GARDENERS, NOTE!
A clever lady landscape gardener gives the following excellent advice about roses ,at the present time. Sh« writes: “Cut the blooms off rose bushes as soon as they fade, cutting off at least a third of the flowering stem in doing so During the next few weeks a. mulch should be spread round rose hushes, Roses are surface rooters, and fine feeding roots become soon parched unless a mulch is spread round the bushes to protect them. Well-rotted manure. decayed garden rubbish, lawn cli'nmngs. nil forms suitable mulches. First prick a little bonedust into the ground, and then thoroughly saturate the ground with water. The mulch should bo applied while the soil is wet.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 19 November 1927, Page 11
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116GARDENERS, NOTE! Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 19 November 1927, Page 11
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