_ December'1;.1904'. 
Vegetable Garden. 
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OPERATIONS FOR DECEMBER. 
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By W. S. Campsext. 
Young growing crops should be hoed and 
kept fres from weeds. If this is not at- 
tended to they will soon be smothered, and 
time, seed, and labor wasted. 
French beans, peas, and seed of such vege- 
tablés as melons, squashes, &c., may be 
zown. | 
Advantage should be taken of showeny 
weather to plant out from previous sowings 
of cabbage, celery, &c. Carefully examine 
young cabbage plants for signs of club root, 
black leg, and other fungus diseases. Any 
80 affected should be burned at once. 
Lateral shoots should be pinched from 
tomato plants, and each plant securely 
@taked. Should any insect or fungus'then 
attack the plants they can easily be spray- 
ed. Early tomatoes are almost invariably 
attacked by the larve of the tomato moth 
(Heliothis). The plants should be spray- 
#d on the first appearance of the grub with 
Paris green, using one ounce of Paris green 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER: 
to 10 gallons of water. One-pound of new | 
lump lime must be slaked, and a quantity 
of water (about two gallons) poured over 
it. It should be thoroughly mixed, and 
strained into the spray pump or other ves- 
sel making up to 10 gallons. The Paris 
gréen should be mixed in a saucer or such 
vessel, in a small quantity of lime water, 
and when thoroughly mixed, added to the 
10 gallons of lime water. This should be_ 
thoroughly agitated while being applied. 
Do not use if the fruit is ripening. 
There are many country homes, and also homes 
in the suburbs, where gardeners and their 
families greet an evening’s recreation with music 
asa great boon. So itshould be. The difficulty 
very often lies in the fact that while the piano or 
organ is there the musician is wanted. To 
supply this pleasure we are introducing from 
America a Chart of Musical Chords, arranged by 
Mr. Charles E. Pratt. 5 
Choxds, which any ordinary intelligent person 
can learn quickly without any previous know- 
ledge of music, an accompaniment can be played 
to any song yet composed. In addition to the 
Chart the publishers supply a book of popular 
songs, containing 48 pages, all for the very 
modest price of 23. 6d.and postage. On receipt 
of 2s. 6d. and postage 2d. we will send the chart 
and music to any address in the Commonwealth, 
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#, CANNELE & SONS 
Have for thirty years targely exported both Plants 
and Seeds to all parts of Australia and New Zealand 
avith success never before achieved, and have the 
Largest and Best Stocks 
of everything for the Garden in Europe, and would 
be glad to send Catalogues and io correspond 
Yorketown, outh Australia, 5th Lebruary, 1903. 
You will be pleased to learn the Pelargoniums reached 
me in splendid condition. They are all coming on 
_ splendidly; and will make a brilliant show during our 
next spring. The Lily bulbs also reached me a few 
days ago, and have been planted. I now send yona 
further order. E. H. MarrHews. 
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| NURSERYMEN! 
TRANSON BROTHERS 
D. DAUYESSE’S 
-good order and given satisfaction. 
SEND FOR OUE~ 
NURSERY TRADE LIST, 
Quoting prices for ali sorts of young stuff, such as—Feuit Tree Stocks, 
and 2 years, mall Conifers, 1 to 4 years. Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, 
i to3 years. Roses, 800 sorts, Fruit Trees, 1,200 old and new sorts. Now 
Shrubs and Trees, &c. 
Nurseries United 
Spee | in 1904. 
-BARBIER & €0., 
SUCCESSORS, 7 
ORLEANS, FRANCE. 
Plants are carefully packed, and those we yearly send to the Cape 
Colony, Australia, Tasmania,.South America, &c, have always arrived in 
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