B. COX & Co., Seedsmen, Ete., corner Rundle Street and East Terrace 
March Number of 
1909 
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e Australian Gardener 45 
(A Monthly Journal of Floriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture, and Poultry), 
Tllustrations— 
Madame de Graffe Narcissus 
Prize Chrysanthemums— 
Mrs. J. J. Mitchell, F. J. Taggart 
and H. W. Buckbee 
Double Anemones 
Araucaria Excelsa—Norfolk Island 
Pine 
White Curled Endive 
Covent Garden Market Beet 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 
EpritoRiAL. 
Flower Garden— 
Notes for the Month 
Manure and Weeds 
Description of a few Prize Chrysan- 
themun:s 
Chrysanthemum Centenary 
CONTAINS— 
Description of Flowers— 
Ageratum, Anemones, 
and Candytuft 
The Pansy—It’s Cultivation 
The Vegetable Garden— 
Operations for the Month 
Calliopsis 
HowuseHoip Hints. 
The Farm— 
Stud: Marino Ewes 
Horses Not Lying Down 
Teeswater Sheep 
Miscellaneous ltems 
The Dairy— 
Rearing Calves 
News and Notes 
The Poultry Yard— 
Diseases of Fowls 
A Poisonous Weed to Poultry 
Old Hens 
Washing White Leghorns for 
Exhibition 
The Orchard— 
The Apple Crop — Alternation of 
Fruiting Seasons 
Fumigation of Nursery. Stock 
Secret of Canning Fruits 
To Crystalize Fruits 
Interesting Notes 
Bee-Culture— 
Advice to Beginners—The Hives to 
Adopt 
How Bees “ Buzz?’ 
- The Young Folks— 
A Pussy Cat’s Tale 
Conundrums 
Wir anp Humour 
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Answers to Correspondents, 
——— Oo 
‘Scent.’ — Freesias may be had in 
bloom from June to August. 
‘Wager.—The Aylesbury duck and 
drake should both be spotlessly white. 
‘Mil Dew,’ Halifax-street.—Dust your 
Chrysanthemums with sulphur whilst the 
dew is on them, 
‘Chicken.’—It is no doubt Apoplexy, 
caused by overfeeding, inducing the 
rupture of a blood vessel in the brain. 
‘Dairyman.’ — The Devon breed of 
cattle is one of the mest ancient of Eng- 
lish origin. ‘They are natives of Great 
Britain. 
‘N. Orchard, Uraidla — Let your 
young trees make as much wood as they 
can during the first three or four years 
and rub off any signs of fruit. 
‘ Enthusiast.’—The boar will be ready 
for service at six to eight months, though 
it is better to wait until he is ten or 12 
months old, The same remarks apply to 
the sow. 
«A.M.,’ North Adelaide.—You omitted 
you correct name and address, so we are 
compelled to hold over your complaining 
letter until you, send same—not neces- 
sarily for publication, but as a safeguard 
to us. 
‘Localite,’ Prospect.—Your letter is 
quite flatcering. We are pleased to know 
that our efforts to provide a reliable 
guide for amateur gardeners and others 
is so much appreciated. ; 
‘A.R., Summertown.—We publish an 
article in the farm portion of this journal 
dealing fully with the subject of ‘ Horses 
not Lying Down,’ and you will doubtless 
find the information you require therein, 
‘New Chum,’ Paradise.—No; do not 
leaye them on the vines, unless you want 
them for seed. Cucumbers, ' rench 
Beans, Melons, and Tomatoes should be 
looked for every day and gathered, even 
if not required, for if left on the vines to 
perfect their seeds the plants will soon 
cease to be productive, or will form 
inferior fruit. ane 
‘M.M., South Terrace. — You are 
perfectly correct; there is a tomato plant 
that comes under the definition of Giant 
Tree Tomato (Cyphomandra betacea), It 
often attains the height of 10 feet, and 
lives for severai seasons. The fruit ripens 
in July, in this respect being quite 
different to any other class of Tomato. It 
is catalogued by Messrs EH. & W, Hackett, 
seedsmen, of Rundle-street. There is 
also what is styled the New Perennial 
Tree Tomato, which is claimed to attain 
a height of 12 to 25 feet, and is said to 
produce innumerable quantities of bright 
red eyg-shaped fruits of a delicious flavor, 
somewhat between that of a Cape Goose-. 
berry or Guava. Fu 
