The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-05-23 00:00:00

GARDENING WORK FOR TUE WEEK.
itTOBSII OARDEIII.

WITH continual surface-stirring weeds will never
make their appearance amongst growing Grope, but
there are some parts of the garden, such as those quarters
devoted to Gooseberries, Currant., end Raspberries,
which, front not drinking continual surface-stirring,
are apt to be neglected. The hoe should be kept
constantly at work amoogat these whenever the sun is
powerful enough to twitter the weeds as they are est
up. This is • very difficult matter in misoy places,
becalms so much help is requited just now in the flower
department, but great exertions should be made to devote
a day occasional to this work, for a day now is worth
two or three at a latter season, and the weeds are
prevented from seeding. The first-sown Red Beet must
now be thinned out, and if there are any vacaernsis the
thinning. may be suesessfully transplanted if they are
carefully lifted, tiring a long dibble in replanting, and
placing the roots perfectly straight in the hole. With
such favourable weather as we hive had there ought
now to be a good breadth of Cenlifiowers and Cabbages.
Keep the earth well moved amongst them. Cauliflowers
in • forward suite must still be supplied with liquid
manure, aeon if the ground to wet. A few treacles
should now be prepared for the earliest Celery. In
soils with a wet bottom the trenches should not
be made too deep, so that the planta may be
nearly on a level with the surface of the
ground; • dry bottom with deeper soil may have
deeper trenches; in either cease give ths rows • good
width, because the Celery should never be earthed-up
until it has nearly attained • size fit for use, and there.
fore the intervening spaces may be cropped with fairly
dwarf Cabbages. Caulifi ,w,ri.aud Lettuces, all of which
would come off before the final earthing. Where young
Carrots are continually in request another sowing may
be made, and advancing crops of the same mast be kept
well surfaee-stirred and thinned out to from 4 to 6
Inches, as very large Carrols are seldom required. The
ridge for Cucumbers. recommende I last week, will now
be in • proper state to receive the plants ; let them be
planted without delay, and shade the glasses for • few
days. At the same time • few hand-glasses may be sown
with seeds of Vegetable Marrows, and with Cucumbers
for sueoosesion and for Gherkins: For the latter
purpose, on warm soils, seeds sown in the open border
will suffice, but on colder soils, it Is better to forward
plants in pots, have • sloping bank thrown op facing
the so ith, plant them near the top. and train the vines
downwards, stopping them occasionally. Plant out
Beal. Chilies, cepaioune. and TUlllatooll in light som•
post under a south wall, in dolag which, If they are at
all pot•bound, let the roots be gently loosened and
spread out. Stop the early Peas as soon as the first
blooms are well set. Parsnips require to be thinned to
9 inches or more apart if the ground is rich.
YRUIT GARDEN.
During the process of nailin,;•in the shoots of Peaches,
Nectarines, and Arnhem, examine if there are any nails
likely to injure the swelling fruit, and remove them.
Those who have to nail-in young shoots should use
stream cloth shreds of good texture, out to a sufficient
length to allow plenty of room for the wood to swell;
it is sad to see abort shreds used, and bound so dowdy
round the wood that at the pruning mason many of the
shoots will be found to have an indented ring, and very
of tea a huge piece of gum. Vines will now require
constant attention in stopping sod nailing-in. Do not
crowd the trees with too mash fruit, because it is only
in favourable seasons that they ripen their fruit well,
and not even then if they are crowded.
YLOW/Llt OLADIN.
The late rains will be favourable for recently-planted
shrubs, and now that the soil is damp no time should
be lost In completing whatever remains on hand in the
shape of plantiqg or bedding-out young nursery stuff.
If not done previously, the herbamous ground should be
well cleaned and neatly raked over. This cannot well
be done sooner in consequence of many species being
late in vegetating. Fill-up vacancies, either from the
reserve ground or by sowing annuals in the intermediate
spaces. Large plants of some genera, as Phloxes,
Asters Ire, generally throw op too many flowering
shvota. Where such Is the cams thin them out at ones
so as to obtain not only fine heads of bloom but
increased strength to the remaining shoots to enable
them to do with less assistance front stakes. Hollyhocks
for late blooming may still be planted, as it is better,
when they are grown extensively, to plant eA two or
three times to insure • 1111C03041011 of bloom. These
showy plants are admirably adapted for planting in
long lines and parallel straight walks, wells, be,, where
they produce a grand effect. As the state of the soil
and weather is now favourable for commencing with the
bedding-out staff, a start should be made with the half.
hardy plants first, as Caloeolarias, Verbenas, and similar
plants, reserving the Heliotropes and the more tender
kinds of Geraniums for the latest planting, when the
danger from frost may be supposed over.