FLOWER GARDEN.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13231, 26 September 1908, Page 7

FLOWER GARDEN.

In tho flower bods and bordors witdch. have beetu, prepared for bedding plants, it will bo wis© to fork over tho soseveral time before settling out the plants. The aeration of tho soil ia a factor in good horticulture, and spells success when th© flowering period' arrives. , Ano_h_r advantage gained by stirring the soil just now will .bo' t©destroy tho newly germinating seeds of. the annual -weed- which gx© in. th© ao_U„ Any flower bods" or bordors -which hatred been beaten down hard -with.'tho "rain should havo tho surface forked over or stirred' with a. bo©.- A loose,, open surfaoe ij always-desirable durum*; tho growing seaso_ Violets -hould'now b_

lifted" and divided.. .^ol|d :^K»bS_i ; do well" if : i^'«ut;'aro . obtained; with. whueh if. planted out at/ivr■ l __rlyjdafca| will form .strong;■crbwß"s;)'yl--di^|:ia : s abundant supply winter and spring. io bono dust, ; and this•■'_&_M 4 : used ing. If;' : yousngrun-aera' , a»'; ; curable, old stools may,' bo used^bai t&VLfi the old roots must bo rc-oov-d dd»yaj|t to the base of th© roots v may Be developed, /c4hffn*/_r©H-?m old stools avail ;;-ee__am^iati_i^;;i.i?a_id?