GARDENERS’ CLENDAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 602, 31 October 1873, Page 3

GARDENERS’ CLENDAR.

NOVEMBER Kitchen Garden. Early-sown vegetable flops will tow be advancing rapidly, and will require close attention as to hi dll', landin';-! p, and staking, and any of the main crops of vegetables not yet put in should he atlendid to immediately. Finish j hatting (otatoes, and make sowings o peas, broad and French beans, runnel a nasturtiums, and tomatoes. Sow cabbage, cauliflower, lioceoli, savoys, and curled gitens on li L wt 11-prej and giot.nd, to indue , which is the best preventative of blight in these cn.j s yi t discoveied. Finish the sowing of cairots, beet, and pars’ey, taking care to cover the seeds jnoperly, oihnwise, < wing to the dryness of the ground at this seamn. the Inst seeds mav not grow. Sow turnip. luttuo.n, an 1 rad bsh; also pumpkin, vegetable marrow, squash, cucumber, and melon seeds. Celery may still be sown in a shaded place, Every ellort must now be made to k ep weeds in cheek l.y meats of ! the I melt hoe, which Should be use I during bright sun.-hine ; for if weeoa are allotted to choke the young 0:0,8, and .eft to tiled their seed, it wil take years to eradicate litem. Fruit GaRREN. — In diy and exposed gardins, ail netvly-phnx:ed fruit trees will b., benefited by a n.uh king of stable manure being planted over then nuts, to extend about iwo feet firm the stems of the tree. See that shelter float the prevailing wimis is fateful y ptov.ded. AUeid early to the dtsl uibiing o frame I peach an t apricot tie.s, teiioving l.ut a few at a time, so as to preterit a ' on sudelen cheek in the growth of the trees. Thill the fruit of peaches an 1 apiicots, when ah. ul the size of peas, to seven or eight inches apart. 'J his, to the irie-Xj eiieucetl, may appear a great aaeritiee; biit, it carried out, will ptote bemtioial lo the tr es, ami will tend to the growth of large and well-flavored unit. Mulch strawben y plants with short litter or grass, to prevent the fruit from being soiled by heavy rain. Flower Garden —Dahlias may now be planted out with saftely. To grow the dahlia successfully, requires a rich, deep s. il, ami to be set four feet apart tacit way' Holly In cks will ni w tequire stakes. Plant out verbenas, scarlet geraniums, fusehias, helio’rope. Transp'ant shocks, arters, marigolds ; ahsO tbin and plant animal and other flowers Keep down eiceit fly on roses l-y frequently syringing, and encourage gto Ih'by watt ring with inanu.e water. Pau-ies, pinks, and carnations should hate the soil stirred frequently about the n ; ami, if growth be languid, water with weak guano water.