HAWKE'S BAY GARDEN CALENDAR.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1077, 24 August 1869, Page 4

HAWKE'S BAY GARDEN CALENDAR.

AUGUST. : Kitchen Garden.— 'Sow carrots, parsnips, onions, leeks, lettuces, radishes, spinach, beet, peas, beans, cabbages and cauliflowers. Protect early potatoes where necessary; fronds of fern stuck along the rows form a good protection agaifist the frosts of spring. Silver beet, which is grown for its leaf stalk and leaves, should be sown in rows and thinned out to two feet apart | tho young leaves are an admirable substitute for spinach, and the stalk and mid rib is used for seakale. Fruit Garden.— Peaches are now in blossom, and towards the end of the month the plums begin to bloom ; therefore it would not answer to prune any of them, but such trees as are late in developing either blossom buds or leaf buds may still be pruned. Grafting should be performed this and next month, according to the state of tho buds ; the most successful time is when they begin to swell. Apples, "^ears, medlars, quinces, plums, may still be planted in cases of emergency ; tho trees will re* quiro mulching and frequent waterings if the next month should be dry. Flower Garden,— "Sow anemone seed \ mix the seed with sand and rub well, so a_ to separate the downy seeds from each other ; sow them thinly, sand and all, but a little below the surface in rows 12 inches apart, and thin them out afterwards tb 12 inches in the row, transplanting to another bed those thinned out. Manure roses with cow-dung, two years old if possible ; prune some of them, leaving others to be pruned in October, so that you may obtain a succession of flowers; Put dahlia roots in gentle heat to make them shoot previously to dividing and planting out. I SEPTEMBER. Kitchen Garden. — This is the busiest month in tlie year. A final dressing of salt and guano should be given to asparagus beds. In transplanting, never draw tho . plants from the (seed bed, but lift them with some kind' of tobI t Sow asparagus, American cress, beans, , beets (white and red,) brocoli, cabbages, cauliflowers, carrots, celeriac, celery, lettuces, leeks, onions, mustard, nasturtiums, parsley, peas, parsnips, rhubarb, seakale, " savoys, spinach, turnips. In gentle heat sow cucumbers, melons, marrows, tomatoes, and capsicums. Make thyme borders. Plant potatoes, garlic, horse-radish. Plant out leeks when about size of a goose-quill. Plant carrots, parsnips, beet for seed'; do not^attempt to raise Seed of more than one variety of each at same time. Fruit Garden. — Graft fruit trees. Rootprune over-luxuriant trees. Watch for American blight ; if it is making rapid progress among the bursting blossom buds, touch with a little olive oil. Mulch newly, planted trees, and water them occasionally. Flower Garden. — Sow tender annuals ; sow biennials and perennials. Spring gladioli should be atouce planted. Transplant perennials (excepting tap-rooted ones), every other year ; where they cannot be safely removed, manure them freely. Put in cuttings of fuschias, petunias, • verbenas, geraniums, roses, pansies, aloysia, syringa, spirea, &c. Plant dahlias- and marvel of Peru.