CALENDAR.

Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 7

CALENDAR.

Remarkably d^y and favourable weather^ v/ith Klight mornitiff front?, has prevailed during tba first week of Juno, and appearances promisft a ftoiotinufttion. Digging and manuring should be panned on, leavinsj the surface rough for tha better action of frost, aad all leaves «Mirl decaying matter should be gathered anti foriiietl iijco haapa for compost. Almost all deciduous) trees have now shod Lhoirleavee, and bosidoa their rtfamirial valua tfaeu* removal takes away sbsltor fur insects and their larva?, ssnd makaa tho garden lools tidy and Beat during tho ttull seaccu.

ViCGETAULSS.— A small sowing of pease and beano ot the oarJior sorts may now with advanfci>ga be made. Hoe aud clean between rowa o£ cabbrgj, cauliflower, && Garlia, shallots, potalui.s, onions, und hoi'se radi?h may also bs planted, and a few early potatoes, m a dry sheJt&red spot, lil Lho event of sharp frosfcShe lattor should bs covered lightly with straw or litter, Fruit. — The planting «f all sorts of fruit; trees, should now be vigorously and judiciotMy proceeded with. Do not emit j»>iching and CuftUloß newly planted trees, Old trees intended fco be grafted should, now be iieadedi back. The branches ehould be sawn off close to the spot w&eiO the grafi is intended to be 1 placed. Scions sfcould now bs cut and placed in tho ground in a trench previouoly cufc, and care should be taken that ench ecion is brought into contact! with the soil, not stuck ia in bundles. Treat* the ground (irmly on them about one-halt' their length, and let thorn remain until tho grafting time cooes round. Clean ali moss from tho trunks^ and branches of fcreer. by applying hot June dissolved iv water, ]? lowers,-- All plants thai? may bs 100 tender to remain in tha ground during tho winter should now bo taken up aad boused. AH ana:ia.l& which haye done flowerirg and the dwityid stoftia of herbaceous plants should b& veroovecl. lioses and all other ornamental plants and shrubs hhould ba planted without delay, in woll-prepar^d ground, and thoce that aro growing in permafieaS position carefully 9^nd neatly pruned and triKnnsd.