YOUR GARDEN AND MINE
By
Anne Earncliff
Brown
[No. 7]
\7 JERE you to blindfold me and lead me into a certain garden in the early spring, I would follow my nose straight to what I consider the most beautifully scented of floweringgshrubsViburnum Carlesii. Remembering daphne, boronia, lilac, and others, it is a big claim to make. Individually each has its own appeal, but for delicacy in the subtle blending that neither cloys nor chides, this scented relation of the good oldtimer Laurus-tinus deserves its place in the most exclusive of gardens. It has been described as "sweeter than roses, lilac, jasmine, and pinks combined." A feast for the eyes is served in every shade from palest pink to coral and crimson, in flowering cherries, plums, apples and peaches -all of which will offer a second course in glowing autumn tints. Recently I proudly showed a friend my pet spring corner where a sunshiny Forsythia drooped gracefully over naturalised daffodils, narcissi, and grape hyacinths in the grass below. She replied, "Not bad! but how on earth am I to know how much of that stinking stuff you gave me I should use?"
"Stinking stuff?" "Yes! ‘B and B’ you marked it, but Bert calls it ‘B. Pong,’" "Blood and Bone, you mean and Sulphate of Ammonia o1 Potash was it?" "How should I know? And please don’t tell me how much per acre to apply, good lady. Bert and I just want to keep ourselves and a few neighbours in vegetables for a start. Say it in ounces, not tons, please." "Well, if you mix Basic super, 5 parts Bonedust, 5 parts . Sulphate of Potash, 2 parts you can use it at the rate of 2 tablespoonfuls to the square yard. But mix it well with the soil. And if you use the blood and bone alone, pile the spoon each time.’ "Really-and put on my gas mask! How sweet of you. Could you write it all down for Bert! He’d be thrilled! There was an asparagus bed when we came, you know, and only yesterday Bert cut three quite lovely sticks off it. We're saving them up now. Gardening really is thrilling, isn’t it? I’m ever so glad we’ve decided on vegetables this year. Oh! But I must step on it. I left Bert cutting the lawn!" " Quite!" I murmured to Weller our cat.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 17, 20 October 1939, Page 45
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395YOUR GARDEN AND MINE New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 17, 20 October 1939, Page 45
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