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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18553, 10 November 1923, Page 4 (Supplement)

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

■;• ...:-■*:: • m i'G.S.vT» Awanrutu.—Kindly poet anothe* specimen of abruhyou require the name '0»-h#| <"; Subscriber," Wanganui.--" Gardening "» New Zealand." by M. Murphy, is one of:1M s .|p best .;Dominion ■ publications treating upon culture of plants in the greenhouse.,' _ v ,J v-< :; " Inquirer." Aria.—Twine Burbank plum, ■with leaves and fruit attached, to hand. Milqe* is evidently the canes of the fruits becoming elongated and soft" and causing • the ? <nB-,; ( .'. colouration of the foliage. - A winter dressing. with the caustic soda-soap solution and syringing with - lime sulphur as .the flowerbuds r are swelling in early. spring ; is' **• '"' best preventative. • "' -_j'i ■;>•" Desert."- Na.picr.~A good recipe for. pi** serving green peas, Frenca beans. etc., ; —* ,*£; Take at: the rate of one quart of water *o»*|§|l of' salt; y boil for 20 minutes. Pour water into pari; and when it > boils adds peas, \ etc., and boil, for five minutes. Take peas|J»lM arid. fill into, the preserving jars. Boil .♦&• .;'■■>, water: peas- are taken out of. and pour into , the -jars; (cover the peas. Be sure that the jars are properly sealed, ■ the same .a* j ife ,for :• preserved ■; fruits, to- exclude all *"• i; ; ;s| otherwise they will not keep. if '- *; " Subscriber," : *' ; Bllerslie.—Tuberous-rooted begonias' 1 are •-'of •-. the SI greatest., • value f« r bedding and decorative purposes durra* to* ||| summer , months. :. They , succeed well i» light soil, provided • it - has been .well enriched ■■; with *-v weil-rotted * ; stable manure or a gig artificial * stimulants;; \ The hot sun is, nWTjte to ). bleach : the J flowers and scorch W'PfStSWag consequently • you * should 7 select' a•- P* r * , £ 1 *3 r " shaded position, such >' as j beneath the sh»<» of some large 'overhanging deciduous tree- , ; The fibrous-rooted section of ' Begoni* sempViflorens are more hardy audi succeed i best exposed *■■ to the ? full sunshine. «#3sfeSßil variety| Duminosa, is extremely showy. WTOsgggg its , :.< brilliant dark-red copper-colour?«»i|j| foliage and glowing scarlet crimson bJcs|omv%|ji| , These -begonias, are admirably U adapted \o* bordering. ' >-■• {1:; ," -"'■',■'.',' .- ■ ■ > J.M.;'.Poriso»jy.—Specimens to name artv|Mi —No. 1; Aubrietia. of which - there »re«ever»l :forms. They a produce p., close cushion-use $p growths '•'' and * flower ? with ; < the • greatest pro- : fusion. -i< They : make :< excellent rock P 1 * o *}'!® ; and may be t raised from seeds ;or increw* 0 •• by. division •¥ and from js cuttings. J»,'r'' Phlox. Nelsoniithie, -.> is | another -'.rock pl«U» of i dense s compact 3, habit- spreading Hon tne ground 'in *mat4i^?:form*and? are pretty and free-flowering. No. S is Ooc~ crnia janoniea. -*? distinct i hardy r herbaceous :plant, with rinely-eut foliage and t stately *P" spearance. j \ • No. 4. One gof the ' numerous ■ species of cotyledons, or;. navelworte. No. : Crasaul»"ror.-?>JKalosanthiea ooccine*. >!}«. 6 « Gereus grand en exceedingly b»« 8 5 m ? - large-flowered variety of cactus. *S£\jL* | form of Der.tsia. gracilis. XktO*.