SEASONABLE NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1973, 12 September 1889, Page 8

SEASONABLE NOTES.

Vegetable Gabden.—The main crop of Brussels sprouts, savoys, broccoli, and red cabbage, the latter for cutting late, should now be sown ; also Veitch's autumn and self-protecting broccoli, with a pinch of Paris Cos lettuce. In spring-sown lettuces the few seeds sprinkled | on the top of the onion quarter the earliest. Onions and carrots had better wait for some days ; when sown early the sharp spring winds turn them yellow. Parsnips may now be sown with advantage. Every inch of ground uncropped should now be turned up, thus bringing all under crop at the proper season. Now is a good time to make plantations of Globe artichokes. Pits and Fbames.—When the weather has become warm and genial all the lights should be drawn off, so that full advantage of the opportunity may be taken by all inmates of pits and frames to get fresh air. Prick off early celery in small boxes for early work, and get manure well worked to make the bed which the main crop will occupy. Tomatoes may be sown; grow them on until they occupy six-inch pots Little plants put out at the end of October, and carefully sheltered at nights and during the prevalence of cold winds, grow up to April before setting or ripening their fruit. French beans must be attended to in accordance with the dent and. Young cauliflowers from underhand glasses may be planted out on a warm border, and a few more peas may bo sown to succeed those sown earlier. Flower Garden.—Among other work the following matters are especially important: — To finish pruning roses of all kinds, but leaving the strong-growing Ayrshire, Banksian, and other climbing kinds almost untouched, except to thin out weak or useless wood ; to plant out pansies and violas from storebeds or frames; also any of the hardier perennials, as Canterbury bells, foxgloves,- sweetwilliams, &c.; to plant gladiolus in sunny situations, either in beds or singly in the mixed borders; to sow more hardy annuals as required; to prick off German and other stocks from seed boxes or pan?, and to sow more seed of the former or ten-week variety; and to lay fresh and repair old turf, and level and dig ground for sowing grass seed early next month. Greenhouse.—Start tuberous begonias both for potwork and bedding in a gentle heat. Tie out aud feed pelargoniums with liquid manure, and sow a pan of cineraria seed for early flowering.