TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 98, 24 April 1886, Page 4

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Kdoinos for Garden Walks (Memo).-You do not say what portion of the garden the edging i i for. If for flower border, nothing, In my estimation, will boat a grass,edging, it kept in wood order. For some positions box is better, but it ought also to be kept in good order. If for kitchen garden, plain tiles are best, a* they give very little harbour for Blngs, and a green edging is not so much required here is In the pleasur -groand. The choice of an edging will always depend on the character of the garden. Sawdust as Manure (Amateur).— Sawdust, like all other vegetable substances, will make good manure if properly rotted. One of the beat ways is to put it in the pig house for some time, and then keep it in a heap for about six months before using. Another good method Is, during the summer, before the hottest of the weather ecti in, to muloh the surface ground about the olants with the above in quantity; thia after lying in the open for a few months will mike good manure if worked into the ground during the autumn If used in a new state it Is apt ti breed fungoid growth, especially about trees. It J" not time yet to move the roes; you had better wait till they ripen off their wood a little more, unloss they must be moved now. it snch Is the easel do not think the move would kill them.

Sea Sand for Po-tting Plants (A.B.).—Sea sand is as good as any other sand for mixing with the compost for potting plants in, put oire must be taken to wash all the salt out of it with fresh water before using. The principal vie of sand in most composts Is the porosity it given to the soil, and the small fibrous roots will grow and multiply much faster In sandy soil. In pure sand by itself, most plants would scarcely live there not being much nutriment In if. What makes most growers of plants afraid to use It Is because of the salt. I could scarcely tell you what quantity to use unless 1 saw the soils to be mixed with it. If your soil is a very porous one, about one-fourth oui?ht to be sufficient; If of a stiff nature, about one-third wou'd be required. (2) To get rid of your plum suckers you must dig down to tho roots from which tboy spring, and tear them away from the roots; the more you cut them back, the more you have to cut.