THE FLOWER GARDEN
Plant zaedlings of cineraria, stock and Iceland poppies for quick displays. Lose no time in planting bulbs for spring blooms, daffodils, anemones, ranunculus, freesias, tulips, etc. Much useful work should be done in clearing away plants that are fading, at the same time digging in stable manure. Carnation plants should now be bedded out, lifting the cuttings with plenty of earth around the roots. Pansy seedlings planted now will soon yield welcome blooms. They like a sunny position with plenty of light and air. Work the soil deeply and enrich with rotted manure, leaving the top soil very fine. Always remember pansies get their food by fine hair roots just below the surface. Early sweet pea plants climbing up the netting should have their side shoots nipped off to promote tall growth. Frequent liquid manuring will force plenty of growth. Once flowering starts the blooms should be picked regularly, otherwise the flowers will go to seed and stop further growth.
Sow seeds of the following varieties: Virginian stock, mignonette, Tom Thumb nasturtium, antirrhinum, carnation, verbena, primula, poppy, nemesia, cinearia, lobelia, gaillardia and ealliopsis. The autumn planting is equally as important as the spring.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 111, 23 April 1936, Page 13
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