Gardening Notes.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13355, 3 August 1907, Page 4 (Supplement)

Gardening Notes.

VEGETABLE GARDEN. The following seeds may now be planted —Peas, broad benns, lettuce, carrot, parsni'i. onions, cabbage and cauliflowers. Cabbage and cauliflower plants ljiay be transplanted. Where it is intended to lime the ground it should be done at once. The soil in this district, particularly around Tiniaru, :"i> much in need of lim?, and a good dressing is strongly lecoimsiended. Continue to plant ikub.uh, s-eakale and asparagus roots in properly prepared-beds, and a few early potatoes, such as British Queen, Sir John Lkwcllyn, Early Rose, or Early Regents. The latter is an old favourite and still keeps up iit; reputation ;iS being tho best quality and . cropper of aii the carlv potatoes. " THE ORCHARD. Xii time should now be lost in planting any trees it is intended to plant. The soil. though a little diy. is in good order lo receive deciduous tiees. Rasuberry beds should now have attention, and the old canes should be cut out altogether and (he new canes could be thinned out to six oi eight to each clump, and the beds should hi top dressed with well rotted stable manure. In large, gardens the Logan beny is a valuable plaiii ; the fruit m ;kei delicious jam and it :•; very easily grown. It is not a plant the writer would recommend for small gardens as it takes up ::o much room for the amount of fruit Ji Yields. FLOWER GARDEN. It is not advisable to plant any seeds in the open yet. A few of (he lmrdi r varieties of annual se.'ds may be planted under glr.i-s, but even tr> I>.- Mii-cessful wiih (!u;e a little bottom 1:-. :it is. required.