QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL souRNAL. [1 Mar, 1900: 
Sarstry.—The roots are used. Must have a deep, fairly rich soil. Sov. 
in rows 1 foot apart and thin out to 6 or 8 inches in the rows; + oz. of seed 
Sprnacu.—Well-dug land, in which plenty of well-rotted manure has Me q 
dug in. Sow in drills about 18 inches apart, and thin out to pep i = 
in the drills, using the young plants you take out. For all these drillin mt . 
hillg-up purposes you should have an Avery’s garden plough wit 
attachments. It will save you much labour. 
Turnres.—Sow the seed in drills in rich ground. When up, thin ou 
6 inches apart, either with the hand or a small sharp hoe. Red Top Amer! Fe 
White Dutch, and Early Snowball are varieties recommended. About 6% — 
will see you through for the year. 
Ftowrr Garpry.—Now is the time to plant out bulbs. A complet 
garden could be furnished with these charming plants, which are to beh 
every colour and variety. The following genera may be selected from, and among, 
them will be found many hundreds of interesting species and varieties. a 
not followed strict botanical nomenclature, giving popular names occasionally” 
Allium, Alstreemeria, Amaryllis, Anemone, Arum, Babiana, Brodix, Bu the 
codium, Calochortus (Mariposa lilies), Camassia, Choinodoxa (Glory of a 
snow), Cliveia, Colchicum, Crinum, Crocus, Crown imperial, Eranthis, iron . 
Erythronium (Dog’s-tooth violets), Freesia, Fritillaria, Galanthus, Galtonia ( uf 
hyacinth), Gladiolus, Hemanthus (Blood-flower), Hippeastrum, Hyacit ash | 
Hypoxis, Jonquils, Lachenalia, Leucojium, Iris, Ixia, Lilium, Musearia, Narer 
Nerine, Ornithogalum, Pancratium, Ranunculus, Richardia, Schizsostylus, 8 Hi 
Sparaxis, Sprekelia (Jacobean lilies), Tigridia, Trillium, Tritelia, Tre 
Tulipa, Watsonia. Of course there are other genera, and I will give Y° 
chapter on bulbous plants when I get time. + taf 
All bulbs like well-drained, somewhat sandy soil, with a plentiful admis! | 
of leaf mould. Manure should be well rotted and thoroughly incorporate ia be 
the soil. The leaves of gladioli will soon be withering, and these show 
lifted when the leaves become quite withered, and replanted. eel 
Allannuals and herbaceous plants which it is intended to raise from thet 
should be sown this month. It is necessary in sowing small seeds and in a 
garden work, such as preparing lawns, that the surface of the ground s)0 
be made as fine as possible, and the rakes to be purchased in the shops the 
seldom suitable to this purpose, being as a rule much too coarse. This 18 ike 
specification for a rake which I have made for this purpose, and which a 
acharm. Take a piece of light fine-grained wood (pine or cedar) 21 2 ake 
long, 1 inch wide; and #-inch thick. Get some wire +-inch thick, and ee 
twenty staples 2% inches long, cutting the points off square. Let the Dae 
of these staples be half-an-inch apart. Now bore a row of holes (forty) holes 
the centre of the piece of wood on the widest side. Let these ie 
be half-an-inch apart, and of such a size that each two of them will us 49 
staple. Now push or hammer in the staples, and the points will pa es 
through about 14 inches, and you will have a rake-head with forty | 
having a space between each two of three-cighths of an inch. they 
the head on a bench, and tap the tines with a hammer until oll 
all have a slight equal curve towards the direction from whi¢ ‘ it 
will draw the rake. Take a strip of thin zine or tin 2 inches wide, down he 
down over the back to keep the staples from lifting out, and tack it +e 
sides. Now you want a handle, and this is secured by a long screw a and 
middle of the head, and a piece of strong hoop-iron passed around the heac os 
screwed to the handle above and below, two holes being made in the iron ¥ {is 
it crosses the head for the two teeth to pass through. The materials me 
tool may be found almost everywhere, and it beats any “store” rake. I 
be made finer if desired, but this is fine enough for most purposes. ange 
Cuttings.—Put in cuttings of shrubs and all herbaceous plants. Bxch ge 
with your neighbours for varieties which you may not have. This ex¢ ji 
brings out the neighbourly traits which itis said a love of gardening teDe” 
