FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER, 1875.

Poverty Bay Standard, 4 September 1875, Page 2

FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER, 1875.

(From Colledge and Co’s., Almanac.) FLOWER . GARDEN. Propagate herbaceous plants by division of the root. Sow annuals in the borders; propagate tea-scented noisette and Chinese roses by cuttings. Plant out pansie's, pinks, verbenas, and bedding and border plants generally. Sow seeds of finegrowing grasses on bare places in lawns. Newly-made lawns should be. mown onoe a week for some time unjil a good bottom is obtained. Attend to all matters of routine. KITCHEN AND FRUIT GARDEN. Earth up potatoes already out of the ground, and plant others. If onions have failed make fresh sowings without loss of time. Sow cauliflower, cabbage, brocoli, savoy, Brusell’s sprout, featherleg, kale, asparagus, radish, lettuce, peas, beans, beet, and salad herbs. Sow a few scarlet runners. Sow sweet basil, summer savory, parsley, and other pot herbs. Sow carrot and turnip, also parsnip if neglected last month. New Zealand spinach may be sown new, or in some localities plants may be obtained from the sea beach. It is a bseful esculent sadly neglected here. Plant out cabbage. Keep down weeds, thin out previous sowings; cover seakale with boxes, and pile fresh stable manure over them. Plant Jerusalem artichokes. All planting should be finished this month. Secure removed plants 'against wind-waving. Plant oranges and lemons in good soil in sheltered places. Plant cuttings of plum, quince, filbert, Hut, peach, &c., and of any desirable fruit stock. Sow seeds of fruit and other trees. Graft fruit stock. FARM. Lambing still continues. As the lambs are strong enough to travel they ought to be removed into good pasture, the doubles Should be separated from the singles, and the best grass given to them. The lambs are not usually tailed until some weeks old, but a good, if not the best, plan is to tail them when they are a few days old as they are removed in small lots into the pasture where they are intended to remain. As soon as the ewes recover from lambing they should be cleaned, and the loose wool removed from about the udder, as lambs occasionally die from swallowing portions of it. The ewe’s feet should also now be pared: it is not advisable to throw them for that purpose when heavy in lamb. Peas, barley, and all kinds of spring grain should be sown early this month if not in before, and land which does not grow autumn grass well may now be sown. Potatoe land should be well harrowed before the potatoes appear, and planting finished if possible before the month is out. Where hay is to be mown the fields ought to be unstocked early this month, and stones or wlftrtever would interfere with the scythe removed.