WORK FOR THE WEEK

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 153, 25 March 1938, Page 18

WORK FOR THE WEEK

The Flower Garden

Lift Gladioli corms as foliage turns yellow. Sow antirrhinums, aquilegias, canterbury bells, cinerarias, lobelia and pansy. The dahlia season can be prolonged by thorough watering and frequent removal of all spent blooms. Plant narcissi, anemones, and ranunculi at the earliest opportunity. All spring-flowering bulbs should be planted during the next four weeks. Plant out calendulas, carnations, geums, lupins, pansies and violas. Take cuttings of pentstemons, hydrangeas, carnations and pansies. Wallflowers and iceland poppies can now be sown. Liliums can be transplanted immediately the flowers fade. To prolong the flowering display, remove faded blooms from roses, sweet peas, etc., at frequent intervals. Winter-flowering stocks can now be sown. Greenfly is now making its appearance on rose and other bushes. Spray with nicotine sulphate diluted in soapy water. The Vegetable Garden Spray tomatoes with arsenate of lead to control caterpillars. Wash fruit before eating. Plant out Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, kale and savoy. . , Sow for succession dwarf beans, peas, carrots, spinach, lettuce and radishes. Make fortnightly sowings of mustard and cress, sowing the cress a few days before the mustard. Thin out root crops as growth demands. Mulch rhubarb with old manure. Plots not likely to be used for some time should now be sown down in green crops for digging in.