THE GARDEN.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 29, 3 February 1904, Page 7

THE GARDEN.

(By UOBTUS.) TO COKKESruNL-tVl'*-n ,,ce the fruit !as swollen lo Its ** with ihe lv,, ~ mc, 1 ivf, h e\uuiwer i.c re T UUiisul'i: -»■;; "fLe'turn brown, cut th ... d 0,,, . lo» ,nlie l»eil». "'•' , ..... ~.. v . i u .,v i ' ■'■•! -— ' l low With lue |.un- c.i . -:., («*"* them unou ll>-' t.c-l.v |iailiculiu-l «''•" , h i" ; " '"' ' " iV^: r : : ,",„ r,i.:, -! I >rbe« v.".; .'—.- Mc ul'.. l u.o.'.yTe; ! cdr:-! ifiicv to rot. ifjiic-Di. 1 . vt ,.| r T T Vheu Ue I ■ :i T ic-nliaue. ;n-.d furtl: ■-' "'. v crop if SfbrsMlca napus. Nowhere else h| SwTi sbarply ..rid clearly divided i.'-c the ibrQe (,I '°l )S - I

BI3KS IN GATHERING PLANTS. B, w Ut» bloMona of the eidelweiss lure m eiperieneed mountaineers to tti.tr m . as it generally grows in most InncKgible places, with the result that an ,aempt to pluck it '> "ill fraught with fcsster. Only last summer a well known c-raan professor of the University of Uipjic last his life on Mont Ros.-i while gathering this plant. The mountain sailtaje has cost ntixnerous lives, and the alfißfplnk is responsible for a heavy death if ll. In Ireland there is a lit - * Sower that blossoms i.i bug*. siich is trrr.-itly prized by the ;-..sai'try to dye their tiotuespuu iiraeDts with. The ueighbeurhoc ,1 of the Bui of Allen teems with stories of women id! children -who have been lost on i.-.;!r boc while gathering this plant: and I:, lie Iliirlilands of Scotland lhe white Oilier is frequently referred to by the fc,ie speaEiua iubahitants as the '-white biter of iV-atli," on account of the iminUof people who have lr.sl their lives yailf gatherinc it on the mountains.

MAKI.N'c; \F\V ROSE BEDS. Whoa new rosf beds are to be made this Miami no lliu,- should he Inst in urilcr-jr p-»paration so that c-.-u-lv nlautint; can be »'• Roses planted iv June arc raueli i-'i- likely to succeed than those put in IS' STciuni] ill July, or even Auirust. Res"S »re not like {Hilt trees: the latter do not. ss a rale, make new roots immediately, liit rose* do, when planted at the time suSfesieu; therefore it is un advantage to flmit early. So nnicli of lhe future succ->< of roses depends upon rlie uic-ihod of preparation ami the manipulation of the V:i thai all means to ensure success should lr adept cd. Deep ireucMng of the soil is an iinjiortaiit lac-tor in rose growing, especially where the subsoil is u'f a heavy, rcleiitire character. Roses jiijov copious supplies of moisture at the roots during the period when gmirth is being made: but m i-aanot resist stagnation about their wots daring tie winter and spring mouths especially. In the ease of heavy soil, treach it fully 2ft deep, breaking 'up th" wtioai another Gin; this latter admit-; mi quick percolation of water from heuvv tuns. I'or ease lv the after stlrrlug, the; imaee soil iv renching should be n-'■-iseil la tho same position as before —ou w top. Wlitlu trenching is In progress, w half-rotted stable manure freely, also CnlVtd vegetable refuse, woo,] ashes and miigflt, all of which tc-uds tn bring the 'nil Into a more workable condition, ren-f-.E the rooting space for lhe roses more " : 4"tiUL and imparting vigour to the powtu also.

■•. re gl "' sandy soil has t0 be dealt n A rose growing is not always so sucifOTlasin the ease of the- opposite kind j [ »il- Trenealug need not be so deep; « ' qmntlty of manure must be added ~m from the cow sheds IX possible—as a quantity of clay, incorporated with -and. A 3in covering of deeavecl vege- * refuse, wood ashes, aud i-oad grit Wll over the surface of heavy soil after -aachlng, whi assist the planting con.■■jerably. if treuclilng is dove at once the Ml has time to settle down a little be- '"! planting time.

feCRE FROM HORSES THAT ARE BEDDED DOWN WITH SAWDUST.

I;^ 6 , 118 " 1 manul ' e from loose- boxes » -lb - rBl ' S , were kl, * t ; ' ULI IH -' adKd fcijL! 1- B:nvdust ' !llld not £ 0ui.,l any 0 l, Beo,s , t0 cr °P s '" either flower «w«a s 'tl u ' us ' , 01 ' L ' v,,M on grass or H, i ? h ?,'? nl - v OU J f -c-tioti to its use ■«mv ihe luhiuty to engender fungi. of sum, of which spread ; ,;">- into the soil, -md aflc-u •■ --'rwiiiof plants pivjudicinllv the *J2*o direc-tiy acting on the root- ,■ »' alistractiug the nitrogen in the tlus causing a weakly growth In ,;;',. am. Thi a has chiefly uccurreil u | 2 ; Hawdust manure has been used *8% vT ,i U ° " S U mUICh 0P lulJ " t-'- *-,<' -• , urdl 'iary purposes the iiinn- ;., .''""'y Prepared by throwing into ,-. .uni soakntg thoroughly with liquid *ac stable dvuiulu« canks. und lis i,-;;'f u "=. ami befui-e becoming so Bto burn in the Interior of the heap, : -^iM s ! fr n T!'" iUB lf n ***» . , w tiuies uutil th e rank- ... : - liass,.,] uir , all(l lhe vlo , eul h t . - i:J -" u«lue,l; lhe.. th«- heap was al--1 tho usual way of manure and used in the cr.llnarv E "M manuring after three to six 7 Ms wus " n !l Kravelly soil yiofji. foru '«tioh In the case of n7 B rT b " ; UalUl '" aDd l! '-t'W,V i, eb °* P eal - moss 01 ' saw- ! * Wth 1 " bedd,n «- il 'advisable .1.1 maliure o«e-tenth »f -- Uii'in laked , wltb w»ter previous to ' *,? B , well with vi- iu,ii,„i-,- after , ; ,f i uglily aioUtened throughout aud ■-~."' -to rot for „ f,. v , mouths. Son.,- ---,; « lake the lime with a salt brine, Lj«W one bMhe , ofßall h . i ■'-•-fV 1 !: limL ' bei "i- r slated t„ a dry .-*«rt in"?. U ' fc manure - "'"''-'<'Khl.V 1-w/„; , luc Proportion of aboiii two ' nnJ}** t0 ;1 »'uu.1r..,l of inan.ir.-, NJ- m, f mnt ' Mn « i,bt,ut (ii " l llil ' k ' i ' 'onveLT 4ft t0 :,ft "'-''• alld t,f i'^iTVT wUila aud ltngth. The V J W LZ m , treated latP iv autumn, nnrt c - for USI ' iv following !MoM»M nDg tnat Um( -' il »*»ould be l 0 i"side and top to bot--1 "•" oi three times.