PRUNING BOUGANVILLEAS.
Pruning bouganvilleas, though I often done, should be carried' outl what similar to the pruning f vine. By this meah 6 the pi ant , wii ' ' is more of a rambling ehrub rather ft a climber, can be kept under control the bloom produced the whole the main stem. When the flowering •* over the lateral shoots should v, ® 13 back about half their length frnJ! *!' t main stem. Where several stem7ii been allowed to grow away eonie <4*v cut right out. In spring, bef or ! 1 growth begins, you cut back the W? of lateral that is left to within a Wi two of the base. By this means of vigorous laterals, which give abunHo of blooin and at the same time the nw is kept within bounds. piaut §;
DAHLIA PRICES ! Five hundred pounds for a dahlia* How does that strike you? That's th" price paid by W. Atlee Burpee Co., to a New Jersey grower for the stock of l,i s novelty Asbury Park. The stock consists of about 1000 dividable tubers. It has orange bronze flowers at least ii; ne inches across.—"Nurseryman and Seedsman."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 56, 7 March 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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187PRUNING BOUGANVILLEAS. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 56, 7 March 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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