GARDEN NOTES.
" (Br Homrcs.) Th© continued showery weather experienced locally is favourable to the transplanting of all kinds of plants. Roses particularly should do well this season, as the fact of th© soil being warm should result in an immediate strike of roots, a very valuable asset to th© plants' future activity. Rosea are being planted in great numbers this season, this flower maintaining its position in public favour as tho Queen of Flowers. Flowering deciduous trees aro also very popular and in good demand. Tree. conspicuous ior autumnal tones, and also those bearing bright berries are inucii in favour, ami are being freely planted. ltoportb trom 6outh Canterbury and North Otago state that tho absence oi rain has in many places put a stop to all planting. _veu in gardens which have ooun previously prepared th© soil is to dry tout planting cannot bo thought of till after 3 heavy rainfall.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12825, 8 June 1907, Page 7
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