FARM AND GARDEN OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4409, 2 October 1871, Page 3

FARM AND GARDEN OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER.

Kitchen UA^DEN. -- Dmiah planting potatoes ; «r>w 'mam crop of cnrrots for autumn and winter use ; sow Mussolburgh leek in « bed fur planting out in trenches ; sow Sion house, Newington wonder, and light dun dwarf French beans j sow peas and broad beans ; radish and small salading sow every , month ; tie up lettuce for /blanching, and sow for succession. Plant out cabbaga and cauli. flower; prick out celery; asparagus beds, hoe. andwedd ;' rhubarb, litter the crowns ; peas, hoe up and stake ; prepare th« ground where early potatoes came off, for cabbage and beans. Greund lately occupied with broccoli line off for celery, trenches five to six feet apart ; cast out the soil right and left, then lay six inches of manure, dig up : it will bo |reftdy for planting following mdtfth. Hoe advancing crops.

Fruit Garden.— lf the aeas»n is early, , peaches and nectarines a few of their woodbuds remove, and where fruit is formed stop a joint or two beyond the fruit with the finger and thumb j rub off suckers either from root or stem. Strawberries now rip«, hoe and clear from weeds ; lay some litttr round the plants, to keep the fruit clean. Flower Gakden. — Sow African and French marigold, ludian pink, asters, zinnias, German and ten-week stocks, cockscombs, aolanas, tropceola, and the more tender sorts. Dahlias, if started in a little heat, or on a dung bed last month, will now be throwing up shoots ; divide old roots, or strike young shoots from cuttinga : latter mpthod makes finest plants. Keep down insects, especially on roses ; water newly planted trees, shrubs, roses, and herbaceous plants, if the weather continue dry. Beds should be filltd up from, reserve garden,

Greenhouse. — Air more freely and chang* watering from morning to evening, syringe plants overhead ; cacti tribe coming into nower will require more water now; cinerarias will require it twice a day after a hot sunshine. Fuchsias for specimens give plenty of pot room ; stop side roots to form bushypyramid j they luxuriate in a moist, damp situation ; pick blooms off plants you wish to flower later in the season. Camellias and azalias done flowering plunge in shady situation out of doors ; any plants done flowering treat in same way. Balsams, cockscombs, egg plants, and globe amaranthus still sow ; pelargoniums stake and tie out ; creepers stake ; and train vines, stop shoots at first joint above the fruit, tie in, and thin fruit when the size of small peas. All plants will require to be moved out as fruit comes to maturity. — Chapman's A hnanac.

Charlotte Cushman once related the following anecdote : She s&id a man in the gallery of the theatre (she waa on the stage at the time) made such a disturbance that the play could not proceed. Cries of "Throw him over," arose from all parts of the house, and the noi«e became furious. All was tumultuous chaos until a sweet female voice was heard in the pit, exclaiming : " Now I pray you don't throw him over. I beg you, my dtar frienda, don't throw him over, but — kill him where he is."