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  2. Fruit versus Gold.

    A CORRESPONDENT, writing to the NELSON COLO-NIST, urges upon colonists to Btudy fruit planting, and quotes:—[?] The following is taken from the AUSTRALISCHE ...

    Article : 353 words
  3. Australian Botany.

    THE roots of plants, though not so diversified as the upper growth, have many material differences m shape. Te broad signification of the word root[?]s "that portion of the plant which grows beneath the ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  4. Agricultural Items.

    The reports from various agricultural distriots are, on the whole, favourable, though in several districts rain is considered needful. Westward, north-west, and to the south, the weather has been ...

    Article : 315 words
  5. NOTES.

    1. GUM TREE (Eucalyptus).—As this tree is re[?] [?]o in several of the lessons, explanatory notes will be given in a future parcel. 2. WHEAT.—Triticum vulgare (Natural Order Granimex, ...

    Article : 1,876 words
  6. Horticulture.

    We have received the following:—1. From Messrs. J. and W. Gelding, Victoria Nursery, Canterbu[?]yroad. Petersham, being a general catalogne of garden and farm seeds, trees, shrubs, flowers, and fruits. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 212 words
  7. Good Milking Shorthorns.

    MR. John Milne, farmer at Mains of Laithers, and of Dyce Chemical Works, recently addressed the farmers and others in the Ordiquit district of Banffshire, on the subject of dairy-farming. The meeting ...

    Article : 908 words
  8. Large Farms.

    MOST people are attracted by the show of great business, and the desire to extend operations is very general. But a man who can successfully manage 100 acres, may not be able to run a 500 or 1000-acre ...

    Article : 205 words
  9. Cure for Aphis on Fruit Trees.

    A FARMER, residing near Home Rule, has recently informed us that the peach trees in his garden were attacked by aphis to an extent that left little hope for their recovery. He noticed, however, that one ...

    Article : 156 words
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