THE VINERY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15504, 10 January 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE VINERY

This department will now require tho most careful attention after such a long season of dull, moist weather. Tho tropical heat now experienced may result in scorching of foliage, followed by shanking of berries. Special care must be taken to provide free ventilation, and unless the vines aro trained well away from the glass it may be necessary to lightly shade the glass

to prevent scorching. It m *t h* W '■ , ; mind that well-dc/eloped heaHhv 11 is an all important factor iu Mmf ««s■**« tion of good fruits, H'iEjSflH should be taken to protect JSJSiIi "jury The moist SS hafeSl been favourable for vigorous k!" m instances where the borders B2 but been thoroughly drained excewcf SM ' has resulted in the vines and fraffli attacked with mildew. Several JSJj? SB I m particular have had tlSr vines fc attacked, in some instances the vines uJ covered with the disease before SM ventn-e means wero used. The seasonal certainly been favourable for the «JM 0 mildew, for while excess £$£ ® the roots will generate the diseas M tremes or sudden changes of ImSS will often cause attack. If the vtwfi? ders, however, are well made and drain*?' the vines can with reasonable inside <.„$' vation be kept free from disease Previa tivo means, however, by the free distribS' tion of sulphur should always ba mil** 1 or even if attacked dueling "with suing is the best remedy. * '"" I ANSWERS TO 00RRESPOHD3KIS. "Lathyrus." Devonport: The brou-a coloured leafless plant that ha* appearedwith its erect flower spikes in nlar« amongst your sweet peas is a most destructive, parasite known as orobanchvtt.fr; taches itsolf to the roots of the peas,.and is accountable for the plants turning y»Mj and going off. By digging up the plant, where this pest is growing you will findil attached to the root stem, and absoroin* the nutriment that should rapport thenar You should pull the parasite up as &$ as it appears above ground. Do noOtjfi or plant peas in the same place for a yeif• or two. Orobanchc is very plentiful in 1 -' several places. It. seems to succeed bW in light volcanic lands growing in impastures. ' 'j^j. 1 "Inquirer": Mcsenibryanthemums,or fa ! plants, should havo the seed 'apsules cat I off soon after the flowering. This strength. . ens the plants and promotes new growth I and fresh bloom. Crassula co"cinoa, now named Kalosanthes coccinea, is the plait, you refer to, It is a native of Tabic Mown'. iaiu, South Africa, and enc of the bright^ coloured and most, showy plants at present in flower. It is specially adapted fc« rockeries and also for massing in sopariU beds. A splendid bed of this plant A ! be seen in the Domain gardens, ziovrlj ; I gorgeous mass of colour. ; JgJ KsmL : =====