GARDENERS’ CALENDAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 907, 5 September 1879, Page 3

GARDENERS’ CALENDAR.

SEPTEMBER. Kitchen Garden--In the Garden, during favourable wea‘ her, this is one of the busiest months of the year, when the main crops intended for the Kitchen should be Sown. Sow Asparagus, Sea Kale, Basil, Beans (twice in the month). Carrots, Turnips (a small sowing), Cauliflower, Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts, Rhubarb, Lettuce, Radish, Spinach, French Beans, Leeks, Onions, Celery, Beet, Broccoli, Borecole, Savoys, Parsley, Parsnips, Peas, (twice), Salsafy (the roots are boiled or stewed in the same manner as Parsnips), < ?corzoncra (not unlike Salsafy, and for the same pur-pose-treatment as for Carrots), Mustard and Cress. In heat, sow Tomato, Capsicum, Cucumber, Melon, Pumpkins, and Squashes. Many of the herbs are perennials, and maybe propagated hy cuttings ; hut they will all grow from seed, and mayle sown during this month. Plant Potatoes, Jerusalem Artichokes, Cabbage, Cauliflower, and Savoys. Globe Artichokes should he thinned to three or four shoots-each shoot will make a pla'>t; idant in rows four feet apart, and three feet from each other in the row. Fruit Department. —Plant out stocks intended for budding if not already planted; forward with all possible expedition the planting of trees. Cover the blooms of wall-trees from wind and frost with branches of scrub; ami top-dress with manure between Strawberry rows. Grafting may be commenced. There are various modes of grafting, but the most common and best for small stocks is whip-grafting nr tonguegrafting. Tlie stocks are cut down to about two inches from the ground ; a slanting cut is now made on the stem or the stock, so as to form a sloping face ; a slit is made downwards in the centre of this slope, the scion is cut in a corresponding slant to lha stock, and a vertical cleft is made in the scion ; introduce the tongue of the scion into the cleft of the stock in such a manner that the harks come into perfect contact on at least one side of the stem ; tie firm, and clay.

Flower Department. —In dry weather animals and other flowor-soe Is, coycrinn lightly with fine soil. Mow lawns ; a dressing of soot after mowing is decidedly beneficial ; it cheeks worms, and assists in overcoming the growth of moss. Form lawns, grass plots, aid croquet grounds. The following mixture of grasses should he emit'oyed.