GARDEN NOTES
(By
“The Hoe.”)
WORK FOR JANUARY The Vegetable Garden ' Plant cabbage and cauliflowers. Continue to sow lettuce and radishes in rich, fairly moist soil; a semi-shaded situation gives best results in summer. Spray tomato plants with Bordeaux mixture (4-4-40). Sow. carrots, swedes, spinach, silver beet and parsley. Finish the planting of celery and leeks. Thin out surplus shoots on fruit trees which have made too much growth. Spray apple trees with arsenate of lead to control codlin moth. Cut back red currants.
The Flower Garden
Layer carnations and strike cuttings in sandy soil. Examine chrysanthemums for insect pests and spray where necessary with Black Leaf 40. Continue the planting of asters, stocks and zinnias. Plant bearded irises and divide old clumps. Cut out the old wood which has borne flowers on the rambler roses. Prepare the soil for planting springflowering bulbs. Mulch dahlias, chrysanthemums, hydrangeas, azaleas and rhododendrons. Lift spring-flowering bulbs as the foliage dies down.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 98, 19 January 1940, Page 14
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158GARDEN NOTES Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 98, 19 January 1940, Page 14
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