86 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Juny, 1898. 
Warm amd Garden Notes for July. 
Farm.—This is the best month for sowing lucerne. Few weeds will be 
growing to choke the young tender plants, an occasional shower occurs to 
assist germination and growth, and the heat of the sun is not too great. If 
not already done, plough and properly prepare the land for potatoes, maize, 
oats, barley, rye, vetches, tobacco, sugar-cane, carrots, mangel wurtzel, swedes, 
canaigre, &c. arly potatoes, sugar-cane, and maize may be planted in early 
districts, but it is risky to plant potatoes this month in any district liable to 
late frosts, and in low-lying ground it is better to wait till the following month. 
The worst loss in potatoes and sugar-cane we ever experienced was in 
September, when heavy frosts occurred on the low lands. In the North, rice 
may be sown in suitable weather. 
Kitchen Garden.—Should showery weather be frequent during July, do 
not attempt to sow seeds, as the land will be liable to clog, and hence be 
injurious to the young plants as they comeup. ‘The soil should not be worked 
until fine weather has lasted sufficiently long to make it friable. Never walk 
over the land during wet weather with a view to sowing. The soil cakes and 
hardens, and good results cannot then be expected. ‘This want of judgment 
is usually the cause of hard things being said about the seedsman. 
Plant out onions. When these are sown in beds, there is great risk of 
their being smothered by winter weeds, which give very little trouble in the 
open field; therefore get the onions planted out as quickly as possible. 
Asparagus roots may now be planted. Sow cauliflower, the main carrot crop, 
beans, lettuce, endioc, radish, spinach, &e. Keep the hoe going constantly 
between the rows, and you will not have much trouble with weeds except on the 
very richest soil. 
Flower Garden.— Winter work ought to be in'an advanced state. Fill up 
all blanks, and thin out where overcrowded. ‘Turf and top-dress lawns. Tay 
and repair verges, and keep all walks in good order and condition. Sow 
annuals, eyerlastings, nasturtium, larkspur, dianthus, snapdragon, cosmia, 
cornflower, &e. 4 9 
