Gardening Notes.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2675, 27 August 1887, Page 2

Gardening Notes.

.The most important aim of all per sons possessing a flower garden should be, not only to ensure a good show ol bloom, but to ensure a succession during the whole of the season, We tru'si our repeated efforts has assisted, anc will wiat in leading to an arraogenenl

whereby a constant succession of blooms may be obtained, for on this, much depends.' Asa further aid wof cannot do better than offer the following hints, furnished by a correspondent to the Gardeners' Chronicle:—Supposing equal skill in.the cultivation of plants' in general to exist among gardeners, the greatest superiority in effect of one garden beyond another cojisiata in the distribution and arrangement of the .plants theniselyßß, ; -80th*t asuccession ,pf blbssoms .Svery:. border, furnished', e«etf ! to:,'th<j edd of. Autumn. In'tbis respect most-gar*. dens are daficieat • Stesaion is not ■attended to,? eiteept foVtte m'Oro limi* ted spaoeand favored .spots..near the mansion, or iu front of_ the conserva' tory. InraostgardeDSHis'cpnaidered sufficient to keep' *rijr border where plants are blossomed free from weeds and neatly raked, To the' inind of the gardener this border tells its{own history of the beauty of ..which it; has boasted but a few- weeks siuce; bat the ' visitor or casual observer who walks' throngh'tho garden, only seeking, to 1 please his eye with varied gaiety,' makes lio allowauce for the.past,' which lie has tidt seen, and remarks that though some plants' are beautiful, a great ■portionofthe groiindliaa noVhiug worth looking at. By tbewbjoined ■ method ' the comparative gaiety 6( '.he scenettiay be kept up, aud a relief to the eye, not without interest,to the observer,, -pre.served. Mis the Heeds 'of the following '• w'ell-knpwu , annuals:—Mignonette, ! Carnation poppyyPapaver ainccenuui, Dwarf dutch poppy, French poppy, 1 Hearts-ease, Olarkia pulchella, Clarkii Alba, Godetia of all sorts, Antirrhinum majus, 'Branching Larkspur,.EsohoC' holtzia Califomica, Eschocholtzia cro coa, Campanula speculum,' Candytuft varieties,. Nasturtium, Centanw

Cyauuß,Antirrhiniim Sparteuui, Antir-' rhinura versicolor, Collinsia bicoior ( Coreopais tinctoria, Convolvulus uinbr, and various other .sjiecitsa. -.Thenlet this mixture be very'-thinly : scatteredupon the borders very early in spring;-' it need not interfere with any ordin- ;. ary work on the borders that.may be required afterwards, and in places whore the ground iuny bu disturboijb many of the seeds will only appear iff a subsequent period, and consequently \ flower late in the. autiimr,, Most of those annuals will continue flowering until the frost kills tlitim, and if not removed too soon, will leave behind them sufficient seed for yours to come, Every gardener has remarked . the, strength, the beauty, and the effect of single .plants, of self-sown annuals that spring up occasionally lu a flower border, and hiii escaped that destruction.- • which,the merciless hoe, In-' the band oi the uhdiKriminating laborer, iuevit* ably entaUfupon them. One caseyefc .remains of much consequence to pre- ■ sent as well as to.future efteot, though - generally biftlfttle attended to. This w the frec[aout examination. otYalfanmmls.as; they expand their first flowers, and thff polling theunip,.u6lea9 in hahit. form;;and color, they are' St to remain, Crowded tt anuuals generally/arc iu the sown '.iu gardens, their true character 'aod''beauty are seldom seen, and if, among the mass sown, some few blossoms appoar more striking than the rust, and the seed of these is considered jniore worthy of preserva- , tiotl, it is generally too lato to take away, a worthies?- without destroying; the plautß most desired, and the mi' so saved, from the most select variety, is but little better ttiau that from any. of the other rlants..'"The-.- system now recommended, gives. ;tbe. advantage of separation and a power of selection, with the certaiiity ,;that a Belected '. plant will, hy its position as a single . plants not only blossom in beauty aod ' vigor, but afford thatabimdant harvest ' of good sqed which will amply repay in future the trifling; care thus proposed to be bestowed' iipon.it. | Kitchen Garden. . Continuo turning;iip the ground , designed for early crops; plant early r potatoes; sowing may on a liUn more briskly, especially in warm aW well-sheltered border^.; FIOWER.&ARDEN, Cut turf for lawpßj: fork and clean ' flower borders. ■' Plant Anemones and Perennial Herbaceous roots; and ' transfer others, ;?t)i?i{iing the crowns, ( to multiply the spaoies. Transparent Carnation, also^hY-divided roots of ( Campanula, , pink, and Djanthus siuesis.) Sow, in mild heat; : annual flower seeds, I and Auricij)a,B: : and Mimulus.in boxes. and pan's, * ■'Excite choice Dab lia roots . by placinyhem in hot bed frames, or , in a warmed Greenhouse or stove.