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No.  1004.— Vol.  XXXIX.,  Third  Series. 
LESSONS  OF  THE  SEASON. 
DAME  Nature  is  a  fickle  mistress,  bat  in  every 
one  of  her  various  whims  there  is  a  lesson  to 
be  learnt,  a  hint  to  he  gathered  and  stored  for 
future  application.  Dull  indeed  is  the  man,  espe¬ 
cially  the  gardener,  who  gleans  nothing  by  observa¬ 
tion,  and  as  we  near  the  end  of  an  extraordinary 
season  we  may  have  failings  to  recount  that  are 
not  encouraging;  yet  surely  even  these  have  in  a 
sense  been  beneficial  by  teaching  us  something. 
Another  exceptionally  dry  summer  is  quickly 
pissing  away,  records  have  been  broken,  and 
gardeners  have  had  a  wearying  time  endeavouring 
to  keep  pace  with  their  duties.  This  brings  me 
to  the  first  note  of  observation — watering.  Plants 
in  pots  we  must  water,  so  they  form  no  part  of 
the  argument  ;  but  the  question  I  a-k  is,  do 
vegetables  during  dry  summers  benefit  through 
artificial  waterings  to  the  extent  some  people 
imagine  ?  There  are  gardens  with  a  proper  water 
system  laid  on  which  even  in  a  summer  like  this 
have  known  no  stint,  and  there  are  other  gardens 
where  water  is  a  precious  liquid,  and  consequently 
has  had  to  he  used  in  a  sparing  manner.  A  com¬ 
parison  of  two  such  gardens  would  prove  whether 
the  root  of  the  matter  does  not  lie  deeper  than  in 
artificial  watering. 
The  advice  given  to  me  years  ago  by  an 
observant  gardener  was  “  Hold  off  watering  as  long 
as  you  possibly  can,  for  when  you  once  begin  it 
you  never  know  when  you  can  stop,”  and  f  have 
proved  the  wisdom  of  this  more  than  once.  I 
have  done  little  watering  this  season,  though  I  do 
not  say  I  should  not  have  done  more  had  I  been 
in  possession  of  the  commodity,  for  it  is  hard  to 
see  crops  go  off  prematurely,  presumably  for  the 
want  of  liquid.  There  are  two  operations,  however, 
which  never  do  harm  in  the  wettest  of  seasons  and 
are  of  untold  benefit  in  times  of  drought,  and  to  tell 
of  them  is  only  to  preach  an  old  sermon  over  again. 
They  are  deep  cultivation  and  the  liberal  use  of 
manure,  not  placing  the  latter  just  under  the 
surface  to  be  dried  and  baked  by  the  first  week’s 
sunshine,  but  lower  down,  where  it  forms  a  store¬ 
house  of  food  and  moisture  for  roots  when  surface 
supplies  have  run  out. 
No.  2660.— Yol.  CL,  Old  Seribs. 
