TO CORRESPONDENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 22 (Supplement)

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

■. J^ormneside. —Pittosponim cugeni< :'tarata.v is; one -of the best ana moat s - ornamental a; of .cur *- native trees t'oi general planting ' •; It 13 exceedingly hardy. Ep?om.—-For tin ornamental •l i? effectual breaksviad and good shelter. Acmena, ' floribunda is the - very best R*®? ,£? r ,e i Purpose. It is tinfcrtiinaid that this , riant will >■ not grow where heavj . frosts (ire; prevalent'." ..-:H fl/M.;k^vwj' rer '" Mount Eden.—Stephsnotu fldnbunda would t grow outside in your very sunny warm . position ... against wooden fence* v but - otherwise would not succeed. It i< a native iof Madagascar, and . reauires to b« grown 'here * under glass. ; ~ - w-«9i:¥y Ellerslie.—Name of fern :is NotiioclcßiiA' d'stans, | a dwarf-growing, tufted nt«ritifi'il l * el7 i - Bm kling Cheilanthus. onc< a S® j IC rocks around Auckland. x? X t erTl - B-so a nativi and New Caledonia. 1,, Tulip. Iti transplanting climbing s M ? n er ® 1 , Bt f uck from cuttings last year, • ;vf y i^2 U i * ! Moderately pruned, cutting • the ? long ehoots back to within about 9in. r or ; 12jn, :• from. the roots. They will thro* i 1 6 n £.. growths and flower the first season. 0: M K.. Epsom.—Name ci ■ running rooted grass that ; has? become such a peat in youl v garden ib Agropyron repena, one of th« & worst -: of the : couch _ grasses. and not th« f Indian dooo. For killing docks in walks you will find one of the most-approved •< weed-killers 1 effective. Pour * little on tin :: crown two applications will suffice. r E. 8., Gisborne.—Specimen No. lis Salvia % bicolour (twocoloured), a native oil Barbary, and belongs, :as 7911 • surmise, to the 6aß« '{ family. ~ No. 2t is Sagerstromia indica, < very "handsome • shrub, producing spikes oj c ; i lovely bright pink flowers; a, native ol A China. It is deciduous, the leaves turn a ; most gorgeous bright crimson colour, and if ■ conspicuous at this season in the mixed border or in' the shrubbery. V" Lover' of Native Bush Plants."—Frey- : cinetia* Banksii.v the kiekie, is the name. It is a root climber, with leathery green, sword* ; like leaves, whose fruits, formed of flesh , bracts, "ailed tawhara, are eaten by tba Maoris. The other' plant is commonly called ■■ bush-lawyer (Bubus Australia). It product** large bunches of edible berries. ' The midribs are provided ■ with hooked prickles, making it impenetrable. The tree with fuchsia-like flowers, followed by purple ol black berries ia Fuchsia excorticata. ''.Observer." Tcuranga.—Names of weeds are:—No. 2, Verbena canariensis; easily sot rid ci. No. 4, Plantain (Plantago coronopus). No. 5, Chenopociium albuffl (fat hen). No.. 6, Prunella vulgaris, all-heal or bird's-aye, a common weed. No. J*- : Amaranthussr-retroflexus. & very pro'.ifia seeder. Small tufted weed belongs to the ;wiitercre<» family, and is 1 named Senebiera didymai* ' Nos. . 1 and 7, too withered to identify. Kindly send fresh specimens £"." Ferns,'V Carlton Goro Road.rob'* stichium angularo is tile name of lie jiarc? : fern , that you have sent a frond ot to . identify. It ■ii a most useful variety tor growing in the rockery. If allowed to *«»•<■* from drought; it 'is liable to be attach/! »> thrip. Frond - marked. Np. 2is Onyciuttm iaponicum; «* fine hardy species front Japan, also; suitable for the rockery. No. 3 •* Athyriuri fi!ix-foem»nn (the lady fern!. :' yen distinct and hardy British apecies. »•»>«" ] th» parent of very many forma. . <»o. ;i. « Selapinella ceryia arborea, a c-limbinK. specjea. ' requiring > hothouse treatment, durmir w.o winter. - ' '•' ■.T. 8.5., Matnkana.-In reply to ■ yon•*}"«* as to suitable fruits or- ornamental rPl« its that ;would "succeed: if planted beneath..tw shade of a large puriri -.tree. • . Capo, bqosoberries are ; ,t he only fruits the writer tan suggest; .if. planted on . the outer cdffe. v - l >„' i they, receive moat flight. .. For.- flower in 8 ornamental plants, hydrangeas da '- v '- !! , heath the shade of trees, and are v.ic*l .•>"» ; ; If confined only to-these, the j" would be : good. Several varieties. of- P« • •, .would - begins their J. element. c«po-.uani .J;" 1 native spacw/th»;,nikau. v^, Several A var ; i t ' t '!. of ferns would be suitable, also Japonioa aa.-ft'dwarf herbaceous plant. - '• toriunis, English irises, etc. ;