GARDEN NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1455, 7 November 1911, Page 3

GARDEN NOTES.

Continued from pago 2). them for futnre development. Four feet between tlie rows and thiee feet from plant to plant is little enough to allow and more room may bo given if space is available. The plants should not be altered until they have begun to grow or they are liable to damp off. If the tops arc nipped out when the plants are about a foot high, it makes them grow very bushy and compact.

ROSES. From now on until the show roses will bu taking op a good deal of the growers' time, and it is work that must not be neglected if good blooms are wanted. Tlie weather so far has been all that the rosarian oould wish for, and as long as it continues be will uot have to face troubles like mildew. The aphis at this time of the year is easiest mauled by ran* ning the thomb and linger over the hurts and thus brushing them off and killing the little wretches. They are generally woise in the most sheltered parts ot the garden. They must not be allowed to remain on the plant for long as they socn ruin the flowers, As soou as the buds are Sclented the liquid refreshment may ba given to the plauts. in increasing doses. A visiter to this town last week told us that he had beeu in many places iu both islands quite recently. bat nowhere had lie saen such fiue growth on roses as he lias seen here. Palmersfcjn is undoubtedly cue of the b. st places to grow flowers in Wwo Zealand, and should b3 able to make a splendid show at tlie end of the month, whan the local socioty are holding their show. The schedules are now rjady for tticsa who want thaui. THE SCHEDULES.

The sohedula for the rose show lias beau very carefully compiled aud contains classes for botli amaimer aud professional gardeners. The Jarvis Challenge Bowl, fur twentyfour varieties of rosjs, should bring iu a lot of entries. There is one thing about this class that is opeu to criticism, and that is that noisettes ace to be' shown, but the schedule does not state whether they ar.i iu ba shown in clusters as grown or are 11 to be shown disbmlded, A noisette los-s much-of its beauty when it has all the small buds removed, and therefore should bo shown as a truss. There are classes for sweet peas, carnations, and all flowers that will ba out at this season ot tlie ( year. Hie children are well provided with classes, not ooly : for their own£small gardens, but for airaugemtnt of flowers also. The decorative class's are well arranged, and roses are to be used iu nealy all of them. There are the usual .ctossas for home industries,'which it is to be hoped will ba Well filled.

I Yerbeuas that have been raised from seed or cuttings may be planted out in the positions where tliey are to flower, It is hardly worth while to pot the small plants out but ohoose good strung plants, and they Will soon begin ta flower and will oontinne to throughout the summor and autumn with ordinary attention. These hardy easily cultivated, dwarf plants, with creeping stems, produce large trusses of beautiful flowers of various colours, including blue, heliotrope, mauve, pink, psrple, rose, scarlet, and whits. The floworsjof some varieties havo distinctly coloured centres, while others aw striped end marked various wayr. They make very attractive beds whan two or three varieties grown m a bed together. Auy good garden soil will suit them as long as it is fairly friable and in a well sheltered poaituu from the heavy wind, but where the sou can reach all day. SLUGS. 4 | , Slugs are playing havoc with the vegetable crops iu the gaiflec, and a ernstant watch must bo kipt for them or they will soon devour a whole bed of plants. A sugar bag with some lime in it,shaken over the plants and bods after dark will be found one of the b:st rora;dios, and i a lot of gronun can be covered in a very short time. Bian phesd in little heaps all round the beds will attract them from their hiding place's. Seme par;leneis aiopt the plan of mixing atfa'poonful of Paris grem with the sirne quantity of sugar, find working this up with about two gallons of bran. This is pl"CBd abant in little heaps, but poultry must bo kept away from it bs it is a deadly poisim, Iu the case of very choice phnts it would be better to put ziun binds round them the same as advised for small peas. It ie said that if the euds of the zinc are fastened with copper wire that the protection is more effective.