1 Mar., 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 247 
Cultural Notes for Tropical Queensland. 
[The Oultural Notes for Tropical Queensland, kindly supplied by Mr. E. Cowley, Kamerunga 
State Nursery, are given a month in advance, for the obvious reason that the Journal cannot 
reach some parts of the far North until the month of issue is well-nigh over, and hence the 
monthly notes would be valueless until the following year. ] 
MAROH. 
Pranr granadillas for crop, also watermelons. Weeding should occupy 
considerable attention. Plant opium poppy, buffalo grass; continue planting 
sweet potatoes. Sow Carob beans (Ceratonia siligua). Tpilacna beetles will 
be found destroying all Solanaceous plants. Plant annatto. Hedges of 
Duranta may be planted—cuttings being used. Chicory in flower. Bauhinia 
seedlings and cuttings may be planted out. arly plantings of tobacco made. 
Cuttings of jute taken. Corn planted at the end of November gathered. 
Cow pea can still be gathered as ripe; cow pea seeds can be obtained in two 
months from planting. Separation of indigenous and introduced fibres con- 
tinued. Cow pea planted. Planting of Kola nut cuttings can be taken in 
hand. Seeds of Jack planted. Ageratum weed will have to be contended 
with. Orange stocks for next year’s budding and grafting may be raised ; 
seed being procured from Southern portion of colony. Crops of broom millet 
reaped. © First trashing of sugar-cane should now be done. Cow pea thrashed 
out and put into hermetically sealed tins or jars. The seeds of this legume do 
not long continue vital, in any case. Keep weeds down to prevent seeding. 
Vanilla may be planted; also tobacco. Ravages of fruit fly particularly 
noticeable. Vi fruit ripening (Spondias dulcis) ; this fruit makes excellent 
jam. ‘Trashing of sugar-cane continued. 
APRIL. 
Gingeli (Sesamum indicum) can now be gathered for seed. arly plantings 
of temperate zone vegetables. Plant egg plants. Continue tobacco planting. 
Harvest paddy. Keep yam patches clean. Odds and ends—grass, weeds, and 
cornstalks, &c.—should be collected and put into silo for ensilage. Keep 
scarifier going whenever opportune. First planting of English potatoes may 
be made in the garden. Harvesting Kaffir corn. If weather is suitable, coffee- 
planting may be continued. Serious flood occurred in this month in 1894, 
Total rainfall for month, 41°195 inches. 
_ Bananas bear all the year round, and may be planted at any time in 
favourable weather. The Chinese make considerable holes for the reception 
of the plants, but fill them up gradually. 
