



They may be blanched by drawing the 

 soil up round the stems in the same way 

 as celery. 



The first sowing of Cauliflower may be 

 made this month for the early crop, 



The seed should be sown broadcast in a 

 well-prepared bed in which a little lime 

 has been adied. 



The young seedling plants, when large 

 enough to be handled, should be pricked 

 out into another bed similarly prepared a 

 few inches apart each way, with just suffi- 



cient space to allow of a ball of soil being 

 lifted with each plant when large enough 

 to plant out. 



This i^lan is much preferable to plant- 

 ing out direct from the seed bed, as the 

 young plants will be stronger and can be 

 transplanted with less risk. 



The best varieties are Early London, 

 Early Erfurt, and Veitch's Autumn Giant. 

 The latter variety has been grown to an 

 enormous size in this country, specimens 

 having scaled 21 lbs. weight. 



Sow for succession Dwarf Beans : Cana- 

 dian Wonder, Golden Butter, and Bur- 

 pees green podded stringless are the best ; 

 also Beet, Cabbage, Raddish, Lettuce, 

 'I'omato, Vegetable Marrow, Parsley, 

 Thyme, Sage, Marjorm, and other pot- 

 herbs. 



Capiscum and Egg-plant may still be 

 sown in the Midland and Coast Districts. 



Where live fences are required, now is 

 the time to plant, such as Thuja, Japan 

 Privet, and Eugenia. A trench should be 

 dug out and filled in with nice light rich 

 soil, but fresh manure must not be used, 

 and none at all for Thujas. For fences 

 plant fifteen inches to half a yard apart. 



Flower Garden. — All varieties of tender 

 and half hardy flower seeds may be sown 

 now, including Asters, Margaret Carna- 

 tion, Cosmos, Cockscomb, Balsam, Sun- 

 flower, Heliotrope, Ipomea, Marigold, 

 Nasturtium, and Zinnia. 



The Margaret Carnation and Cosmos 

 sown now will flower in the autumn. 

 In the colder districts many of the hardy 

 flower seeds may be sown for autumn 

 flowering, such as Antirrhinum, Candy- 

 tuft, Calendula, Coreopsis, Cyanus, Dian- 

 thus, Gaillardia, Lafkspur, Linum, Mig- 

 nonette, Petunia, Phlox, etc. 



Advantage should be taken of the wet 

 weather for planting all kinds of ever- 

 green flowering shrubs and ornamental 

 trees. 



The planting out of all kinds of sum- 

 mer and autumn flowering perennials 

 should be completed as soon as possible, 



