THE GARDEN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16558, 23 May 1914, Page 7

THE GARDEN.

WORK FOR THE WEEK

KITCHEN GARDEN

Reeds to Saw-Cabbage, lettuce, onions (fov salad), radish, spinach, turnip. U'lu'.t to Plant—Cabbage, cauliflower, endive, lettuce. Tills is the time of the year to review the results of last season and prepare a list of seeds and roots that are io be purchased for next season’s planting.

It is impossible to over-estimate the value of keeping a diary to record the results of different varieties of vegetables, because this is the only means of knowing which is the most profitable to plant. It is very strange how much better some varieties will do in one locality than in another. This peculiarity is found in so many vegetables that it is only by testing and recording the result that one can say with authority that this is the best for this garden. Therefore it is wise to try several new varieties on a small scale every season. Having decided what varieties to grow next season, make up the list and send it to the seedsman at once. This will give him time to put up the several items with care, and if tic is out of any variety there is time to obtain it liefore the .sowing season comes round. Strange to say, each season every seedsman is rushed with orders just ns the date for sowing arrives, and if any kind or variety becomes exhausted there is no possible chance to obtain further supplies; hence the advice to make out and place the order for seeds and roots at once. POTATOES FOll NEXT SEASON’S PLANTING. This question deserves some attention to get the best possible returns. It is not wise or profitable to plant your own seed many seasons in succession. The returns will grow less each year, therefore make arrangements for a fresh supply, cither by exchange or purchase. If possible, obtain seed from a district rather' colder than your own. Two seasons hack several plots of “ Up-to-Datc ” were planted at Lincoln College, and when the. crop was taken iqi and weighed, the plot tlmt was planted with seed obtained from Southland gave several tons per acre, above any of the others. This result proved the value of the advice to obtain fresh seed from a cold district.

Seed potatoes for the garden should he carefully stored in shallow boxes, and not thrown in a heap or put in sacks, where only a small quantity are grown. We should do everything possible to get the very Lest returns from every tuber. When potatoes are stored in hulk, either in sacks or damps, they push out shoots, which have to be broken off, and tills means a great loss to the seed tuber, because the strongest eye grows first and the strongest shoot gives the best potatoes. Therefore one should, if possible, preserve this first growth. , Shallow boxes, four or live' inches deep, are the best for storing seed potatoes. Stand the tubers on end, with the eyes pointing upwards. Quite a largo number can bo packed in a box eighteen inches by twelve. The boxes can bo stood one on another, and do not require much room. It is well to put a little, strip' of wood under each box so that a current of air can pass over the potatoes—this to keep them from growing. Store the boxes in a cool place; a shed which just excludes tho frost is better than a wanner one. A light airy shed is much more suitable than a dark, close one; so take care that plenty of fresh air can circulate through'the boxes. There are two advantages in storing seed potatoes in boxes—a more uniform and Heavier crop and an earlier supply. s

HARDY FRUITS

In some gardens, several trees that have proved unfruitful, or the fruits of which are of little value, should ho cut hack, and next spring grafted with a more useful variety. While each limb should he cut fairly hard hack, it is a a. mistake to cut too near the point where the grafts are to be fixed next spring. It; is well to leave, quite twelve inches on each branch, to ho cut off at the time the grafts are put on. Apple trees that have given heavy crops should he fed. It is impossible for these trees to continue bearing heavy crops of fruit without assistance. A few borrow loads of farmyard manure, with a pound or two of bonedust, spread over the roots will afford just the feeding these heavy croppers need. Of course, trees that give light crops and make much growth, do not require any manure, and very little pruning. If a fair quantity of last season’s growth is left on each shoot, this will check growth and encourage the formation ol fruit-buds. Push on tile pruning and get it finished if possible before this month is past. Now that thousands of young trees are being planted, a note. against “ deep ” planting may be useful. With apples, cherries, plums, and gooseberries, deep planting is a great mistake, and sometimes fatal; therefore, take care and avoid this mistake. Make due allowance for the soil under the tree settling down. This is not dono in many eases and the tree gradually settles down much deeper than the planter intended. Keep tho roots as near the surface as possible. They will push down if they wish, hut if they are buried too deep they cannot come up, and if the trees grow and bear the fruits will not acquire tho best possible quality or flavour. 'Any old lime rubbish is great for fruit trees of all kinds, especially stone fruits.

FLOWER GARDEN.

This is a good season to remove any patches of grass from the lawn. It is strange how and where these come from. Doubtless the wind brings the seed, or it may be carried by birds; but it appears in every lawn. Cocksfoot, fog and other grasses will grow. These should bo taken out now, while the soil is damp. Fill the hole up with a little fine soil and sow some seed. All inequalities in the surface should be rectified. If they are small a quantity of fine soil will make it level, but if the depression is too dec\t> for this, take tho turf off and put . some soil in the hole, and replace the turf. Autumn is the best time for this work, so get it done as soon as possible. Owners of small gardens should not “ clip ” the flourishing shrubs, and so destroy the display for next spring. It is strange bow some men will clip the flowering ends from the beautiful pearl bush (oxocherdia grandiflora), the Fdrsvtliias, and many other lovely shrubs. There can be but one excuse, and that is want of knowledge. All the flowering shrubs should be left untouched by either knife or shears'until the flowers are done; then they should be pruned, as hard as one wishes, for they will soon make another lot of young shoots that will flower the following spring. While on the subject of pruning I rc oTct to note that some gardeners have pruned ' some roses. There can be no excuse for them, becauso. every newspaper in Christchurch lias for many vears written against this practice and advised readers ' not to j rv g their roses cut until the end of August. This note of warning might be 'canvassed, with profit, to both the owners of roses, and their gardeners

Ljnirrli, and the world laughs with you, qneeW, and J' olll ' tne , ncl , <; all groan, For this good old earth has need of r/has raids and coughs of its own. rwh and you spread the coughing, Kill it with process surer r nn.Vh_-vou shall laugh with pleasure pint Cure" i

History, which is the final comprehensive record of ail things, contains of course, as its element the record an story (or at least the impress) of euc. thing, whether relatively groat small. Thero have been, and there will he; many pages of hioto; devoted to tho subject of ii progress of the Science of curir* disease. All the great discoveries will have their place in those pages, and prominent among them will begone devoted to tho subject of Curative Me clianical Massage or Therapeutic Yi bration, which is recognised to-day alone of the greatest curative forces in existence. Moreover, in History’s r cord it. will bo written that tho dom< riant factor that first brought tlii mighty curative force into general prominence and practice was the invention and introduction of the Veedee.

A generation of endeavour, _ experi menC failures, mistakes, partial sue cesses on tho part of serious scionti 1 the world' over at last bore fruit in Hi invention and introduction in Louder in tho year 1902, of the Veedee, as lb first practical band-worked Health Yi brator ever made. The unique fca lures which mndo the above sentence true in 1902 make it remain equally true to-day. for, despite countless attempts to rival it, the Veedee still remains tho only practical machine for applying Curative Health Vibration. The Virtue of Mechanical Vibration. The laic Mr W. T. Stead, editor of tins ‘' Review of Reviews,” and one of tho best-informed men of his time, published in March, 1 911, an article from his own pen, entitled “The Virtue of Mechanical Massage.” In it, after sketching the conditions existing prior to the invention of 'the VeecTeo, ne continues as follows: “The dreams and efforts of inven- - tors were directed everywhere to devise a hand-worked vibrator, which, whilst it should be able to meet the essential requirements laid down by Dr Morti-mcr-Granvillo and others .is to adjustability of speed, strength of vibrations, length of stroke, etc., should at the same time be both cheap and simple in use. For years these efforts to make a practical hand-worked vibrator failed. At. last, however, an inventor in London introduced an idea which, till then, was entirely new in hand-worked Therapeutic Vibrators, via., the idea of producing vibrations by tho rapid revolution of an adjustable eccentric-or unbalanced weight. This was the Veedee, which was patented in 1903, and subsequently described by me.” As regards the great efficacy of curative vibration in the treating of a great number of painful complaints, there i; no room for two opinions. Countless sufferers, to whom vibration has brought relief, after they had practically given up all hope or ever regaining their health and strength, bearwitness to this. The leading lights of the Medical Profession, too, are finding Vibration a staunch ally in their profession. I)r J. Mortimer-Granville. the great- English Specialist and Consultant. who has studied the subject of curing by Vibration more deeply and more practically probably than any other man, lias written Every organ of the body may, in the absence of utterly disabling organic disease. ’ he made to perform its proper functions u.v exciting the nerve that supplies it i with energy, by means of mechanical vibration. In this way I have seen the liver unloaded, and what seemed to lie inveterate torpidity of the intestines (i.e.. chronic constipation) remedied by a few successive vibrations.” Another much-quoted authority, Morrell, says:— “ There is a great army of invalids suffering From inactivity of the organs. Their tissues need waking up. not feeding on patent medicines. Vibration will do them good.” Curative Vibration. All the medical opinions in the world, however, would be useless if there were not convenient means to hand wherewith to put them into practice. Fortunately there is, however. Tlip.Vccdeo is the little machine that brings the benefits of Curative Vibration within tho roach of all. When applied to any part of the body it drives a steady stream of health-giving and rejuvenating Vibration into the system with such compelling force that the innermost organs are reached und gently stimulated and induced to properly iulfil their normal functions. One of the most wonderful proi>ortie9 of Veedee Vibration is its power to instantly stop paiii. This in itself is a great thing, but. Veedee Vibration does more than this—it poos right to tho cause of the pain anci, by removing it, cures. Mr W. T. Stead, quoted above, also uttered the following on the subject of mechanical Vibratory Massage : “I know all about the principle, for I learned it. from the Veedee. I have got a Veedee at home, which has lain handy on a shelf in my library for the last five years. When people write reproaching me for not doing justice to the Veedee, I can only reply by saying that the inventor of the Veedee has partly himself to blame- . . . Noblesse oblige. 'What right has he to keep such a light hidden under a bushel? Why does he nob give demonstrations in the West End of London and other cities to enable the general public to see what the Veedee can do compared with other machines? Perhaps the Veedee maker may say that goad wine needs no bush, to "which may be replied the profane saying of Voltaire, that even the Bon Dicu could not do without Reclame, as he needed a belfry in every parish to remind people of his existence.’ Although Mr Stead may have been riwht when he wrote thus, the case is different to-day. The Veedee specialists are doing all in their power to make known the wonders of Curative Vibration to as many sufferers as it is possible to reach. Thousands huvo been cured, but there are still many unfortunate people enduring useless agony through ignorance of the little machine which can drive away their pains. In order to inako the Veedee known to them tho Veedee Specialists have arranged to give a. public demonstration at tho King’s Theatre, Christchurch, on Saturday evening, June 0, to which all arc cordially invited to come. It must be borne in mind that all Veedee Vibration does is accomplished without tho use of drugs of any kind. Drugs in many cases do much to alleviate pain, but it is seldom that they do not cause a more or less harmful reaction. With Curative Vibration no such danger exists. The treatment in those few cases where it fails to do good at least never does any harm, and the patient suffers no ill after effects. Veedee Curative Vibration heals entirely in Nature’s way by inducing the various limbs and organs to resume their proper duties. Some of the results accomplished in this, way are truly wonderful in such cases as Rheumatism, Neuralgia,_ Sciatica, Neuritis, Constipation, Ljver and Kidney troubles. Deafness, Goitre and many other ail-4 merits too numerous to mention. I