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‘sowing the seed in the open at the end 
of the month. 
AERss. -. 
The various kinds may still be lifted, 
divided, and replanted. We went fully 
into the subject of herbs in our June 
issue. 
Lettuce. 
Make a further sowing for succession. 
Ti plants are available, say 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. ; 
Onion (for Pickling). 
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. 
Mountain, or OrnAcea SprnacH. 
This is also known as Tree, Cape, and 
French Spinach. The leaves are used 
-as Spinach. Sow in drills 2 feet apart. 
When the plants are 3 to 4 inches high, 
thin out to 18 inches apart in the rows. 
PotaTors. 
More potatoes (for late crop) may be 
planted if required. 
RapisH. 
Sow either in drills or broadcast, and 
when the plants are fit thin out to about 
two inches apart. 
Rare. 
Make a small sowing of Broad-Leaf 
Hissex Rape in the same manner as 
Mustard and Cress, It is a very whole- 
some vegetable; the leaves are used as 
Spinach, and also as a salad. 
Sea Katz. 
Tf you have plants in the second season 
of their growth they should now be 
covered over with earthenware pots or 
boxes. If pots are used, cork up the 
hole in the bottom, and draw soil round 
tc keep out all light. This will cause 
them to blanch, as it is only in this state 
that they are used. When the plants are 
8 or 10 inches high, they may be cut for 
the table. As soon as the full cutting 
has been made, clear away the covering 
to allow the plants to make their natural 
growth and recover themselves for another 
season. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
Prickty SPINacn. 
If required, make sowing 
in rows 1 foot apart. When the young 
plants have made four or six leaves, thin 
them out to from 9 to 12 inches apart. 
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Tomato. 
The Tomato being a gross feeder, the 
soil in which to grow it can hardly be too 
rich, especially in lime, potash, and 
phosphoric acid.” A perfect Tomato soil 
is a rich sandy loam, well drained, deeply 
ploughed, and subsoiled. Unless sown 
in a hot bed or cold frame. the seed 
should not be put in until the end of-the 
month or beginning of next. When the 
plants are about 6 inches high. thin out 
to about 3 feet apart, and put up a light 
trellis to train them on. The plants 
which have been taken out may be planted 
in some other part of the garden. Before 
planting out, clip all the leaves off except 
the top bud. The plants so treated will 
start to grow immediately, because they 
are not obliged to spend their energy in 
trying to revive the dying leaves. .The 
plants will bear a month earlier. 
When the first fruit forms, stop the 
plant by pinching off the ends of the 
shoots. 
A very good plan to train Tomatoes is 
to erect a frame of hardwood pegs, 
18 inches above the ground, nail hard- 
wood battens on the top. and stretch wire 
netting across it. The young vines must 
be properly guided and trained through 
the meshes, and not be allowed to fall’ 
back again, When the vines are full 
grown, the top of tle netting is a com- 
plete mass of fruit and leaves, and all the 
fruit is clean. 
Tomatoes muy also be trained on 
stakes. As soon as the planting is com- 
pleted, a split stake, 5 feet in length, is 
firmly set at each plant, and about the 
time the fruit is setting each plant is tied 
with common cord. The string is tied 
firmly round the stake, and loosely about 
the stem of the plant, so as not to inter- 
ere with its growth. Care must also be 
taken not to allow the fruit to cluster, so 
as to rub against the stake, 
The sprouts or auxiliaries will grow 
very rapidly, and must be constantly 
pinched off. Three tyings are necessary 
up to the time when five good clusters of 
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fruit have set. When these aggregate 20 
or 25 tomatoes, the top is pinched off 
and the whole strength of the plants is 
centred in the production of firm, bright, 
smooth Tomatoes, of good and uniform 
size. Pinching back the suckers tends to 
increase the size of the leaves, making 
shade for the fruit. Constant systematic 
pruning forces the plant into fruiting; 
therefore, carefully remove all suckers. 
Tomatoes mature in from 100 to 150 
days, according to variety, soil, and 
climate. 
— Manure for Tomatoes. — 
Itisa prevalent idea that the Tomato 
will not stind heavy manuring. This is 
true of the crop after the fruit hag set, 
In the early stages of development, nitro- 
gen, phosphoric acid, and potash may be 
liberally supplied with advantage, but, 
after the fruit has set, manuring with 
farmyard manure or other stimulating 
fertilizers delays the development and 
ripening of the fruit. 
A good manure is made up as follows # : 
2 parts of nitrate of soda, 2 parts bone- 
meal, 3 parts kainit, and 4 parts of super” 
phosphate, 
Of this mixture, 1 oz. per square yard 
of soil may be applied weekly, from the 
time that the plants are established till. 
the fruit has set. Superphosphate has 
been found to hasten the maturing of the 
fruit. 
TURNIP. 
Sow more seed for succession, 
Set the seed in light, rich soil, iv 
shallow drills 15 inches apart; sow the 
seed thinly, and when they come ap thin 
_ out to 8 to 10 inches in the rows. . 
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