1 Szpr., 1901.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 363 
Farm and Garden Notes for October. 
Farm.— Now fis it spring time and the hot summer will soon be upon us, 
when scorching winds and possibly dry weather may sadden the heart of the 
farmer and market gardener. Yet showers may well be expected during the 
month of October, and much good work may be done with a fair prospect of a 
return for the labour in the field. The weeds will be troublesome, but do not 
let them get ahead of you. Keep the horse hoe and cultivator constantly going. 
Earth up the growing crops, and keep the ground loose among them. Plant 
sweet potatoes, yams, earth-nuts, arrowroot, turmeric, and ginger. Sow and 
plant out tobacco. Sow maize, sorghum, setaria, imphee, and kafir corn. 
Kircuren Garpren.—Now is the time to sow beans. French or kidney 
beans can be sown in all parts of the colony. Lima beans love the hot weather. 
Like the Cicadz, who chirp the louder the hotter the sun, so the hotter the 
weather the better the Lima bean thrives. They make a first-class hot-weather 
vegetable. Sow the dwarf kinds in drills 3 feet apart, and 18 inches between 
the plants ; and the climbing sorts, 6 feet each way. Beet root is not too late. 
Sow cucumbers, marrows, squashes, and melons at once, if they are not already 
in the ground. If beetles attack them, spray with Paris green or London 
purple. Peas will do well in the cool districts. Set out egg plants in rows 
4 feet apart. Plant out tomatoes 33 feet each way, and train them to a single 
stem through wire-netting. Set out rosellas. Mustard and cress, spinach, 
lettuce, vegetable marrows, custard marrows, parsnips, carrots, eschalots, and 
cabbage will prove satisfactory if, in well-worked ground, they are supplied 
with water, manure, and, if possible, shade. As in the field, keep the hoe and 
cultivator going. Remember to water early in the morning or late in the 
afternoon, and next day stir the soil well to prevent it from baking. During 
the hot months mulching will be found beneficial, as it keeps the soil 
moist. 
FrowER GArpeNn.—Plant chrysanthemums, giving them plenty of water. 
If the garden has been well looked after during the past two months it will now 
show the result of the care bestowed upon it. Plant out palms and all kind, 
of tropical and semi-tropical plants. If the weather is hot after planting, water 
and shade the plants. Sow dianthus, snap-dragon, coleus, and plant tuberoses 
crinum, gladiolus, and other bulbs. Do as much of the work now as possible, 
and do it on dull, showery days. After all planting out is done the work will 
consist mainly in raking and stirring the beds, staking, shading, and watering. 
Roses should now be in full bloom. Keep them free from aphis, and cut off 
all spent blooms. The spent blooms should be always removed from all flowers. 
If you wish to save seed of any plant, do not wait for the very last blooms, but 
allow some of the best to go to seed. 
