GARDENERS’ CALANDAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 563, 31 January 1873, Page 3

GARDENERS’ CALANDAR.

»'•, February. Kitchen Garden. —When sowing seeds , Wart season when the wheather, is dry t reliances of success are greater if sownimmediately the ground is dug and the se< d bed covered with a mat to retain the moist ire. American Oress.—Sow for winter use. Angelica.—Sow wh-n the seeds are ripe. Artichokes.—Cut down the steams when the crop from each is gathered. Balm.— f Props gate by slipi gathirl for drying Bore, cole or Curled Greens. - -Plant out in rows 2 feet apart. Cabbage. —Towards the end of o the month sow for spring use, Early Battersea, Vanack, Enfield or London Market. kPlant out for winter use from previous sow- , yjs, Cmliflowers may nrv be sown for • planting chore a shelters 1 situation; •' 'Water liberally advancing crops. Celery, pS*rth up taking care to keep the hearts of ”*" A -of the plants free from soil give abundance of water. Lettuce,—Near the end of the month sow for winder and spring use. Mustard and Cress. —Continue to sow. ' jOnions —Sow for early spring use. Take up the main crop when ripe, dry in the sun on ( ' r y ground, then store in a dry place. Peas. —Those sown last month should be kept well watered if the weather is dry. . Radishes.—Black and White Spanish or \ White may be sown. Shallots.— See last month. Spinach. Sow in the second and fourth week. Tomatoes.—placed against a wall or palling should be kept nailed and stopped, allowing no more fruit to form than can be matured. Turnips.— Make the last sowing for the season early in the month. Fruit Garden, - The gathering of varioas fruits will require attention in this

month. Eirly kinds nf Apples and Pears,I if gathered a few days too early, will be j-watery and insipid; if, on the other hand, they are allowed to be too ripe, they become j nie %: gather in the morning or evening ' when dry. Stone fruits may be gathered anytime during the day, if dry. Continue to train the shoots of wall and espalier trees, nailing 01 tying them in as they require ?t. Finish budding. If ground is prepared and plants ready, make fresh plantations of Strawberries; remove all runners not re- , quired fnr planting. j Flower Garden,— Continns the work as directed for last month.

This anecdote relates to John Duke of Argyle, whose character has been pictured eo tenderly by Scott, in the “Heart of Midlothian." After the siege of Mons, during the glorious career of Marlborough tbeDuke of Argyle joined anattacking corps when it was on the point of shrinking from the % contest and pushing among them open breasted he exclaimed, “you see, brothers t I have no concealed armour; lam equally exposed with you I require none to go where I shall refuse to venture. Kemember you fight for the liberties of Europe and the glory of your nation, which shall never suffer by my behaviour; and I hope the character of a Briton is as dear to every one of you.” This spirit animated the soldiers, theassaultwas made and the work was Carried.

The following incident ’actually' occurred at a villige near Button, England, in the beginning of October last John Tar, a rough-looking weather-beaten seaman, was charged with being drunk and noisy in his own garden on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 3rd of October, in the hamlet of Boitie Tegis.’ Upon hearing the charge, “Lord love your honor,” shouted the defendant, “’taint my garden. I ha’been to sea ever since t was fourteen year old, and the only garden f ever owned was a salt-water one, save once, when me and Bill Bowson was wrecked.” - “We don’t want to hear anything about wrecks, prisoner." “Prisoner!” exclaimed the old sailor, indignantly. “Me a prisoner!’’ “ Hold your tongue. Where did this take place, officer ?” “ ’Twor in my son’s garden, if you must know.” “Do you p'ead gui ty or not “ Well, gentlemen, you see as how my son, who sarved on the Spitfire, he got spliced, and me and a shipmate o: two did splice the main brace, yor honor.” You got drunk, yon mean, and noisy." “ Drunk and noisy, ytr worship! Weft we all sang Rule Britannia, and”—“ There, that will do. You are fined five shillings and costs” “Shiver my timbers !” said honest old Tar, as he slapped down the money, “ and is this the old England I knew as a boy ! The sooner I’m afloat the better.” . Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Scorbutic affections, eiysiplas, and eruptions from whatever hidden cause, are overcome by the use of this great cleanser of the human system. It heals by era lication as well as suppression, and penetrates to the hidden source of the mala ly. Dr. Bright’s Phosfhodyns. Multi, tudes of people are hopelessly suffering from Debility, Nervous and Liver Com. plain f s, Depression of Spirits, Delusions, Unfitness for Business or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, arid Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &c., whose cases admit of a permanent cure by the new remedy Phosphodyne (Ozonic Oxygen) which at once allays all irritation and excitement, imparts new energy and life to the enfeebled constitution and rapidly cures every stage of those hitherto incurable and distressing maladies. Sold by all Chemist and Storekeepers throughout the Colonies, from whom Phamplrlets containing testimonials may be obtained. Caution.—Be -particular to ask for Dr. Bright’s Phosphodyne, as imitations are abroad ; and avoid purchasing single bottles, the genuine article being sold in oases,only.