IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 77, 13 March 1933, Page 10

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Give flower and vegetable beds an occasional dressing of manorial insecticides. It frees the soil of injurious pests and adds essential plant foods. Dig up and lime unoccupied portions of the garden, so that the ground will be sweetened and renewed in vigour. Don’t leave paling fences hare, liemember this slogan: “Furnish fences with flowers.” Lime is one of the best friends of the garden lover; but please note, azaleas and rhododendrons are amongst the few plants which hate lime. Buffalo grass is growing rapidly. Mow established lawns regularly. For lawns planted last spring give a topdressing of fine soil to fill up the hollows caused through weeding. Oil the lawn mower at least once a week. This is the best time of the year for sowing seeds of English grass for lawns. When buds appear on spikes of gladiolus plants, give waterings with weak liquid manure every five days. Layer carnations and set pipings (or cuttings) of pinks. Thin out weak laterals and tie up dahlias; cut off all fading blooms, and do not let them die on the plants. See that the plants are firmlv staked.