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Weed Destroyers. 



so largely used for the destruction of 



& 7 - ' are the means of 



order : while 



Vegetables for E 



,c =nbstances now so largely uscu iv« — 

 THK po,so now ^ walks and carria ge drives are 

 moss and weed upon g ^ ^ q{ a 



SHALLOTS. 



,u« - — „„„-.„„ n f labour in the keeping of these 

 considerable sav ing oMab surfaces F ^ undisturbe d b y knife or 



• — „r*ment enecicu uy .-..«-, ^ 0 the pleasure 



generally cultivated in 

 By many they are preferred to 



thC 'TXanceV" their appearance, and 

 hoe enhance^ r hem> 



adds greatly 



noc when using tnem. The present season of the year is 



exp enenced when ^ weed dest royers, and providing the 



generally * lectec tor gpy b for . f thfi ^ , s we i, ^ 



weather is fiu rly dry, it is s i xte en months afterwards, which 



0Ut weC l S Tlmn of the following year, and as growth, if any, being 

 ffil] be the autumn ot tn mont | s / one ' app iication of the mixture in 

 very slow ^ o gh tne w ^ 5,,^!^^ Settled weather should, 



r >ea h e be taS advantage of, and a few days after a heavy rain, 

 : W S £ soil s quite moist below, is preferable, by which means the 

 , wh uid does not drain away so quickly, and is consequently more effective 



J^iontf water, as this and the way to mix it is plainly set forth 

 proportion o or ' packag e, when received from the manufacturers. 

 UP °for ^ using ^ upon P nar row ' walks where a tub upon wheels cannot be 

 taken I havl found a paraffin cask very convenient, and easily moved 



mm Vace to place, as the work proceeds, and as the cubical capacity 

 ofThis is about forty gallons, the requisite quantity of poison to every 



cask of water is easily ascertained. _ f , . c iV u K ^ 



Where grass verges or lawn 

 operated upon the application . . 



accomplished, but where the edgings are of living plants, as 

 others whose roots penetrate deeply, and spread beneath the walk, more 

 care is required. With these the gravel should be drawn back to at 

 least eight inches from the edging, removing with it any >veeds, and 

 leaving it in the form of a ridge. In using the liquid this ridge, as well 

 as the rest of the walk, may be saturated, but the application must not 



Shallots (Allium ascalonicum) are pretty 



this country, and, as a rule, with success. 



onions for pickling purposes, and, in my opinion, the preference is 

 deserved. Their mode of culture is very simple, and, like onions, they 

 may be cultivated for years on the same piece of ground if it is well 

 tilled and manured each season, 

 suit them. 



Any aspect except a northern one will 

 The land should be well trenched and enriched with farm- 



crop 



Any cool, dry, airy room will 



of the liquid is very safely and easily 



box or 



be at greater speed than will allow of it sinking direct below the surface, 

 lereby avoiding the risk of damage that would arise should it run very 

 near the roots. In dressing walks with this description of edgings settled 

 weather should be chosen, as a sudden heavy fall of rain shortly after its 

 application would probably carry sufficient of the poison to the sides to 

 cause serious mischief. Neither is it advisable to return the gravel to its 

 place for a day or two after the dressing has been given. A small can, 



with a well-fitting rose that will emit the liquid in a nearly direct line _ _ _ _ 



should always be used alongside living edgings, of whatever form they The bulbs, or cloves, as they are generally termed, should be large, firm, 



yard manure during autumn, and, early in the year, as soon as the 

 weather will permit, the bulbs should be planted, in fact the earlier the 

 better. I like, if possible, to plant early in February, as the frost never 

 injures them. The ground should be pointed over with the fork and 

 raked down neat and level. Plant in rows one foot apart and ten inches 

 from plant to plant. On a light soil the bulbs may simply be pressed in 

 with the hand, but not buried entirely, about three parts will suffice ; but 

 on stiff, heavy land it will be necessary to use the dibber, pressing the 

 soil fairly firm about the sets. As a rule shallots lose no time in forming 

 roots and commencing to grow, and by the end of June the crops should 

 be matured and ready for lifting, and the ground ready for some other 



Simply lift or pull up the bulbs, and lay them in an airy sunny 

 place, when they should be turned about every other day, as it is essential 

 to thoroughly ripen them before storing. 



keep them well, and on wet days they should be examined, cleaned, 

 and sorted, and the smallest bulbs should be put on one side for the 

 following year's crop. 



Shallots may be produced from seed, but I have never been satisfied 

 with this mode of culture, as my experience is that they always come 

 very mixed, and too much like bad onions. To obtain the very best 

 results for exhibition some extra care must be bestowed on them. Select, 

 if possible, a southern site, which should be thoroughly trenched, and, 

 as in the case of onions, can hardly be made too rich. Allow a distance 

 of fifteen inches between the rows, and one foot from set to set. Firm, 

 medium bulbs should be selected, and frequent dressings of farmyard 

 liquid should be given, mulching the ground after growth has com- 

 menced with half-spent horse droppings. When the growth is completed, 

 it should be carefully laid down for a week or ten days before lifting the 

 crop. Every care should be taken to thoroughly expose and ripen the 

 bulbs before storing, and in wet, sunless weather they should be placed 

 in shallow boxes under cover ; cold frames will answer the purpose well. 



may be, as stray drops falling upon a well-kept lawn or grass verge will 

 cause very unsightly spots to exist for a long time. For the centres of 

 carriage- drives and open spaces a large can and rose may be used, which 

 will expedite the progress of the work considerably. To be effectual for 

 a long period the entire surface must be evenly and thoroughly saturated, 

 whether or net weeds are visible at the time, for if this is not done the 

 latter will soon after appear upon the seemingly clean places, and so mar 

 he appearance of the whole. 



The weed-destroyers now prepared and sent out in a powdered form 

 are very convenient for use where only small quantities are required, as 

 they are easily mixed with water, and, so far as I have observed, are 

 equally as destructive to vegetable life as the liquids, and costing less for 

 carriage, and, there being no returning of empty packages, proves the 

 article to be a cheap and convenient means of keeping gravel paths free 

 from weeds. I have not found any kind of weed that could withstand, 

 unharmed, a proper dressing of the weed-destroyer, for although some of 

 the more tenacious of life will survive its effects longer than others, they 

 all are forced to succumb in course of a few days after the application. 



On this estate the necessary gravel for walks and drives is mostly 

 obtained from the sea-shore, and this, though free of ordinary weeds, 

 apt to contain, more or less, a small growing variety of sedum which 

 is scarcely visible at the time the gravel is removed, but it soon makes its 

 presence known when spread upon the surface of the walks, and proves 

 a most difficult subject to eradicate with hoe and rake, for however clean 

 the surface may appear after the use of these in fine weather, it springs 

 again quite fresh after rain. I have always considered this sedum the 

 worst form of weed to deal with, and one that requires more than ordinary 

 measures to destroy it, but a good dressing of the weed destroyer when- 

 ever the walks are regravelled clears it off completely, and 

 required until gravel is again wanted. 



Galloway House, Garliestown. N.B 



thoroughly ripened, of a good bright colour, and with small necks. 

 Twenty-five will make a good dish, all of which should be as alike 

 as possible, and arranged on a large dinner plate. There are now 

 several very excellent kinds in cultivation, but the old Chester variety is 

 still one of the best for ordinary purposes. Veitch's Exhibition, Carter's 

 Mammoth, and the Red Skinned are the best for competition. 



House 



E. Beckett. 



Gard 



An 



Charitable Contr 



no more is 



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Runner Beans. 



writfr f„ — rr„ 1 read » not lon S since ' a recommendation by a gardening 



lo t ™ r? W the ° ,d Scarlet Runner bean sti11 ' on the g^und that it was the 

 most prolific cropper. — 1 ^_ • & .. 



Whilst some writers are freehanded in sermonising gardeners because they do 

 not more freely contribute to the funds of the gardening charities or the United 

 Horticultural Benefit Society, it is very interesting to find the chairman of the 

 recent Gardeners' Benevolent dinner, Sir Oswald Mosley, as also the treasurer, 

 Mr Harry Veitch, lamenting the fact that generally such poor wages are paid to 

 gardenersf Does it not occur to writers that the primary cause cf the lack of 

 contributions to the objects named by gardeners is largely due to this cause? That 

 gardeners are as thrifty a race as any other body of workers there can be no 

 doubt, but they cannot spare money to contribute to everything. I do not say 

 that the large benefit societies present m any way such attractions as the United 

 Hnrtirultural Benefit Society does, because that is one of the very best of its 

 khffin^ta^ But me objection largely entertained towards it by gar- 

 deners is that, having no branches, they can take no active part in i s manage. 

 ™L nt ann for that reason have in it very little interest. It is because large socie- 

 Ues 1 h£ the OdlfeCs, Foresters, Hearts of Oak, and others have branches 

 evervwhere that they have become so popular and are so universally supported by 

 every wnere max uij _ al> Then how many gardeners who, when young 



i heCl WoLe member? ofS e large benefit societies, and once having 

 -^trirkTthem There are, of course, good reasons why they should 

 joined they stick to them. 1 , H sieving that m doing so 



— t-i-^ increase rath 



^SLtanS. 1 *e "wage of the gardener is small, how can 



res 



Sri ."^ Those wh0 know the cr °PP in I merits of newer and to ordinary artisans and ine«^ 



!K J Ct -1 W J °- U,d Smik at such an assertion ' b » l such a dvice given to the be expected that he should be able to^ ^d «noney to contr.D 7 ^ 

 N f k, I rh miS ^ dlD £. AU who have g rown the new long-podded firms, such as " ' " — * *" mav ** such M C ° mmand - 1 ' • 



able crl„- ' Winner . Best of All, Exhibition, will recognise the remark- 

 reallv n £ P g ^ allt ! es of these beans, and, allied to length of pod produced, it is 

 produce tk! Xa & geratlDg t0 Say that these newer varie ties yield almost double the 

 what is m i Cr ° DeS ' because the P ods are naturally double as long ; but, 

 her™,„ »f°!. e ', ee P voun g> tender, and succulent so much longer after thev have 



to ordinary artisans 

 be ex^. , 



ties, even though they may be ----- - _ , . assume d to be a saving man, 



invite his pecuniary support ?^ J^JjgJJ for that ourDOSe the Post office places 

 in the sense 

 at his disposal. 



the director i t >L 8 a ao me snorter P oas ot old varieties. Our gain in 

 been remark n J eWer bean Production during the last ten or twelve years has 

 *e ! nd We sha11 fin . d k . verv diffic . uIt to far beyond it. " 



Wonder 



Then, 

 is 



To be in no better position than that he is absolutely dependent 

 week after week on his wages, and has not a penny saved up as a^-«,^to 

 trouble comes is enoug 



worry and of b ^ te ^ SS ^^' h e " "has "saved nothing, and made no provision 

 been harshly ^^ f ^^ nauiries being made ts to his opportunities and 



rh to' render the life of any sensitive man one of intense 



has suddenly passed 



nquiries being 

 to the members of the 



opportunit 

 United Horticultural 



addition tlfnv vaI «able addition to our runner stocks ; and another most valuable 

 height anVI 15 f ectlon 15 Sutton's Excelsior, that will run, if allowed, to a great 



Election h i Tk eS a wjnde rful crop of pods. There are two or three others of 



Place lawelv nf . tW ° are the best ' Whe " grown in S ood rows > the y toke the 

 saving of or™, i^ir , Sowin 2 s of ordinary dwarf beans, and thus contribute a 

 eenerally made laboun A sowin? of the Golden Tti,ct»r K«.nc «h™,M h* 

 Properly 0 

 wan love 



for his family, without any 



capacities ? men sp^n ^ ^ ^.^ ^ af n(J w 



? enC « r!S ^VasTl went further and asked tor a « saving " wage, because, un- 

 for a living wage, i (( „ m save .» life was one constant state of 

 ess a man could not only > wigh tQ ^.^ ftom ^ m 



paid 



j "^'"") 0.4XVX U1UO WUUIUULt <* 



m . , , A sowing of the Golden Butter beans should be 



conlT ^° < : om P! ete the collection, as this variety, where well grown and 

 5 K< £ J ^variably furnishes dishes that are highly appreciated by all 



paid 



more c^T*""^ the me chanic, are held by such slender threads that he may 

 be g ioT* : few D 'years Z out for many months/and thus have every halfpenny he 

 h M saved absorbed for sustenance. 



