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  3. HORTICULTURAL.

    The rains have made a vast improvement in the gardens, and everything seems to have recovered from the effects of the late dry weather. Of the many flowers now in bloom, the cannas are very ...

    Article : 1,032 words
  4. Orchard.

    It is not too late to plant out pineapples or bananas in the warm districts where they are likely to succeed. The stone fruits are ripening fast, and should be ...

    Article : 52 words
  5. Houses and Frames.

    All sorts of begonias are now at their best, but, unfortunately, the beautiful ornamental leaved varieties are very liable to be spoiled by insects eating large holes in their leaves and greatly ...

    Article : 171 words
  6. Agriculture in North Queensland.

    The Fassifern scrub of North Queensland is a rich volcanic soil 600ft. above sea level and entirely above frost line. Although 10,000 acres are suitable for sugar-cane culture there is no local mill, and ...

    Article : 463 words
  7. Apples in Covent Garden.

    "What I saw in Covent Garden "is described by a returned Tasmanian, Mr. F. C. Lock, of Mathinna:—" I have seen Tasmanian apples," he says, "sold at such a rate, and so ...

    Article : 513 words
  8. Gathering Fruit too Soon.

    Pears are often spoilt by premature gathering, for I observe (writes J. G. Gosport, in the Garden) a great many of those sent to market ore more inclined to shrivel than to ripen. Many really good sorts of ...

    Article : 203 words
  9. To Prepare for a Dry Season.

    In the coarse of a paper recently read at a meeting of the Balaklava branch of the Agricultural Bureau on " How to Prepare for a Dry Season," the chairman (Mr. C. L. Beater) said :—"In years of plenty ...

    Article : 374 words
  10. New Industries.

    The Department of Agriculture, Queensland, has received from Cairns a very fine sample of fibre prepared by Mr. Dalrymple from the ramie plant, which grows luxuriantly in that portion of the colony. ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. A South Australian Orchard.

    Keyneton ia a level district in South Australia. The special correspondent of the Chronicle describes the orchard of Ivanhoe, the estate of Mr. Henry Angas Evans, who has for years past made fruit culture the ...

    Article : 321 words
  12. Tick Fever.

    Tick fever exists in the pastoral districts of Northern Queensland, comprising Burke, Cook, and northern North Kennedy, being confined to the coast watershed of Burke and west coast of Cape York ...

    Article : 136 words
  13. Kitchen Garden.

    Take every, opportunity you may have to prepare well either old beds or new ground for vegetables. Big or trench the ground deep, 2ft. if yon can, and keep the top soil on the top as much as possible. ...

    Article : 374 words
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