BRIGHTER GARDENS

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 52, 5 July 1935, Page 22

BRIGHTER GARDENS

io How ‘They Are Obtained ---ae [HERE is no need to envy your neighbour his garden display. If you read the "Néw Zealand Flower-Grower and Home-Lover," ‘Many of the mySsteries of gardening will be unveiled. The current issue, which is now on sale by all leading booksellers at 6d. per copy, contains numerous articles of outstanding interest. Do you know that it is possible to grow. and ripen grapes in the open throughout the year in New Zealan_? An unusually interesting ‘article by the Department of Agriculture ex-. plains the methods to use and varieties to plant. , Hvery gardener ‘admires the glorious trumpet lilies-Auratum, Regale, Phillipinense and others. ‘They are the subject of a special article by the "Mower Grower's" lily expert in the June 20 issue. Four noteworthy shrubs you should grow are described and illustrated. a discussion on roses, a method of srowing native shrubs by using "cover" plants, are among the features of this issue, Regular features include special planting guides for Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago districts, gardeners’ problem page, vegetable and orchard departments. In the home section there are. special articles on renovating and improving the homie and its surroundings, useful hints for the handyman and a page of hard-to-get recipes, The publishers are National. Magazines, Ltd,, G.P.O, Box 1680, Wellington,