GARDENER’S CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 37, 16 September 1867, Page 4

GARDENER’S CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER.

Artichokes dress, clean and plant. Asparagus sow ; clean all weeds from old beds, if not done lastmonth. Bean of all kinds plant, hce and earth up advancing crops. Beet of all kinds sow. Broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage sow, and plant from seed bed any strong enough, earth up advancing crops. Carrots, celery, carraway, and small salads sow. Camomile and chives plant out, no garden should be without them. Dioscorea Batales plant, this is a delicious and highly useful plant, more hardy and prolific than the sweet potatoes. They like a rather light and rich soil, for planting dig and manure well a p.ece of ground, in the second or third week, plant the tubers in rows one foot apart and two feet apart from row to row, it is well to have a few sticks to support the arm but not absolutely necessary. Sow endive, leeks, lettuce, onions, parsnips, parsley, peas radishes, spinach, turnips, Brussel sprouts, sea kale, tomatoes, and capsicums, also plant out from seed any sufficiently strong where they are sheltered from wind and feel the influence of the sun. Herbs of all kinds, divide the roots and make fresh plantations where necessary Potatoes plant, also Jerusalem artichokes. Sea kale sow and plant. Marjoram and penny royal plant. If not already done, plant out eschalots, garlic', chives, onions, &c. This may be said {weather permitting) to be the month for sowing and planting all general crops.

FRUIT, All pruning not done should now be finished as early as possible, and grafting with all despatch, as the dry weather may set in early. In pruning plants, where the chief object is their

flowers, attend to the mode of bearing these. In short, never begin to cut a tree before having a clear and distinct idea of what you wish to attain, is it health, shape, size, leaves, shoots, flowers or roots 1 Strawberry beds clean and give a light top dressing. Easpberry, plantations should now be finished off, If not already dose. All kinds of fruit trees should now be finished planting, but if not, especial care should be taken in the manner of planting. Gooseberry and currant trees in small gardens, we would recommend the espalier training as the most convenient for gathering and .also cleaning. In this mouth, although not exactly girdening, we would recommend our country friends to sow, say l-16th of an acre of canary, rape, hemp, and linseed, as they all fetch high prices in Wellington, and must be remunerative to the grower.