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GARDEN NOTES

— * r- ' ' (By "Kowhai.") 1 BOWING SWEET PISAS. • The spring-sowing of Bweet peas should Be made as soon as possible now. On light well-drained soils the sowing may tiko place at once, but on heavy ones it may bo as well to wait/ a llttlo longei. 'I'ho gardener mußt use his own judgment. To assist germination the seed may be soaked before being ?own, and expensive varieties should bo chipped. In chipping, a little piece of tho outer coating of the seed is cut off with a sharp pocliot-ltnife, but great care infc9fc be taken not_to damago tho vital part of the I seed. Tho chin should be taken from the smooth part. Chipping eiuuroseven germination, '■'wo or three days before Bowing the seed, water tho ground with a solution ol permanganate of potash, using once ounco to one gallon of, water. As soon as the Bee'dlings push through the ground, loosen ttio surface soil, and dust soot that has been. well exposed to the air round the seedlings. In a. few days hoe this 111, and again dust soot over tho surface. Keep a Bharp look-oat for slugs once the seedlings are up. Sparrows are often troublesome, and must bo J"®,' /j 0 ®,:)?' 8 seedlings by using threads'of bla ? k J°"Su \ little bonedust Ehouid bo mixed with the soil when tho seeds aro put in, gajjm lindheimeri. During last summer and autumn this charming plant was put to a very severe tot for the early part of tho summer was hopelessly wet, whilo February ui.d March were exceptionally dry and hot. Such extremes of weather prQved too much for most plants, but tho S auraß ca .™® triumphantly through tho ordeal, the til tints being at all times covered with long graceful Bprays of delicate whito flowers To get the best effect, three or four, plants should be massed, tho plants being about one foot apart eac h Iva J; Qaura is undoubtedly one of the most useful perennial plants that it " to grow, for it flowers during tlio whole of tlio summer and tho autumn, and may bo idled upon to fill fa bare Baps that ■iro' caused by the summer flowers being over, and tlio real autumn ones scarcely ol ßeeds may lie sown now under glass, 01' roots may be bought from nurserymen. A linht dry soil Is most suitable for RO-ura., theroforo heavy oneß should be deeply dug and lightened in tho usual, way. HEMEROCALfjIS. The dav lilies (homerocallis) five an nhimdanco of flowers all through the sumabunttanco 01 j , aati teoSySS day'but the succeeding buds HHI-trrr trs 6t Hemerocallis aurantiaca major Js a fertile garden soil and a sunny position 6 no'liesftime for 'transplanting Is tor growth is just commencing. VEKBENAS. Floworing verbenas arc most^ nl b S manure has been dug and a ffiinny posiiloD' „ MICHAELMAS DAISIES. When' well grown, Michaelmas daisies aro c\cry • ai«vers varyius also in Bizo presented, the nosers b branching . Wright, rosy purplo; town ol autumn flowers are Vine to those }jtil a few years ago since tho plants were mnsidcred of such little importance that It was seldom they were given much pro. • «iioir oilier use in many Instances being to block out unsightly cor. '■ SM^xKtdeSSl^| to a mitam (or ( , ua lity of tho then rtifcfet y fhcy inti as IherO were few who thought it : worth while to devote a little tune with HlO snade, and least of al any bnig J the shaoe of manure, to their suirounu ings. This haphazard method has, hmv ever, altered with the improveme ■! of "a race ami. oven in places they weiu slow to import the new add.lious tho direct of well-dug and manured K™»nd brramo evident oil the old slock when, in vcßpondlng to tlio demand for the moro gorgeous of hardy plants a. few weru mad,,, use or to fill in tlio background o a newlv-inade bordor, wluch was, 01 nourse, duly prepared In a proper manner. •U Kew, in addition to the i ; os>ition usually allotted tn them in the herbaceous border, the opportunity of im-Suinc them alone and in conjunction wit'.i the border chrysanthemum .lias been poized, the re. suit being an effect equal to any of the Reason, as Vioth flower at the same time, and the bright colours of tho chrysanthemums, especially of the Masse family, are seen to great advantage among the bluo and violet shades of tile daisies. For this or any other scheme of planting .to bn successful, it must be understood that nil Minhaelmas riaisic3 appreciate a good deep <-<1 tV:4. 1,0 a 1.00,. „„1! oiHnlmri win,

raanuro, as they arc very vigorous in their root, action. They must havo amplo flpaco, to .that cadi shoot may appear to the beat advantage. It is a poor method to have a, plant tied in the middle liko a "wheat sheaf; the boauty in such a specimen is completely lost. This is be» Bides a most "vvnsteful practice, as, insteud of each main stem having vigorous side* shoots down to the ground, there is no« thinjr worth cuttini? but inferior bundled at the.top. Front a well-grown plant, ono to three shoots neatly staked out will givo a far better return in a more graceful manner than three times their number badly grown and overcrowded, ahifl method entails a< BeYcro out of the shoots in early spring, which way appear rather wasteful to'those who havd not as vet experienced the effect in flu-' tumn. 'Once it Is tried, however," tho superiority of the sprays that arci available for ousting will alono render tho oW bunehing-iy) process a thing of tho padti PEAOff IjBAP CUHIJ. Peach trees tli&fc have been attacked by leaf-curl should be sprayed now with Bordeaux, using the foruiuia 8—6—40. Amateur gardeners who have only a few trees can prOcuro a prepared Bordeaux paste or powder from any seed shop. Later, after the trees are in leaf, spray them with self' boiled lime sulphur. VEGETABLES. Dnring tie past few weeks work in most vegetable has bcou cut of tho question. Wheuever tho soil is in a suitable condition the following seeds may bo frown i—Pofts, broad beans, carrots, parsnips, onions* lettuceSi oabbagssj and caullllowcra. , „ . 4 Attend to the sprouting of potatoes m readinesH for an early planting "Garden iu l xt .week will contain fceasonable notes about i—Tuocasi routino Work, tuid vegetables. The householder who undertook arduous work whon removing, vowed "nev,or again," By employing ua lie could have sated trouble, labour, and ensured handling, Tho New Zealand JJxpreaa , Company, Ltd., 47-91' Customhouse Quay, ! —Advt. Every prudent man carries "NAJSOI" in his vcflt pookot. Nothing bo good for bt eventing and relieving coughs and toldd. Sixty doses Is. fid,—Advt* . 1

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 275, 16 August 1919, Page 12

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GARDEN NOTES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 275, 16 August 1919, Page 12

GARDEN NOTES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 275, 16 August 1919, Page 12

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