The Garden.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 473, 4 February 1881, Page 2

The Garden.

GARDEN MEMORANDA FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. (Written expressly for The Akaroa Mail) FLOW Kit GAIIDKN. Dahlias nnd hollyhocks will requhv attention as to staking and watering A good nmlchin * of manure, placed over their roots this dry weather, will ir.'vent evaporation, and produce rapid growth. Propagate cuttings of verbena, petunia, calceolaria, geranium, and antirrhinum ; fuchsias, ageratums, and roses may still be budded, and cuttings of the China and Noisette class will root freely if put into a cool, shaded place. Renew old geraniums by cutting down and re-pot-ting in small-sized pots, in rather p< or, light soil. FituiT ruunrcx. Look over trained trees, and seen c young shoots that are likely to be broke n by tho wind. See that the ties of grafts are all removed. Thin raspberry canes to admit light and air to thos-e intended for bearing next season. Four of the strongest ones are enough to leave for next season's crop. KITCIIKN* GARDEN. During the present dry weather little can be done in the way of sowing seeds or planting. Take advantage of the first mm, and make a large solving of turnips for winter usi. Sow oirly cabbage in a cool, shaded spot. Early 1 potatoes had better be lifted ; in some instances they arc getting shrivelled up in the ground, and with the first rain that comes they will make a second growth. Celery must have plenty of water at present. Take up and dry onions as they ripen.