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being thinned out to five or six inches apart in the 

 rows. The varieties growing three feet high should be 

 in rows three feet six inches apart ; and varieties five 

 to six feet high, would be grown to greater advantage 

 at eight feet between the rows, and two rows of cabbages 

 between them. The top of one row should not cast a 

 shadow on the lower part of the next, and the whole 

 from top to bottom should be fully exposed to light and 

 air. Earth up all the crops as they advance, and stake 

 up the taller varieties as the tendrils appear. Manure 

 liberally, and give liquid manure in dry weather. 



Trellis for Peas : Galvanised wire netting of two- 

 inch mesh, attached to posts, forms an excellent trellis 

 for peas. It need not be nearer than ten inches above 

 the ground, and the tendrils will catch hold of it as 

 the peas advance in growth. 



PUMPKIN and SQUASH. 



The cultivation is the same as for cucumber, which 

 see ; the only difference is in the space required to ac- 

 commodate their more vigorous growth. The holes 

 should be eight feet apart, instead of six, and only one 

 plant be left in each hole. Two may be left of the sorts 

 which are of a less robust habit. 



ROSELLA. 



This is a variety of Hibiscus, and in the southern 

 districts of Queensland is an annual. The seed should 

 be sown in July or August, protected in a frame if 

 there is any risk from frost, and planted out in favor- 

 able weather when the plants are sufficiently strong, 

 at about six or eight feet apart each way. The fruit, 

 from which the favorite rose! la jam is prepared, con- 

 sists of the fleshy calyx covering the pericarp or seed 



