cn THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
The Vegetable Garden. 
CARDINAL RADISH. 
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Operations for the Month. 
Asparagus. — Advice was given last 
month to have some ground made ready 
for this good vegetable, If this work has 
not been done, set about it as soon as 
possible, and do not delay it until the 
planting season. 
Artichoke (Globe).—A vegetable hardly 
worth the growing. It is a cultivated 
form of the wild cardoon, a native chiefly 
of the Mediterranean sea-coast. Plants or 
suckers may be planted at any time during 
the month. The soil should be a rich 
sandy loam, moist, but well drained, for 
this vegetable to come to perfection. 
Half-a-dozen plants will probably be 
enough to grow. They may be planted 
in a row about 3to 4 feet apart. The 
artichokes will succeed fairly well on 
moist soils, if not too dry, provided the 
ground be well manured. 
Beans, Broad. — Seed may be sown 
largely at intervals during the month, in 
order to keep up a constant supply. It 
needs a good deal of moisture, and is a 
suitable vegetable for cool districts, quite 
unlike tbe French bean. 
Beans, Kidney or French.— Should only 
be sown in the warmest parts of the 
State, where frosts are not likely to occur. 
Old plauts should be cleared out of the’ 
garden immediately they cease to be pro 
ductive. 
Brussels Sprouts Sow a little seed 
during this month in a seed-bed, or even 
in a box, in order to have some plants 
coming on for successional planting. If 
strong plants can be obtained they may 
be planted out. , 
‘Cabbage.—Sow seed of several varieties 
as recommended before once or twice 
during the month. If strong seedlings 
are available, put them out. 
Carrot.—Sow a little seed occasionally 
in drills about a foot to 18 inches apart. — 
Sprinkle the seed thinly along the shallow 
drills, and cover by hand with fine soil. 
Cauliflower.—Sow a little seed occa- 
sionally, and plant out strong seedlings, 
a few at a time. 
Celery.—Sow a very little seed, and 
plant some good strong seedlings in 
shallow trenches, Apply a heavy dressing 
of manure before planting. 
Endive —This is a plant rather like 
lettuce in appearance, and it is used as a 
salad. Sow a little seed, in the same 
manner as you would lettuce, and after. 
wards transplant the seedlings when they 
are large and strong enough. The soil 
should be made rich, for the plants should 
be grown quickly so as to have them 
tender. 
Leek.—Sow some seed and plant out 
the seedlings when they are 8 inches or 
so in height. The ground must be made 
very rich to grow the leek to perfection, 
for it is a greedy fecder. 
CHINESE ARTICHOKE. 
Lettuce—This is a good time to sow 
seed, and also to plant out strong seed- 
lings from previous sowings. Move the 
plants without breaking any roots if pos- 
sible. The great object to attain is to 
grow them without a check, and this can 
be done if they are carefully taken out of 
the ground and carefully planted. Make 
the soil rish with well-rotted manure. 
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‘Onion.—The ground should be made 
rich and worked fine on the surface, and 
' particular care should be taken to have 
the beds well drained. Sow in rows, and 
barely cover the seed with fine soil. Keep 
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_the beds quite free from weeds, and, to 
facilitate the weeding. the beds should be 
made narrow. Soot mixed with salt half 
and half makes a useful top-dressing 
sprinkled among onions vhen they come 
up. 
CHINESE CABBAGE. 
Parsley —Sow some seeds of this useful’ 
plant. 
Parsnip.—Sow a little seed in drills. 
This is a deep-rooting plant, and therefore 
the soil should be deeply worked. 
Peas.—Keep on sowing a row or two 
from time to time, in order to keep up a 
continual supply if necessary, for it is 
hard to find a better vegetable than the 
pea. Sow in rows about 3 to 4 feet apart. 
The drills should be about 3 inches deep.,. 
and the peas about 3 inches apart iu the 
drills. 
Radish. —Sow a little seed occasionally: 
in order to keep up a supply of this very 
useful vegetable. 
Sea Kale.—Sow a very little seed now 
and then. 
Spinach.—Sow a little seed during the 
month. 
Shallots.- Plant out some bulbs or 
cloves in rows about 12 to 15 inches 
apart. Do not bury the clove deep, but 
just press it firmly into the soil. 
Hers. -- Sow seed and lift; divide and 
replant old: plants. 
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