246 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Mar., 1898. 
Farm and Garden Notes for March. 
Farm.—Continue to plough up land. Sow lucerne, clover, rye-grass, 
oats, barley, vetches, prairie-grass, wheat, sorghum, carrots, mangolds, and 
Swede turnips. Plant the main crop of potatoes. Gather maize as it ripens, 
and watch for the ripening of tobacco. Gather the leaves as they arrive at 
maturity. The leaves should be wilted on the field, and subsequently deali 
with according to instructions given in this and the last number of the Journal 
by Mr. Nevill. 
Kitchen Garden. —Although autumn will have begun on the 20th of this — 
month, weeds will still be troublesome. Keep them down by constant deep 
hoeing. Plant out cabbages, cauliflowers, Brussels sprouts, celery. Have 
your beds ready dug during dry weather. Let them be dug deep and be well 
manured, so that every available opportunity for planting out may be availed 
of. In transplanting, be careful to retain a ball of earth at the roots of the 
plants when lifting them. In planting out cabbages on a slope, make the rows 
across the hill. The rows should be 2 feet apart, as the vegetables thus get a 
free current of air which materially assists in bringing them to perfection. 
Asparagus beds will be the better for a dressing of salt. Make a general 
sowing of vegetables, broad beans, French beans, beetroot, carrot, turnip, 
radish, kohl rabi, cabbage, cauliflower, onions, leeks, lettuce, mustard cress, 
endive, peas, spinach, &c. Plant potatoes. ‘Transplant eschalots. Beet 
requires a deep, rich open soil. 
Flower Garden.—As the season is now getting sensibly cooler, screens and 
other shelter may be removed, to enable the plants to get the full benefit of 
the air. Autumn flowering plants will now present a very gay appearance. 
Look over the walks and borders, keeping them tidy and free from weeds. 
Dig or fork in the mulching, and keep the hoe going. Clip hedges and 
edgings. Continue to stake and tie plants. Store all matured bulbs in a dr 
place. Transplant largely for winter flowers. Continue sowing all kinds of 
winter flowering annuals as in February. Plant bulbs—as hyacinths, tulips, 
anemones, ranunculus, snowflakes, sparaxis, freesias, monthretias, ixias, 
ornithogalum, narcissus, iris, lidiums, campernelles, &c., &c. 
