THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
Mare’ 1, 1097 
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Renowaed for his Watches, Jewellery, and Repsirs. 
H _Witeben (carden. 
BY J. A. CRONIN. 
As in th: 
work shoul. 
moist soil and watering where necessary. 
Land should be prepared for future crop- 
be the maintenance of a 
ping as soon ascleared of crops. A liberal 
dressing of stable manure should be in- 
-corporated and thoroughly mixed through 
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The best way to raise a stock of herbs 
‘such as sage, thyme and marjoram is to 
procure a few plants and propagate them 
by divisions or cuttings.. Seeds of several 
herbs, including those mentioned, ar” 
procurable from Adelaide seedsmen and 
may be raised with little trouble, but arg 
some time coming to maturity. They 
would require careful culture during the 
first season. Old plants may be divided 
during autumn and planted in rows to 
admit of horse or wheel hoe cultivation 
if a quantity.is required. 
The land should be well drained. and 
well worked and manured before plant- 
ing. A moist but sweet situation is most 
suitable. 
Beds should be prepared for the re, 
ception of seeds, and seeds of turnips, 
cauliflower, French beans, peas, and 
various saladings should be sown. 
varieties of potatoes may be planted for 
an autumn crop and also plants of cab- 
bage, celery, etc., from former sowings. 
Early 
BY W. 8.’ CAMPBELL. 
Ir abundance of cow, horse and sheep 
dung be used, the effects of dry weather - 
may be minimised, for a large application 
of vegetable matter will assist to keep the 
flower garden, the principal 
The use 
soil moist in very dry weather. 
of artificial manure tends to dry the soil, 
except perhaps nitrate of soda: but of 
course the application of this alone would 
not be sufficient on most soils. 
The collection of abundance of farm- 
yard dung for all the needs of the garden 
should be an easy matter on a farm and 
_ also for use asa mulch on the surface. All 
this kind of manure should be well rotted 
before use, for not only are its valuable 
manurial constituents made immediately 
available for the vegetables to feed upon, 
but many of the weed seeds which are 
sure to be present will be destroyed. 
There are many kinds of vegetables 
such as beans, peas, old tomatoes, etc., by 
this time past bearing and of no further 
use unless seeds are ~ quired, but it is 
not good economy to retain seeds of old 
almost exhausted plants. A few plant, 
should be set apart for the purpose and 
kept for seed production only, bearing in 
mind that many kinds of vegetables will 
become crossed, and therefore the seeds 
will be unreliable and not true to variety, 
if various kinds grow close together. 'To- 
matoes are very liable to be crossed by 
visiting insects. To ensure true seed tho 
different varieties should be kept as far 
apart as possible and certain flowers be 
protected and pollenated by their own 
pollen. 
The planting of potatoes will be a 
matter for consideration, according to 
climate, for it may be altogether too early 
in some districts. There seems to be a 
considerable amount of uncertainty as to 
varieties—that is, as to their proper 
names—and there is very good reason to 
think that in some districts varieties have 
become seriously muddled up and wrong 
kinds are distributed. A mistake is not 
infrequently made in the well known 
Early Rose. Many specimens come to the 
department named Early Rose which are 
not true to name, and it is the same with 
Mr Dunnicliff of the 
department is taking a great deal of 
trouble to put things straight, and he has 
now in hand a great many varieties on 
trial, and I hive no doubt he will succeed 
in arranging their proper names, and I ~ 
hope that before very long all our experi- 
niental farms will be provided with n 
creased stocks for distribution. 5 
Beans—All sorts of the kidney or 
-noch beans may be sown as extensively 
as may be necessary: but let each bean 
have sufficient space in which its roots 
can extend. Very often the seed is sown 
so close together that the plants are very 
much cramped and they have no chance 
to grow as well as they should. Some 
succeed infinitely better than others: 
therefore it is always advisable to experi- 
ment with several varieties of dwarf 
growing kinds and runners. As an all 
round variety Canadian Wonder stands 
out well, Of the butcer beans, Anderson’s 
Wonder is worth a trial, and of green 
runners the best IT have ever produced is 
Carters’s Jubileo, very large and tender 
and it is also a well flavored bean: but 
whether it will succeed in other localities 
1 do not know at present. 
Broccoli—A little seed may be sown 
during the month, and when the seed- 
lings are able to shift, prick them out 
about 6 inches or so apart, and they may 
be planted out when matured. Use the 
manure liberally for broccoli and then 
endeavor to grow it without a check. 
Borecole or Kale is worth a trial and is 
other varieties. 
