GARDEN NOTES.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9363, 12 March 1896, Page 2

GARDEN NOTES.

" Weekly Press and Referee," B "Amateur" writes:—lf it would not 1)2 g troubling you too far I .should be so glad if S you would give mc sum? hints ou tho Ej cultivation of Anemones. I have grown some 8 from seed this spring, and 1 think they hava 8 notgrownaswellatthoyought. Do they want g si highly manured bed, and do they do best B in the shade? I have not grown them he* _ g fore, or 1 il'irusay expty/ience would have B told mc. Also shall 1 take up the bulbs B before, winter and stove them, or would it 8 be safe to leave them where they are ? P.S.—• 8 Is there any remedy for the mildew that m attacks Hollyhocks? 1 have lo9t some by I this cause." -nt'l Tho Anemone bed should be of rich soil, w> but the use of rank fresh manure should he - c avoided. Break the plot up finely and rake - H ■ smooth. Tubers should be planted as soon a as obtained. If you have any seed of your' , own collection sow it as soon as ripe. Purchased seed may be sown cither now or in Hpiing. Rub the seed in your hands with some moist sand and sow thinly and broadcast,,then sift a thin layer of loam and leaf mould over tho surface with a sieve. This', bed will require close attention given to it - to' keep it free from weeds, and does not require to be made in a shady place. The Anemone bed does not require io be disturbed often. In a few years' time when - your plants have become crowded, they may be lifted when the foliage is withered and at •' once replanted in a-prepared bed. Anemone tubers should .on no account be kept for a-" i lengthened period out' of the soil. The Anemone plot should be freely supplied | with water in dry weather, and, if your soil. ■be light, given a. mulching ot well-rotted I manure to prevent evaporation. In refer* i ence to your second query it is to 1)r presumed that what you ca!! mildew is the too well known Hollyhock fungus, which atone | time ravaged the English gardens and ia , . very common here. As far" as we know there ie no remedy for it. Possibly the use ■:, of fungicides nt'an early stage of growth might check it, but the plants are not worth the trouble ; burn them, root and.branch, and sow some more ; the disease may not appear again. . J Cabbages, Cauliflowers,and Spronft.Jiwy |be sown for spring t Spinach, the usual rotation of~«****|ing, ' some Turnips and a largo breadth of Orion- ß- -! Lettuce may be sown where the planjs* are I intended to remain and thinned out to, the J requisite distance. Earth up Cardoonsby j tying the large leaves lightly together Willi I flax. Cardoons blanch slowly and will re* ! quire about ten weeks after the first moulrt* • ' ing before they become lit for use. Winter ■ Radishes may "be sown in beds broadcast ana I drawn fresh as required during the : I They require little attention after sowing, | further than weeding. Gherkins for pickling ... : should be gathered in dry weather as thejr : , • become fit. Those who wish for a late supply 'of Vegetable Marrows should provide & tern* •. iporary shelter for lato planted beds?. A ' rough framework over which some mats or ' ■' canvas can be thrown, is all that is required; ' Where plants have not been specially raised ifor late fruiting, several of the healthiest. -. ■ and most promising of the ordinary summer : fruiters may be freely thinned out, all ! old strangling growths being cut we" - back and n mulching of rotten manure applied. These plants will grow afrajf ,' 1 again and give a supply of lat*._ , \ fruit. Complete strawberry plantations as ; rapidly as possible. If it' can, possibly he .' done, fruit borders should have a thorough soaking of weak manure-water as tz# a ■ ; as the fruit i 3 gathered, more, especially under : walls and in dry warm localities. rT, U v>-i » 1 will greatly assist trees that may be partial*!;-'•-'« I exhausted by heavy cropping, and do mo*»>.,-| _ towards restoring their vigour. In sobs*,-\vl instances also trees perfecting their may be much benefited by good watering*- >$* of liquid-manure, this being especially need:'- 1 ;, ful in the case of late Peacheo. Grape-vines, too, where the roots may be on dry border* or under warm walls, should be enconragec, .by waterings should dry weather prevail. , <