THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW
1'q make asparagus trailers grow lux- , uriantly, empty a packet of Epsom salts on the loose earth siirrounding the ferns. Tlien water, and the salt will soak down to the roots. You will be delighted with tbe rapid and beautifhl growth of the foliage. Repeat in about two months' timo, When difficulty is experienced in raising seed, cover the boxes with a wet bag for a few days. The action of the sUn will force warm moisture to the sOed and assist rapid germination. To keep ferus and palras niee and fresh indoors in di'y weather, soak them once a week for about an hour (until the water stops bubbling) in a bucket of water. See that the water covers the top of the pot. When a punga fern has reached a igood age tliere is a great lengtlj of trunb sho.wing where the dead leavee
haye "been out off. Plant round the I. has© bright climbing geraniume and the effecf will be beautiful.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 113, 29 May 1937, Page 9
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