TO CORRESPONDENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 4 (Supplement)

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"Amatoi.* Koso Grower. "—A departure from the orthodox system of ro*4"srowiii£ is, instead of pruning thorn in the usual manner, to select' the strongest growths and rear them down to within about Gin. from the surface of the around. Distribute the branches sis evenly as possible around the plant and shorten each back s.n even distance. By this method shoots will rtart alone track branch and produce a plowing display of blooms. Only those srarictios that are vigorous ({rowers, such as J P. Clark,_ will adapt themselves to this system of training. , Small round hods cut out in the pvnns, with one rdant allotted to each, trained in. this manner, are most effective when the plants aro in full flower, Hec'sen composed of Dorothy Perkins. Alberic Hav\ bier, and others of the Wichariana section may be pruned at this season by g'oinc over and <Mittinir th*in with a sickle or renrbook. The same implies to those on treluse? and norsolns. where the ma*'* of FTOwth I in too dense to treat with the ordinary I seccatenrs. A.8., Okahultura.. Japanese flowering (.■hemes urn propagated by budding: or craft int on the nifli-.ziird or upon th.> Japanese) rijerry stocks Unit -are for the Pupo«e. Ilioiß i.-< no deciduous tree that, retains it« foli-.w as late as Anor'.iat. The Rhn« sue redeii"!' or sunr'ch i-> about the last to abed ! its bnllinnt-eo)oi;ml foliage, some r>peri mens beint: now in brilliant foliage. C.W.. Wekav.-eka — The withered tips fin' 1 twig of Jaiipmi'lle pear may be due in ranker or bemjr too much shaded. Canker is chiefly caused by uncongenial condition"! of Mil. careless pruning, and extremes of j temperature. A rigorous pruning and liberal I application of lime and basic slate now and j nitrate of soda •.'.hen Ihe tree is bursting I into growth in the sprins is shout tl)(\ only feasible treatment. The plum stock may be iu«d for several varieties of peaches and nectarines, but not all. I ".Battlement." Takapuna, To furnish th«» series of battlements each. 2ft. by 2ft. and arranged fift. apart, .ifong the lop of your wall, each containing ". receptacle for a I bucket of soil find rlo«c !■> the water's «'dt:« | and exposed to the full blast of the norther- ; lies, the choice may 1" made from titer following: — Yittnclenia triloba; This requires I very little soil to i:iow in. produce* an abundance of small daisy-iik-r- flowers almost continuously, is of bushy trailing habit and very hardy; planting a dwarf-grewmit air;* (Agnyo maculatsi in each end surrounding it with Polygonum reper.s or a «ii!ah!o variety of inesembrynnthemnin shouJd fill the bill and succeed under the tryinir cor ditious. Anything a* all tender would h» i useless. Enthusiast, Epsom. Sniall-i'rewiiig j shrubs m.-ty tn> introduced here and User* for the embellishment of-the rock (tardea. j In many of tho bent English rock garden* i dwarf-growing rhododendrons ere planted I Several new dwarf-growing, early-flowering I species hue been introduced from China. Spccially-prenarod place-, with suitable sol! I free from lime, would be ideal for the*« j magnificent flowering plants and also for ■ azalea?. Grevillea dellachiana is an indi« I pensable dw-arf-crowins shrub for the cock ! garden. It flowers almost continuously throughout the year. Cupbca platycentrii. ! severs! dwarf-:?rowin.r veronicas and bcronin;* j aro ideal rockery plants. | N.G.. Porwonby.— Name of the very prettv J evergreen shrub with numerous corymbs of l rose- coloured flowers, and now flowering i freely, i.j ]lc;»ro«"(j«tron rosea, now r.ara'd i Ifeeria. rosea in l.onoui of Oswald a ! celebrated Swiss botanist. It in a, native of ! .Mexico; a most useful pot And rock'. ; plan*, flowering now when there is au-i. i a scarcity of plants in flower. H.J., Albany.- The wian.'. intended Ur I sraffinj; ehoulfj,. be the fir./, to receive a'.- ; ten'.ion. These should be secured at. once, ' while the vires are at re-, and b« heele'! ! 11 the «oi! in a .'•..!. («}•»••)? position win ; tho view of k"<:',>inx thy aciona i.a 'levin*:>.'• Iba possible, until the tirn«i oj crafvin*. Opinions dirts ■*.: '- the but time to p-v form this oi-*ratir»n. Hero-; delay itraftir.i' until tho stock is in ii.ii. other* preirt to graft just, before the ; ip in the stock : becomes active, and to the person no! " ! pert in tho work this is the best methed - to ado tit. 'i he- r.'.ock should be cut back to a bud a fen iuchci from '.he ground, ' leavinsr cnly cufficient wood that, after the jrraft it. inserted, it >-ril! be an inch or t-*-i : above the soil. B/ doinsf this there is little ; .-i: of the grafted -.in* tak'.ss root. v.-'r:-h .' always I ire! 7 In cccur if wcrked ; below the sod. The end of next mo-, or r-a.rlr it: h'-istemhrr is a good time '■'■ : craft, though '■'■": <'■ ' ■'" suckers '-An ■--, lent hack at once. ;--..r\, ;f further yov ■« "f].'.' aro re'f.'.."«"!. '.utiingi could be made and ',]*<"*(} '.■-. the <'<. : 1 wi.eii pruning •> done. T" n <* two simplest methods of grn" ~-r are >' .■■ v.},>r, ivr.d cleft method, ».-.•' m 7 be f.erforrr.ftd yii'n a fai. r amount ■■' f ,, c , r«« '~j. »nv!inis who it at all handy v: - '-. the Vnife Of the tw;, however, cleft {craft in" in the most simple, and in working rinfs is as «'.i'"c*".i".ful i" with whip or •>&T3 sue cr;<.! , .i'-:'. Cleft craftinsr is performed hr "'.'i'.'.'r:'.'- 'he etock, then .-nttsns the ttir.-r. v-it'r! a 'harp knife sn th* shape of h wed;.-" and ir."rtir.2 '■'. if; the cleft, special care T..--.; r :.- taker tha.t the bark of ipc:or. »■ ! tor.'/:-;e scaftiftj a s'r.'V.th upward cut '■• •.';-.d,- iu the stock on inch or mcrr-p " l-:r;'.h. and a c'.rrespondiriiF cut rr.Jtde :~ •he' tr.'.DT. A spt is the- mad* in ;'■ •■' it-.''', and a p ; mi'»r one mad© in Out sefrr, v'.ii'h, 7-l.e-. tjrralT t inserted in the stc-V., <<,•:■'■■- x. tonsrtte. r/hic 1, tisijt* to hold t!'« .eraft ir. ,-' '"it!r/7!. The rrrsfti n»-ed o""" '-*ul?s 3 v..'„ where th'» fit ''i« m*de. "" NT'hv ever :r:-'bd of Jtr.-i ; ',!>"■'? is aj-nted. it i» ;":t.';.rt.'i':t that the ,';rafM be f.rrn'y ?j.»d ?■:'' • '•-r. we.-irid f"»*'«! v.i*'n n <»<vd mlvtoi-e ■"" ,■„.. ;e>ri earthed o-rfr with soil ss-.til the ■icralt* have taken, when tb.». earth shci'd be "-rr."-e-'> <i-i*y from tho ten.!?*1 Kx?o£<