The Garden.

Manawatu Herald, 9 July 1891, Page 3

The Garden.

The extremely favourable weather for digging, trenching, and such-like work which we have enjoyed for some weeks, past ought to have been fully taken advantage of, and very little 'of that kind of labour should now be in arrears. It has also been weather suitable for all kinds of treeplanting, and the sooner such work is pushed on and completed the better;!, Cleaning borders and general attention to neatness will occupy some time even at this season; otherwise in an established garden the coming month does not provide' much work. Boiling walks with a heavy roller immediately after frosts is useful labour, as it gives a hard surface to the soil, through which weeds find it difficult to force them- - Selves. Manure should now Jbe wheeled on the ground. Should heavy rain set in, this work will, be „ rendered almost impracticable. The work of lifting and root pruning any fruit trees which may be thought to require it may also be. done. The building of hotbeds by those who intend to force a few early heads of Asparagus or other vegetables will occupy/ some little time. The* material after being brought from the stable should be turned two or three times within ; ten or twelve days from the time of mixing to allow the rank heat to escape. In order to allow of the hotbeds subsiding a couple of feet, they should be made two feet wider and longer than the frame which is to be placed thereon, but in case of a hotbed be* ing made large enough to take two or niore frames longitudinally, a space, of 18in between each will be ample; In forming the hotbeds, the fermenting material should be well trodden as the work proceeds, especially - s.q along the centre, which, moreover, should be rather higher than the other parts, inasmnch as it is the hottest part of the bed, and consequently the first to ' decompose and subside. • Some means should also lie provided of preventing an accumulation, of water under or around i the Kea}.' 1 Having placed the ffame on the fiotbefl; sufficient fermenting: material to make the depth at; J the bac^jpart of. the, j!fr4me ; correspond witi -that of the front should: be pladedHherein^following'this with*&; thickness of a 'couple of mcbes of shprClnariure^ s; If a surfacing of # soil is put over this, Asparagus roots can be placed closely together there- ] on, covered withabout 6in of light soil or sifted leal mould, and tepid water given to settle the soil among the rootss Hotbeds intended specially for Melons and Cucumbers should be made just large enough to hold the frame, and in making them a 1 few layers^ of sticks should be placed across the beds as a means of communicating the heat supplied by the fresMy made-up linings to the interior .of bed and frame :— Exchange..

Mr J. (i. Blnine is seriously ill. He is suffering from softening of the brain. PERSONS OF DELICATE CONSTITUTION, who are ob iged to abstain from ordinary Coffee, should try Crease's Taraxacum ok Dandelion' Coffee, which is recommended by medical authorities as a very vnlu ibk beverage for persons who suffer from weak digestion, flatulency, and ■ nervousness. Sod in lib and Jib tins, Is «tiai.