486 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Dxc., 1898. 
vegetables may still be sown for succession. ‘Tomatoes should now be in full 
bearing. The plants ought to be supported in some way, either by strings on 
stakes or by propping up with small branches like pea-sticks. By this means 
the fruit is easy to gather, and is kept clean. Onions should now be ready to 
take up and store. They ought to be spread out thinly in a dry open shed 
until the tops wither sufficiently to pull off easily ; then graded into sizes, and 
sent to market or stored in a cool dry place. Maize: The sugar or sweet 
varieties of maize ought to be grown as summer vegetables. These are well 
adapted for table use, and ought to be more extensively used than is the case. 
Tt is unnecessary to say anything about their cultivation. Salads: It is almost 
too hot in most districts to grow lettuce or other salad plants now, unless an 
unlimited water supply or some little shade can be obtained. 
It may be worth while to mention for the benefit of those who grow no 
vegetables, that the weed commonly known as “ fat hen” makes an excellent 
table vegetable if cooked in the same way as spinach, which it then very much 
resembles in taste and appearance. 
Flower Garden.—The chief work in the flower garden now consists of 
watering, stirring the soil, and removing decayed and spent flowers. Roses 
especially should have all spent flowers regularly cut off, as their blooming 
season will be thereby considerably lengthened. If aphis or Rose Scale make 
their appearance, spray with kerosene emulsion, taking care that the Spraying 
is not done on yery hot dry days, but in the early mornings or evenings, 
Chrysanthemums now require a good deal of attention such as staking, 
pinching, &c.; and frequent waterings with weak liquid manure should be 
applied. It will be found of great benefit to the plants to syringe them over- 
head every afternoon just before sundown. No suckers should be allowed to 
grow until the plants have ceased flowering; and caterpillars, aphis, &e., must be 
watched for and destroyed. Dahlias will require plenty of water, and an 
occasional dose of liquid manure. They should also be kept staked up and 
well supported to prevent their stems from being broken in windy weather. 
Bulbs which have finished flowering should have the dead leaves removed, and 
when quite dried up should be taken up and stored. Keep weeds well under 
command, as the plants usually require all the moisture in the soil at this 
season, and cannot afford to be robbed of any portion of their nourishment by 
weeds. 
