WORK FOR THE WEEK

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 150, 20 March 1936, Page 18

WORK FOR THE WEEK

The Flower Garden Plant out perennial lupins. The new art shades include tones of lavender which are very effective when massed. Seed may m"cfumps can -be planted. Remonbcr .hat they need sweet, lime-treated soil. Sow seed of hardy annuals and perennials. Continue to plant out carnation layers. Prepare soil for the planting of roses and other shrubs. Plant out seedlings of Iceland poppies. It pa>s to spend an extra few pence per dozen for the new shades. The leaf-roller caterpillar is again busy on chrysanthcmums In small gardens, hand-picking is the most effectse method of control. § Use arsenate of lead on bigger collections. Continue the planting of all spring-flowering bulbs. Many of these are now sprouting 8 and should be placed in the ground at the earliest opportunity. The Vegetable Garden Make a sowing of onions for use as early summer greens. Transplant sturdy seedlings of cabbage and can .flower Commence .he pruning of fruit trees as soon as the leases fa "' Blackberry and gooseberry cuttings root well if insetted' “ bed’ is°ovct two years old- it should be lifted, enriched with farmyard manure, and replanted. Discard old woody crowns. M a C n“L“t g^s lb Tbos" U wbicb are intended for sown in white mustard, lupin or oats for digging in and castoring the humus content.