THE HOME GARDEN by R. G. Falconer, Horticulturist Don't bury manure deeply. Feeding roots of plants are most active in the surface soil. Now is the time to prepare the garden for winter supply of vegetables. Sow cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce and onions. In heavy soils it is best to plant on ridges after applying a good fertilizer to the area. Onion seed can now be sown to ensure a good supply of plants for transplanting during the month of July and August. Broad beans can also be sown in rows about 4 to 6 inches apart, allowing 3 feet between the rows; this vegetable likes a heavy, deep, well manured soil. At this time of the year, the gardener will be busy harvesting crops from spring plantings and it is often a problem to find suitable storage for winter use. Crops such as pumpkins, piemelons and onions should be gathered as they come to maturity especially onions and late planted potatoes. If storage is limited under cover, pumpkins and melons can be fairly safely kept out-doors under a hedge or similar cover where a constant cool breeze or air-current will keep the crop fairly dry. All vacant plots should be dug over and prepared for a cover crop; lupins, especially, are recommended for the home garden.

THE FLOWER GARDEN Sweet peas can now be sown either for winter or spring flowering, according to the kind. Spring flowering bulbs should be planted; although they will probably lie dormant in the ground for some time, it is best to get them into the ground early as the blooms will consequently be improved. The ground should be deeply dug and the bulbs planted fairly deep after a good dressing of bone-dust has been applied. Planting would include all the various spring flowering bulbs the chief of which are anemones, tulips, ixias, daffodils, hyacinths, narcissi, ranunculus and soleil d'or.

THE HOME ORCHARD In the orchard, work is confined to gathering late fruit and to such cultivation as may be necessary. It is a bad policy to allow weeds to grow too tall. If this occurs, it is a good plan to scythe and allow to decay on the surface of the soil and later to be dug under for the winter. Now is a good time to apply lime if it is needed, especially if none has been given for two or three years. If space in the orchard is available, now is the time to order trees for winter planting. Often this job is delayed, and disappointment follows owing to the nurserymen having sold out of the popular varieties of trees. Fruits trees do not thrive in wet winter because their roots are susceptible to damage by excess water. Peaches, apples and citrus are most susceptible, therefore one must have the area to be planted in fruit trees well drained, and now is the time to do this work before the winter rain sets in. Open drains or, preferably, tile draining is most necessary in heavy soils. When using fertilizers, the following points should always be remembered: 1. Don't let stable or poultry manure remain exposed to the weather, or it will lose much of its value by leaching. Fork into the soil as soon as possible. 2. Don't let wood ashes become wet. Store in a dry place until convenient to apply. 3. Don't keep artificial fertilizers too long, as they are apt to become hard and difficult to apply to the soil. 4. Don't bury manures too deeply. Feeding roots of plants are near the surface soil. Fertilizers are usually best raked into the top two or three inches. 5. Always apply fertilizer some time before planting or sowing.