332 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL gouRNAL. [1 Apnrin, 1898. 
Farm and Garden Notes for April. 
Farm.—Maize should now all be got in. Gather sorghum seed as it ripens. 
Cotton will now be coming into pod, and will require attention. Cut and house 
tobacco as it comes to maturity. Sow lucerne, vetches, oats, barley, rye, wheat, 
mangolds, and Swede turnips. arth up potatoes. 
Kitchen Garden.—Hoe continually among the crops to keep them clean, 
having beds well dug and manured as recommended last month for trans- 
planting the various vegetables now coming on.’ Thin out all crops that are 
overcrowded. Divide and plant out pot herbs, giving a little water if required 
until established. Sow broad beans, peas, onions, radish, mustard, cress, tree 
and potato onions, or the same as in March. Larly celery should be earthed 
up in dry weather. Go carefully over the plants with your hands to prevent 
the loose soil getting between the leaves, one hand holding up the leaves, the 
other earthing round each plant. Fill up occasionally, and your celery will be 
ready in about two months. Transplant cabbages and cauliflowers. 
Flower Garden.—The operations this month will depend greatly on the 
weather. If wet, both planting and. transplanting may be done at once, as 
there is some chance of getting them established before the winter sets in. 
Camellias, gardenias, &c., may be removed with safety. Plant out, all. soft- 
wooded plants, such as verbenas, petunias, penstemons, &c. Cut away all dead 
branches, hoe all borders, and stake plants that may require it. Plant bulbs, 
and mark them with a stick so as not to destroy them in hoeing or digging. 
Sow annuals, as carnations, pansy, mignonette, daisy, snapdragon, dianthus, 
stock, candytuft, phlox, sweet peas, &e. Plant bulbs same as in March. 
