THE ROCKERY.
The rockery should be . given some attention at ithis time to see that rampant subjects are not overgrowing the choicer and slow growing ones. Cut back cerastium, arabis, ftubrietia, and candy tuft in such ,a way that the work of the knife will not be observable to the eye. The present time is best for the propagation of scarce and tender alpines liable to get killed in winter, or* eaten by slugs. Take cuttings of campanulas, double alyssum, thymes, androsaee, cheiranthus, mutabilis, cistus,. lavender, dwarf phlox, pinks, saxifrages, sedums, sempervivums, and anything else liable to get lost. For small quantities it is best to use 3in. or sin. pots and a very sandy compost of loam and leaf mould. Insert. the cutting firmly, give a good watering through a fine rose, and place the pots in a frame, that must be kept closed night and day. During bright days a light shading of some sort should be given. When cuttings are rooted and commence to grow take them out of the nlncwl Kr'lMlin
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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175THE ROCKERY. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 27, 1 February 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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