IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Give flower and vegetable beds an occasional dressing of manurial insecticide. It rids the soil of injurious pests, and adds essential plant foods. Dig up and lime unoccupied portions of the garden, so that the ground will be sweetened and renewed in vigour. Don’t leave paling fences bare. Remember this slogan: “Furnish fences with flowers.” Lime is one of the best friends of the garden lover; but please note azaleas and rhododendrons are among the few plants which hate lime. Buffalo grass is growing rapidly. Mow established lawns regularly. For lawns planted last spring, give a topdressing of fine soil to fill tip the hollows caused through weeding. Oil the lawn mower at least once a week. This is the best time of the yedTr for sowing seeds of English grass~ for lawns. When buds appear on spikes of gladioli plants, give waterings with weak liquid manure every five days. Layer carnations and set pipings (or cuttings) of pinks. Thin out weak laterals, and tie up dahlias; cut off all fading blooms, and do not let them die on the plants. Remove superfluous growths of chrysanthemums and see that the plants are firmly staked.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 318, 31 March 1928, Page 26
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196IMPORTANT REMINDERS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 318, 31 March 1928, Page 26
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