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=| 1 June, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 581 
Kitchen Garden.—Hoe well among all crops. Transplant horse-radish, 
eschallots, rhubarb, strawberries, and sea-kale. Give new asparagus beds a 
second digging. In planting rhubarb it will be found more profitable to buy 
__ the crowns from a seedsman than to grow them from seed. The same remark 
| apace to asparagus. In planting rhubarb, asparagus, and sea-kale use plenty 
' of well-rotted manure. Watercresses may be planted this month, and good 
crops may be raised in garden beds if well watered. It is a fallacy to think that 
watercresses will only grow in running water; very good crops can be got on 
even gravelly and shaley soil by the liberal use of water. The plants should be 
_ treated like celery plants. Dig in plenty of good old manure into the bottom 
_ of the trench, and sift a little fine soil over it. Dibble the cuttings in at 1 foot 
apart, filling up the holes lightly with rich mould, and give the whole a good 
watering—not a dash from a bucket, but a gentle steady sprinkling from a fine- 
rose watering pot which will fall “like the gentle rain from Heaven,” blessing 
_ alike the giver and receiver. In a month or six weeks, the cresses can be cut. 
After cutting, give the beds a good dressing of manure, and water well. _ 
Sow all European vegetables and herbs. ‘Thin out all earlier sowings. 
Keep down the weeds, and thoroughly cultivate the land between the crops. 
Towards the end of the month sow tomatoes in a frame where the young plants 
will be protected from frost. 
Plant out cabbages, cauliflowers, and lettuces as soon as they are large 
enough. 
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