October 1, 1904 
from quite small to gigantic in comparison. 
The largest are the mildest and are best 
suited for feeding, as a relish, to canaries. 
Some varieties’are used for ornamental 
purposes in the flower garden. I sometimes 
grow capsicum in pots simply for orna- 
ment, and I find that when nicely grown 
they are extremely pretty. 
Egg Plant.—Sow a little seed, or, if 
plants have been raised, plant out in a 
warmly situated, well-manured. bed. 
Kohl Rabi, or Turnip-rooted Cabbage-— 
Sow a little seed and transplant seedlings, 
and cultivate just as you should a cabbage. 
Leeck.—Sow a little seed in seed bed. 
‘Transplant any seedlings which have been 
yaised and are large enough to handle. 
When preparing ground for their reception 
use manure most liberally. Plant in shal- 
low trenches. 
Lettuce—Seedlings already raised may 
be planted out in. well-manured ground, 
but towards the end of the month trans 
planting had better give way to the sowing 
of lettuce seed in rows where the plants 
are to grow. Plants thus raised and grown 
are less liable to run to seed Curing the 
warm weather than if they are trans 
planted. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
Melons (Rock andi Water).—Sow seed. 
as extensively as may be required. — 
Maize (Sweet).—Very few persons seem 
to care for this vegetable, and it is but 
little grown here. The seed may now be 
sown in any districts where the ordinary 
maize will grow. Sow in rows about 4 ft. 
apart, and drop two or three seeds 1 ft. 
apart, thinning out to one plant if all the 
seeds come up. 
quently between the plants. 
Okra.—Sow a few seeds to raise seedlings 
for planting out. This is sometimes used for 
‘ornamental purposes in the flower garden, 
for it bears very pretty flowers which, how- 
ever, emit a rather heavy overpowering 
perfume. 
Onion.—Sow a little seed im drills if a 
sufficient quantity of seed has not ‘pre- 
viously been sown. <A, dressing of soot and 
salt, half and half, or of soot alone, to 
growing onions will be found useful. 
Parenip.—Sow ai row or two occasionally 
if required. The ground for this vege- 
table should be dug deep, and if trenched 
to a depth of 2 ft. all the better. 
Pea.—Sow occasionally during 
month to keep up ai good supply. 
the 
Cultivate the soil fre-_ 
15. 
Potato.—Sow a row or two if requiredi=* 
Work the ground well amongst the grew— 
ing potatoes, and never suffer any weeds tm 
grow. 
Pumpkin, Squash, Vegetable Marrew-—, 
Sow seed to keep up supplies. 
Rhubarb.—A_ little seed may be sown, 
if a supply of plants is required for plan&- 
ing out next season. 
Tomato.Sow seed if a sufficiené supply 
of plants for present use has not been rais- 
ed. Good strong seedlings may be plan&- 
ed out, except in the cold districts. Mr 
Ellis tried a tomato, named MatchTess, for 
me last season, and he says that “the ta- 
mato Matchless well deserves its name, fox 
it 1s first-class, being a heavy and contimu 
ous cropper of large, handsome, smaoth— 
skinned, bright scarlet, firm, excellent 
flavored fruit. Its habit is robust, and ce 
showed no signs of disease. I cut fine fruit 
the first week in January, and righé 
through the season. until the plants were 
killed by frost. Of the twelve varieties: 
I grew last season, Matchless was by far 
the best ; in fact, I consider it the best) aTE- 
round tomato I ever grew.” 
Turnips—Sow a little seed in dritfs—— 
“Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W.” 
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