GARDENING NOTES

Grey River Argus, 29 August 1939, Page 9

GARDENING NOTES

GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY. Continue 1o put in cuttings of chrysanthemums and make further sowings of half hardy annuals, such as lobelia, alyssum slocks, asters, antirrhinums, verbenas phlox drummondi, dianthus, etc., and also such vegetables as tomatoes, marrows, pumpkins, lettuce," cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and celery. Continue to prick out annuals as they become large enough to handle easily shift out the geraniums and the earlier lots of annuals into cold .frames now that the weather is more settled and pot up geraniums, pelargoniums and fuchsias. When -fibrous and tuberous begonias are grown, from seed Ihe seedlings have to be pricked out when very small It is usual t 0 put them in at least twice as thick as other bedding, plants at first and to prick them out again when they have grown a bit. and there is more room in the greenhouse or hot frame. Continue to repot palms, ferns and other foliage plants, and vines growing in unheated houses can be started into growth. Tomatoes can be planted out in heated houses.'

FLOWER GARDEN. Though the soil is still a bit wet. the pruning of roses should be pushed on, and if they are too son to stand on the soil, a piece of board, can ne put down. .The pruning oil hydrangeas and all kinds of tree “; and shrubs should also be completed! as' soon as possible. The planting; of roses and trees and shrubs should be carried out whenever the soil n. dry enough and the dividing up of herbaceous perennials. The digging and manuring of the bordeis shou d also be carried out. Protect polyanthus primroses and carnations from birds with stvanch of black cotton, and fork U P the JP among bulbs and all kinds of sp = flowering plants. The eail> pla ts on the rock garden will be coming into favour, and a sharp outlook Should be kept for slugs, which soon

■wreak, havoc among the buds oi aubretias, phlox, and alyssums. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDEN. Considering the amount of snow and rain there has been recently, the ground is wonderfully dry an.; in good order for sowing an { | planting. Gardeners should be anxious to get the new season’s vegetables, and small sowings can be made of shorthorn carrots. Globe beet, white i,r purple-topped turnips, dwarf pens, onions, and radish. Early potatoe.-, can be planted on a warm, welldrained border, and cabbage, cauliflower, artichokes, seakale, and rhubarb can be planted. Root vegetables such as beet, carrots, amt parsnips will be starting to grow, and it' left undisturbed would soon be useless. They should be lilted, which will check growth, and miried in sand or in light soil, in some convenient place near a path. All vacant ground should bo manured and dug. , I Fruit trees, if not already sprayed. ; should receive attention at once, io'-| growth will soon be starting, and it; will then not be possible to use | such a strong spray. An oil spray! should be used for scale, and limC| sulphur, 1 to 10, for fungoid nests. | Apricots and peaches can be | pruned now, and after pruning they; should be sprayed with lime sul-i phur, 1 Io 10, for leaf curl, which is ■ often very troublesome. Complete; the planting of fruit trees and; bushes and tie some black cottonover gooseberries to protect the buds from birds. The soil among, strawberries which has becom 1 beaten down with snow anq rain should be forked up lightly to let tn ■ air. _________________