Greenhouse.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 32, 7 February 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)

Greenhouse.

Give plenty of air and shade during the day. _ Water freely every evening. Seeds of cinerarias, calceolarias, cyclamens and primula should now he sown, using a good light, rich composb for bhe purpose. Young plants of cyclamen now grown should be re-potted as soon as they have fairly filled thoir pots with roots. Old plants placed out in the open border let alone bill April. All half-hardy planbs that have done

flowering should be pub oub in the open in some cool, shady place. If such is dona they will give less trouble in watering during the nexb bhree months, besides giving more room for the aubumn plants. Begonias will now be making a grand display ; give liquid manure occasionally. Alt strong-growing plants, such aa colous, etc.,, water freely. _awns. The moist weather has kept the grass growing on the lawns for a much longer period than usual. This has greatly helped to increase the usual labour of th_ garden to keep ifc in good order. Still, the nice green appearance of the grass is worth all the extra labour it has entailed. Keep ifc cut shorb and roll occasionally. Where lawns are used for tennis, etc., during the season they frequently get broken and patchy ; so to get bhem into good order for the next season, foi-bhoughb is necessary. Good soil should be secured during the summer months, so that it may be well seasoned by May, the usual time here for dressing lawns. " The quantity obtained for each lawn must be regulated by the state of the lawn. If the whole lawn is in a poor, hungry state, sufficient soil to cover it about an inch deep should now be obtained. Where the lawns aro in good condition, even a fourth of an inch is sufficient. The soils procured should only be first-class—that is, good, rich, surface soil. It is no use getting subsoil, for in most instances sub-soil is worse than useless, only creating disappointment, as grass or any other crop will not do well in ib till ifc has been made into good soil, and that sometimes is a work of years. When the soil has been procured, it should be placed loosely in a heap, and, as it is pub up, a good deal of lime should be dusted in ib.' This heap, if allowed to stand till the aubumn, will make a splendid dressing. How to dress the lawn will be dealt wibh ab bhe proper season.