FIELD AND GARDEN CALENDAR. MARCH.

Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 83, 1 March 1854, Page 2

FIELD AND GARDEN CALENDAR. MARCH.

Flowhr Garden. —So soon na tho young leaves of the primrose tribe begin to sprout, the root may ba parted. The samo may bo dono with all p. renniul plants that have dune flowering. All imlboiiß plant* (excepting Tulips and Rununculusc» should be planted early ill is month ; by tint means the leaven have nil tho winter to perfect themselves, and on these being fully developed, depends the growth and perfection of the flowers ; this in obviously the best timo lor commuting tho bulbs to the earth, that the operations of naturo may not v be delayed without necessity. In this mild climate, transplanting may be successfully performed nine months in the year, par» •iculorly if thp chnnge of (he Moon brings rain. — This operation, which inexperienced persons think "cry cany, is yet one that generally requires great care and delicacy, It in the slender fibres, and not the thicker branches of the roots of a plant by which it is chiefly nourished ; and the more these are preserved uninjured, the leal will the plant ,tsclf bo affected by its removal ; this is the chuho why a ball of earth should invarinbly bo preserved round all choice plants, more especially those of AuitrJia and New Zealand, us these, more thnn nil other, are the most difficult to remove. On the other hand, if proper rare m taken, success is almost certain. In general, it may be tuken as n rule, Hint the younger the trees, intended tur re. I moval, the better thiiy will succeed. Native shrubs for (hin purpose, therefore, in ordinary ii.inds, should never be more than three inches high, and a ball of earth must be left around each, inffiaient to I'nolnfc all the fibrous roots. Kitchbn Gakdkn, "-Continue to sow common vegetable seeds lor winter crops; plant out vegetables ; collect seeds ; earth up celery ; hoe pouiiocb; thin carrots and turnips. Melons, pumpkins, und cu'iumbera ripen this month. OnCMAim. — Apples, pears peaches, nectarines, and fi^n »re ripe this month. Fibid, — Grass seed may be lown on stubble, if the ground linn been well prcpured for the previous crop. I'reparo broken up ground, by ploughing, burrowing, and burnnlg loots and stumps. fau fire, tliia month, to clearings of forest luml.