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most suitable soil for the Carrot is a deep 
loam, which has been trenched to a depth 
of two feet, and well mauured. As the 
‘seed sometmes takes a considerable time 
to germinate, the beds are apt to be 
covered with weeds before the lines of 
seed are well defined, If care was taken 
to keep the beds free from weeds there 
would not be so many complaints about 
Sow the seed 
in rows two feet apart; make several 
‘successive thinnings, until the young 
plants stand from 4 to 7 inches apart, 
-according to the variety. Before sowing 
the soil should be deeply pulverised, and 
no manure should be used but which is 
thoroughly decomposed. 
the seed not germinating. 
CAULIFLOWER. 
Transplant the seedlings large enough 
‘in good rich soil which has been trenched 
-and well manured, in rows of from 2 to 
‘24 feet each way. The cultivation of the 
_ Cauliflower is similar to that of the 
Cabbage ; soil that will successfully grow 
‘one will grow the other. The frequent 
stirring or hoeing the ground between 
the rows has a tendency to maintain a 
healthy growth. During a dry spell the 
ground must not be allowed to get hard ; 
plenty of water is necessary. 
Currvit, Turnre Roorep. 
‘The roots are in form and size like the 
Early Horn Carrot, color like a Parsnip, 
with white farinaceous flesh. The flavor 
is batween a Chestaut anda Potato. The 
roots are eaten boiled ; the flesh is floury 
and sweet with a peculiar aromatic 
flavor. Follow the same method of 
cultivation as given above for carrots. 
Cress and Musrarp. 
Sow for succession about once a fort- 
night in light rich soil in drills half an 
inch deep and 8 inches apart, and sow 
thickly. 
ENDIVE, 
If plants are available, they may be 
planted out largely. Sow a little more 
in a bed or box, and when three 
or four inches high, plant out in good 
rich soil, which has been trenched and 
well manured, in rows a foot apart each 
way. 
LEEK, 
Seed may be sown largely, and any 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
plants from previous sowings that ar® 
large enough, say six inches high, may be 
planted out. 
our last issue. 
Directions were given in 
HERBS. 
Sow in pots, boxes, or seed-beds, and 
afterwards transplant. 
Lettuce. 
Follow those directions given for 
Endive. 
ONION, 
‘Sow in shallow drills about a foot apart 
and do not cover deeply. When large 
enough transplant in rows: a foot apart 
and about six inches apart in the rows, 
and apply liquid manure occasionally. 
Pawstey. 
Cover the seed lightly in rows a foot 
“apart; thin out to nine inches apart in 
the rows. 
PaRsnie. i 
Sow in drills 18 inches apart, and when 
the plants are about 2 inches high, thin 
out to 6 inches apart. 
PEas. 
Keep on sowing a row or two from 
time to time, in order to keep up a con- 
tinual supply if possible, for it is hard to 
find a better vegetable than the pea. 
Sow in rows 2 feet apart for the dwarf 
varieties, and from-4 to 5 feet for the 
tall varieties. 
Potato ONton. 
Plant the bulbs very shallow in deep, 
rich, well-prepared soil, in rows 15 inches 
apart and 10 inches from each other in 
the rows. 
Ravisa. 
Sow either in drills or broadcast, and 
when the plants are fit thin out to about 
two inches apart. 
Ravpars. : 
Sow in rich deep soil, in drills a foot 
apart and an inch deep; thin out to 6 
inches, and in the following season trans- 
plant the seedlings in rows 3 feat apart 
and 2 feet in the rews, The crown 
should be 2 inches below the surface. 
Sea Kate. 
‘Sow the seed in rich soil, in drills a 
foot apart, and thin out to 8 inches in 
_ the rows. Stir the ground and keep free 
from weeds. In the following season 
May 1, 1909 
(June or July) take up the plants and ~ 
transplant in rows 3 feet apart and 18 
inches in the rows, covering the crowns 2 
inches. The best soil is a rich deep 
sandy loam, trenched 2} feet deep, and 
well incorporated with rotten manure. 
An occasional watering with nitrate of 
soda is beneficial (1 oz, to a gullon of 
water), The leaves should be removed 
as they decay, and a covering of 6 or 8 
inches of light soil placed over the 
plants ; by this means they are blanched. 
The blanched shoots should be cut while 
they are crisp, stiff, and compact. 
SHALLOTS. 
Make a further sowing if required. 
See our April issue for directions as to 
cultivation. 
TREE ONIoN, 
The bulbs should be planted in deep 
rich soil, in rows 12 inches apart and 6 
inches from each other in the rows. They 
must not be covered mnch. 
Turn. | 
Sow more seed for succession, 
Set the seed in light, rich soil, in 
shallow drills 15 inches apart; sow the 
seed thinly, and when they come ap thin 
out to 8 to 10 inches in the rows, 
. About Potatoes. 
Lawson, in ‘Scottish Agricultural 
Products,’ says :—‘ To Thomas Prentice, 
a common day laborer, who lived neat 
Kilsyth, is the honor due of bringing the 
Potato into general culture in Scotland 
in 1728” He adds there was long # 
prejudice against it, because it was not 
one of the food roots mentioned in the 
Bible. The first book on the potato is 
that by John Forster, in 1664, entitled 
* England’s Happiness Increased, &c., bY 
a Plantation of Roots Called Potatoes. 
In 1683 John Reid, who wrote thé 
‘Scot’s Gardener,’ states :—‘ Potatoes, 
being cut in as many pieces as you like, 
provided there be an eye to each picc® 
are planted in March, five rows in th? 
bed; plant not deep, neither in wet 
stiff ground ; spend them with parsneeP® 
and in housing spread only through ® 
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