The Garden.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 537, 6 September 1881, Page 2

The Garden.

(Written expressly for The Akaroa 31 ail) GARDEN MEMORANDA . FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. KITCHEN GARDEN. - If the ground be dry enough for working, get in the main crop-; oi' vegetables without detay, but avoid digging or croping ground whilst it is wet. Carrot a and a small sowing of turnip* may be put in, in a dry sheltered place. Sow lettuce, radish, mustard, cress, asparagus,, seakiile, cabbage of sorts, i:au!iilower, bnissels sprouts and rhubarb. Plant Potatoes, Jerusalem and globu artichokes, eschalots, and g.'irlic; transplant cabbage, cauli-! floW'-r, ieluu'c, sag' , , marjoram an.l h<»i>;(r \ r;.Kli:-h. Hi:iui>vL' :A\ foot-marks witli the ; • ork inimudiatcjy any operation is finishtd. : .\r.y trftns p>iM 111 11 L;. V'.i. H'l;)- , ! Illillg f!;filll(i ij<- jjiii-'lit-ii i'urw.in! wiiji .ili \v.)■■■','*).■■■. expfiliiuiij. 'i'iic biist way nl soemiug youm; fruii Irccfe fruiii beiiu" iiijtiii.'J l.<s wiuu ii

to fiit them well back, to induce a bushy hain't of growth, so dosir.ible in this country. Place a good mulching of manuro over the roots of all newly planted troos, and stir the ground with the fork between the rows of trees and strawberry plants, as the looser the surface is kept for either trees or vegetables, the better they will thrive. A:tend to grafting early in the month. FLOWER GARDEN. All hardy annuals and other flower seeds nmy be sown now ; care should be taken to arrange tliern according to their height; the harmony of colors ehould also be attended to. Flower seeds require particular care in sowing to ensure success. Never sow whilst the ground is wet; and flower seeds sown on poor newly broken-up land will not thrive. If flower seeds arc to be sown in patches, remove a little of the soil if unsuitable, and fill up with rich light compost; press firm, sow and cover lightly with fine mould.