The Garden.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 July 1890, Page 2

The Garden.

SUTOBA.HB. The soil best suited for. it is light, rich, f'eep, unshaded, and moderately Plant to four feeo npart, or for the Gigantic and Victoria six feat apart. In spring hoe the bed, and as the stalks when blanched are much more delicate. in tas ! e, require less sugar to be rendered palatab'r, and nre I greatly improved in appearance, di-.» a irench between th" row 3, and the earth from it p!ac i about a foot over the stool. This covering must be remnvd when the cutting ceases, and the plant allowed to grovr at liberty. As the earth in wet seasons is apt to induce decay the covering may be advantageously formed of conl-ashes or drift sand. Forcing. Plant a single row t'irr c feet apart in ground that has b^en trenched two spades dpep, imd drassed with well putrefied dimg at t)ie time. The forcing may now be commenced. Make a fnirao by driving stales into the ground on ea^h side of the bed, attenuating wiih the pants. These are to be three feet high above sround, a-xl tin sp^ce betwnen the two mws of s akes two feet at the bottom, but approachiug each other, 1 and fastened by cro<s pieces, so a ■< to be m y fifte -n i che apart at top. To 'the si I©-? and top stout, lathes are fixed, <o pray -nt th • dung falling upon the plants Tlu- drug may be ••ithor fre-h, <>r lh it v.hi-ih has ulwdv underlinefermen'ation, plaeod s» 11 r)ind t'>o frame eighteen indies thick, und tho top cnver«d with lovg 'itf. -r. The temperature in t.h" i-it^rior sh v d have a rang" fio-n 55 to 60 decrees Tf it rises higher, twn or thvm aige ho'<'s made thro ii eh t ! >c t^p soon coirects H. Bhn.>»"b may he fo c^l with ut either pits or frame, by mere'y oovenrg ths plants six inches do p with light Utter, care h"insr talron that the plant* a'e not injured A .Temarkable plvit in flower now (April) at Kew is Aristo'nr-hin Holdienna, a rarft species, found by Gnldio in the jungles of old Cftlab^f. Th • flowers ai'e of imii.en^e s-izo, moa^ur ing over ono font anropg. n"d with f;he end of the tube dilatod so as to repemble a huge trumpet- '!ho brown colourinor on th- expnndod portion ia very deep, and tV odmidpcidedlv unpleasant. The binds or '.rown a'ternatei by bri'iht yo'l^wish groen in the tu'^e mv? very striKing and seem to light up the wholo flower. — Garden

A good winterfi nvering Honey suckle ii Lonioera Stanclishi, It is not strictly a c'imliei', bat may be so treated and in every good garden tbpro sb.oa tl. be a, plant or two of it. Tbe flowers are white, dellciouslj Scented, and prodncinjr in profusion. It ltiity $iso be grown as a bush in he sfn-iMk-y".