GOLDEN BULLS FOR GARDENING.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 441, 16 March 1875, Page 2

GOLDEN BULLS FOR GARDENING.

Never grow a bad variety of anything if you can help it. It takes the same room, and wants the same attention aa a good one. Never look out for cheap seed shops. It is only by getting good prices that a seedsman can supply the articles to be depended on. *Let the draining of your ground be your -^ first care. It is impossible to succeed to any extent with vegetables or flowers where the water is stagnant in, the soil. Gather fruit in dry weather and with the sun shining, and place them as carefully in the basket as?lf they were glass. The smallest brur-> commenceVa decay. Unless you wifcnt seed rem^e the floweNgtems as soon as the bloom decays The swelling of the seed pods checks the 'fui-thli* growth and bjossorajng of most plants. Neverfgrow the same cropV^W <jrops of the sam& family, twice on the same gro^ud -without an iniipgning crop of a different nature. Never transplant slffubs and trees in a growing state. However carefully it is done, the check is dangerous, if not fatal. Never tie up lettuces or endive, or earth up celery, except when perfectly dry. 1 hey are sure to spoil if you do. Never allow the surface of the soil in a pot or in the ground to be long without stirring, unless it be naturally very open, as is the case with peat earth. Never grow a plant too fast; it is no credit to you, because anybody can do it, and it spoils the plant to a certainty. Rapid growth makes a mild flavor, slow growth, a strong one. Therefore, grow vegetablesuiuick, and fruit moderately. The exceptions are wl^re^slte is more valued than flavor. Carefully preserve the fallen leaves of trees, and procure as many as you can ; when rotted into mould thetfHfcftdune is invaluable. Hoe the surface of the grou&Hill £ver once a fortnight, upon the same principle as a" servant sweeps the rooms. Let not the inoistiire that runs from the dung heap be wasted ; it is too good for the cultivated part of , the ground to be lost to it. Never allow weeds to i bloom ; it is the worst proof of thoughtlessness. ! One day devoted this year will save a month's application next. Never remove a plant from one place till you are ready to put it in another, unless to get rid of it. When a plant suffers the loss of a ropt, always prune off a corresponding portion of the head. Cut off with a sharp knife whatever part of a root may be broken, bruised, or damaged; it instantly commences a decay. Never trample on the ground in wet weather, or while the ground is i swampy*; \a*er delay the work. Even planting out things W^e|ter as the ground dries a little. Procure, whenever you can, turves cut out from a pasture,, to Jay in a heap and rot. " A store is no sore." of all composts. Always trench the ground Nb&fore sowing carrots, parsnips, and beet-root. Cover seeds from birds with a mat until they are well up, and then devote a day or two to actually scaring the enemy, until the plants gain strength. Prune all ornamental blooming trees and shrubs as soon as the flower has decayed ; before they make their new growth ; you can ahap© them as you like.