THE WEEK'S WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 70, 24 March 1938, Page 26

THE WEEK'S WORK

;'.. THE FLOWER GARDEN . Garden ...chrysanthemums require frequent attention. Stakes and5, ties want watching, while the leaf-roller caterpillar is very active at the present time. . v Remove all spent annuals and renovate the soil 'of the beds by manuring and" digging. . . Plant'out narcissi, tulips, hyacinths, English and Spanish irises, and other spring-flowering bulbs. . Iris tingitana, the winter-flowering iris, should now'be planted. ■ Sow seeds of hardy annuals in the open ground in a partiallyshaded position. Seed-beds must not be allowed to get dry. Water with a fine-fosed can- each evening, using water, with the chill .off it for preference. . . • '■:: Thin out ; sweet peas in the seedling stage to 9 inches apart. If. lifted .carefully those removed ma'J be replanted in another position. '.Seeds of sweet peas, both the early-flowering and summer varieties, may still be sown.' ■ Seedling stocks are liable to be attacked by "fly" and aphis. Spray with arseriate of-lead or "Black Leaf 40." Dusting the plants with soot, helps to keep the insects away. ; . ■ Rooted.layers of carnations may be. severed from the parent 'plants. They are better left for a few days before removing them to their flowering quarters. Carnation cuttings which are sufficiently rooted may be planted out. They require a little time to become established before winter sets in.