SPRING HAS COME.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 15, 4 September 1930, Page 9

SPRING HAS COME.

During the winter .months there has been little" opportunity-for the amateur gardener to pursue •Ms hobfoy before or after work on the week days. What little has been done has been on weekends and holidays'. Now, however, the very feeling of Spring is in the air,and the Wattle blossoms announce fa-r and wide that Spring has come. ; ' With the lengthening and , warmer days comes' an increased interest in the gardien, and we find our gardening friend's feet 'turning to the garden paths to see if those bulbs he tucked away so carefully in, tJie autuoan are yet. showing, or if the annuals he planted so carefully are full of vigour and lifie. How' he welcomes the first Hyaemth. orTJaffpdii; for these are indeed the sign of warmer weathejr and longer days. ' ;. But if he is wise—and gardeners are an .exceptionally wise fraternity—he. will rcmemiber that when he buried those bulbs or planted out those annuals a garden full of flowers was assured him, for <the spring, and now he must make preparations for the .nummer and autumn; for now spring is here summer and autumn follow rapidly, and the floral world is speeding up its growth. It did not matter so much the delaying of planting, in the autumn or winter, growth was slow, but a few weeks overdue now will mean failure instead of success. And sp he must now plan and' plant for the succeeding, months, so that no period shall be marred by si dull featureless garden. And now before the manifold duties and pleasures of the late spring and summer are upon us let us make plans for the future, let us -think wher,c we are going to plant the dahlias this year, or. the chrysanthemums, what annuals we will planV'for the summer or autumn, arc wo going to have a bed of asters or zinnias? If so, lot us make ready to plant them when 1 the time comes. You will/find that your garden looks better and as .far more-easily,handled if you plan ahead, we will try and help 70U out if you have- any difficulties or would like any special information on xny class of plant, write us; if'any of four plants are not doing too well, ivrite us and we will try and assist you , n determining" what is wrong. ]