FLOWER GARDEN.

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1933, Page 19

FLOWER GARDEN.

As soon as surplus water has drained away all varieties of hardy annuals fof summer flowering may be sown in the open ground. Eose pruning may be- continued and the beds forked over and manured. Continue tho planting of roses, shrubs, and ornamental trees. ■Keep all spring bulbs weeded and the soil well loosened up round them. Give carnations overhead dressings of lime or wood ashes. This helps to keep the plants healthy. Tie in any growths of climbing plarAs which may have come adrift from' the supports. _ , ' ' . Dig under, when tho ground is dry enough to work, any seedling weeds. Hoeing is not much use at this time of tho year. AVliero space will not allow of digging weeding must be done by hand. Burn up all rubbish which is not suitable for burying. Heaps of rubbish left about form breeding places for slugs and insect pests. A general cleaning up of paths and lawn edges should bo done. See that sweet peas have adequate supports. The plants are commencing to run, and if allowed to lie about on the ground may bo destroyed by slugs.