ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17251, 19 August 1916, Page 5

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

“ Amateur” writes Will you please answer tlie following questions m your Gardening Notes:—“l have been advised to spray my apple trees with reel spraying oil, and the. stone fruit, tiecs with lime sulphur. Now, Imn not able to do the spraying at present ancl I would like to know how late I can leave it before it must be done (-') What ■is the proper treatment toi daisies? Should they be cut back? Tf so when is the right time to do it and how far should they be curt: (3) What is the best grass to sow tor a, lawu? I live on the hills and m summer the ground gets somewhat dry. The spraying should be done <• once: it is quite late enough to use lime-sulphur wash. \os. _ I)aiaL ® should be cut back every spring; cut them fairly hard, they will .Mon send out new shoots. August and September is the time to prune them. Uor lawns choose deep-rooting grasses, sued as festuca tehnifolia, chewing fescue, and poa sempervirons.