E. B. COX & Co., Seedsmen, Ete., corner Rundle Street and East Terrace.. 
Suave Number of 
1907 
% The 
Nusttalia 1a Gardener #3 
(A Monthly Journal of Floriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture, and Poultry), 
The Vegetable Garden— 
Operations for the Month 
Flower Garden— 
The Lily 
Roses (continued), 
Plant Notes. 
Hardy Shrubs: How to Plant and 
Treat Them. 
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CONTAINS— 
The Orehard— 
Orange Mulching. 
Thinning Apples. 
The Dairy— 
Aberdeen-Angus Catile. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, 
EDITORIAL. 
Tue December issue of ‘‘ THE AUSTRALIAN 
GARDENEX.” contains useful instructions 
for vegetable gardeners. As the dry days 
of the summer appear it is well for ama- 
teurs particularly to note closely the order 
of things to keep the kitchen well supplied 
with dainty foods for hot weatner. 
In the flower garden sun scorching heat 
will bring many dlsappointments, but 
while these are always to be reckoned with 
there are flowers that bloom and thrive 
under fiercest rays of sun and revel in the 
heat. The lilies belong to this class of sun 
lovers and given fair treatment will well 
repay the trouble. We are continuing our 
articles on roses, and although the recep- 
tion days of the queen may at times 
brivg wilted petals, a few days of cooler 
weather -to pick the buds up will bring 
along a quantity of good blooms. 
How to plant hardy shrubs and what to 
do with them when planted are most useful 
hints, because there are so many beautiful 
shrubs that are rarely seen because ‘they 
are neglected through ignorance, Many 
shrubs have a straggling habit of growth, 
and because they are not trained properly 
the amateur finds it difficult to make room 
for them in his garden. 
For the dairy this month we are intro- 
ducing a breed of cattle that are not known 
much here, but have stood the test of 
work and good results for very many years 
in their home in Scotland. The Aberdeen- 
Angus cattlé hold their’ own’ in favor 
The Poultry Yard— 
2,000 Hens in One House. 
The Silver Dorking, 
A Monster Egg, 
Pithy Pars. 
Potato EXPERIMENTS. 
&e, &e., &e. 
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amongst many breeders, although their 
neighbors, the Ayrshires, seem to have 
caught and still hold the popular taste for 
utility purposes in milk giving and butter 
making. 
Many items of interest will be found in 
the poultry columns, and one writer up- 
holds the claims of the old-time silver 
dorking as a good utility bird. 
The orchard is just now beginning to 
return to the laborers their well-earned 
fruit. Now always appears to be the most 
anxious time. Thinning and summer 
pruning is yet not much understood in 
orchard work, but it is going to be a great 
factor in the making of fruit-producing 
machines as soon as it becomes well known 
and understood for practical purposes. 
Another itcm of special interest to orange 
growers now that the hot weather is 
coming on apace is mulching. ‘This opera- 
tion is almost aS necessary as watering, 
and our article lays a good deal of stress 
upon the advantage of a3 the ground 
from baking. 
Next month we propose mcinnine a 
special article upon bulbous rooted peren- 
nials. Not much ls known about these 
plants, but they have a great wealth of rich 
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