The Garden.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 17, 29 October 1874, Page 4

The Garden.

Garden Calendar for If ovember. Kitchen Garden. — fiarly sown vegetable crops will now be advancing rapidly, and will require close attention as to hoeing, landing- up, and staking ; and any ot* the main crops of vegetables not yet put in should be attended to immediately. |Finish planting potatoes, and make sowings of peas, broad and French beans, runners, nasturtiums, and tomatoes. , Sow cabbage, cauliflower, brocoli, savoys, and curled gTeens, on rich, well-prepared ground, to induce rapid growth, which is the best preventative' of -blight oil fjiese crops yet discovered. Finish the mowing of carrots, beet, and parsnips, taking care to covey the seeds properly, otherwise, owing to the dryness of the ground at this season, the best -seeds ma;, not grow. Sow turnip, lettuce, and radish; also pumpkin, vegetable marrow, squash, : cucumber, and melon seeds. Celery may still be sown in a shaded placed and early sowings pricked out on beds formed of well-decomposed manure, and well watered Every effort must now be made to keep weeds in cheek by means of a Dutch hoe, which should be used if possible' during bright sunshine; for if weeds are allowed to choke the young crops, and left to shed th -ir seed ■ it will take years 'o eradicate th'ern. Fkuit Garden. ...ln dry and exposed gardens, ail newly-planted fruit • ! trees will be benefited by a mulching of j stable manure being planted over the ' j roots, *o extend about two feet from the ' stems of the trees. Sue that shelter from the prevailing winds is provided. Attend still to the disbudding- of trained peach and apricot trees, femoving v few at a time, so as to prevent a too sudden check in the growth of the trees Thiu the fruit of peaches and apricot, wheu about the size of peas, to seven or eight I inches apart. This to the inexperienced may appear a great sacrifice, but. if car* ried out will prove, benbficial to the trees, and will tend to the growth of larye and well-flavored fruit. Mulch strawberry plants with short litter or grass, to pre* vent the fruit from teingsoiled by heavy rain. FL»weu Oaodbn ... Dahlias mny 1 now be planted out with safety. To grow the dahlia successfully it requires a rich ; deep soil, and to be set fonr feet apart ', each way Hollyhocks will now require stakes Plant out verbenas, scarlet geraniums, fuchsias, heliotrope. Transplant stocks, asters, marigolds *, also thin and plant an mini and other flowers. Keep down green fly on roses by frequently syringing, and encourage growth by watering witn manure water. Pansies, pinks, pnd carnations should have the soil stirred frequently about them, and if growth he languid, water with weak guano water. 11 .' "— *~~»~>~»W'