HERBACEOUS BORDERS.
The season has arrived when a thorough overhaul can be undertaken. A start should be made by digging up all perennial plants, naming them carefully, and transferring them to temporary quarters in the kitchen garden. The border will then be ready for trenching; any green refuso may ba placed in the bottom of the trench. Xcnr the surface incorporate wtll-rotted manure, if available, failing which use decayed or burnt garden refuse, or leafiliould and bonemcal. Allow the ground to settle down again before replanting. Prepare a plan of the border and fill in to scale; this is a material aid in ascertaining the number of plants required, in addition to securiug the correct colour effect. Narrow borders may be planted when the soil is in a. moist condition: wide borders, especially on heavy soils, should be planted when the surface is fairly dry. otherwise the ■work becomes a burden and. cannot be accomplished satisfactorily.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)
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