134 ‘QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, [1 Ave., 1902. 
Farm and Garden Notes for September. 
Farm.—Keep all growing crops clean, and attend to the earthing-up of 
such as require it. Jinish planting potatoes before the end of the month. Sow 
maize, sorghum, imphee, prairie-grass, yams, sugar-cane, tobacco, pumpkins. 
Sweet potatoes may be planted if vines can be obtained. Do not plant vines 
from your own fields. (Get them from some other part of the State—Roma, for 
instance—where the sweet potato disease is practically unknown. It must, 
however, be noted that the fly which does the damage to sweet potatoes is not 
inherent in the vine, but the damage is done by the insect which goes to the 
vine, not by one which comes with it. Make the cuttings from 6 to 8 inches 
in length, plant in ridges with a dibble, and press the soil firmly round the 
plant. 
Cane planting should now be carried on vigorously. Plant out coffee, 
ginger, arrowroot, and yams. 
Kircurn Garpen.—This is the best month for general sowings of most 
kinds of vegetables. Sow largely of all kinds. With care and attention, which 
mean constant cultivation, watering, and mulching, European vegetables of 
many kinds may be grown to perfection during the hot summer months. Plant 
out rhubarb, Jerusalem artichokes, seakale, and asparagus. We do not recom- 
mend the planting out of cauliflowers, notwithstanding the garden notes given 
in many catalogues. Cabbages and eschalots may be planted out for a succes- 
sion. Melons, cucumbers, vegetable marrows, custard marrows, chokos, spinach, 
celery, peas, turnips, carrols, tomatoes, French beans, and eggplants may be 
sown, and also rosellas. Plant out capsicums and make fresh sowings. Keep 
the crops clean, and manure with liquid manure. It is a good thing to sow newly- 
dug beds with salt. The action of salt on the soil is not clearly understood, but 
it is known that, applied as top dressing, it appears to check a tendency to rank 
growth. Cabbage is especially benefited by salt, but it must not be used too 
liberally, as it leads to the formation of a pan, and renders soil sterile. 
Frower Garpen.—Continue to plant bulbs as directed last month, and 
protect the plants from cold westerly winds, which may still occur. Keep a 
good lookout for the Vaginula slugs. A ring of tobacco dust 4 inches wide 
round a bed will effectually destroy them, but if any gap is left they will get 
through and do incalculable damage. Encourage toads to take up their resi- 
dence in the garden and bush-house. They are invaluable helpers and are 
perfectly harmless. Fill up all vacant places with herbaceous plants. Sow 
zinnia, gaillardia, amaranthus, coxcomb, balsam, sunflower, marigold, cosmlay. 
summer chrysanthemum, coreopsis, portulacca, mesembryanthum, calendula. 
&e. Put in coleus cuttings as well as cuttings of all tropical plants. Disbud 
roses to save future pruning, and stake up all bulbous plants. Plant out 
dahlias, gladiolus, amaryllis, tuberose, ismene, crinum, pancratiums, cannas, &e. 
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