Garden Notes.

Hastings Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 4632, 2 July 1904, Page 3

Garden Notes.

lL>y UOiAUa.,, ' Filui'i uaiUjiv.\. ' /•-■■ i iiic wcuuicr oi Wit j»> ucen l' CL ' j L c>, .oi ground operation.!, uie oon j jciijj in a ueauuiui lor piauimg Liliit-r iruit trees, small irun-s a s Lilt gooseberry, outran i, ac„ ur uio j m-oissiuy sheuer nets ana iciicl- . piauis. An trees in and arouuu tin; irul'i gaiaen shoulu be exainmud and eieaiieu oi rui, s :. oai., ui otner sea.s \ oi Hiding places wnere the codiin ,- luoili or its gruv; may lua'nor. Unloose baiK on quince trees is a iavor:te resort oi tins pest, anu nenuently and frequently a nail uozen j or more can be found so concealed. ! Wooden ienees, old cases, sacking or | lumber oi any sort or Kind lorm j breeding grounds, and are besides oi- j ten t'ne niicans oi spicading anu con- • VL-vUlg i.Ohi .!,.,.' .■■ ; -u. ' •"■ '•" j lin" moth grubs. A general clearance / therefore of all such suoum i.e mart j along .villi the pruning .'nimniugs, 1 andmuore Hie dig'- ■ :>- ■•• o .:er cui- : tivauon is commenced. I VEGETABLE GARDEN. j It will soon be time to sow the i mam crop of onions and it is <>i great advantage to have idle ground DUt ready beforehand and according to the area to be sown. It should now be either ploughed deeply. or dug with the spade, and as the onion requires good soil to grow the crop sticcessfu'lly. unless it is already i" good heart manure must 'be worked in. Stable manure, on account of being heavily charged with weed seeds, is eb.iecm unable, and some kind of artificial compound, as bone dust or blood manure, is to be preferred. My preparing the ground _a few weeks before sowing the first batch of weeds ;s. destroyed, either by harrowing or homing, before sowing the onion seed. Except in warm sheltered positions, there is but litt'ie gained by planting out cauliflower or cabbage until a lew weeks hence, for at present there is little or no active growth, but when not already done, the ground ought to in- dug and left with enough surface to be ready for forcing or raking over when the busy time comes. FLOWER GARDEN. Flowering plants and shrubs may new be planted, and for choice of selection the varieties are immense. With most people the rose, takes \ pride of place, aim truly the present dav roses arc superb, especially tihose of the Tea ar,d llvbriid Tea section. j Rhododendrons are plants of sur'.'i'ssing beauty—the name means rose Howcr. These ar ■ ; :-c'm:< : d in great tiroMision. and in many colors, and romhined with the stately evergreen ''o'iage, form rb'<*. «.: -.inking loveiitiess. Azaleas are vei;y beautiful, but the beat and drought of summer militates against their well doing. Camellias must have a place in every garden, as also the sweet .sc-nt-f-d Daphne, with the Ericas or Heaths, -Japanese Manles, Diosmas AHitilms, etc., anh these and mary others, if put out now <>- a new onr-n situation, require some protection in the way of a canopy of branches, or othr-r screen until warm wna'l)"r conies. ft is safer to defer the sowing of whatever lawn grass work is still ■ ; n)in. : sbed - ,ir,li] August, as frosty weath.-r would lift ard s,r»l' t!i-> young grass if sown at 'his time.