THE HOME GARDEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19780, 29 October 1927, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE HOME GARDEN.

PROGRAMME OF WORK.

T3B PLOWER GARDEN. be started toward the middle ot border Reserve spaces for them in the mixed Chrysanthemums: Proceed with the general f or show purposes and garden decoration. Green and S/tf m +l prevaleat * Spra y witJl black leaf f? a f. soa P has been added to make the solution more adhesive. Seedlings; Attend to the boxing off of eelosias, portulacas, cosmos, saphigiossis and petunias, also calsams for planting toward the end of November. Tuberous-rooted begonias, achimines, and coleus seedlings should be transplanted into pots or nans as soon as they are large enough to handle. Pot the coleus singly into small Sin. pots. Jginnias, asters, petunias, phlox drummondii, coreopsis, statices, African and French marigolds, salvias, penstemons, chrysanthemums, carnations, verbenas, and ten week stocks do well if planted now. Gladioli: A late batch for successional flowering should be planted now, also cannas and the different varieties of pelargoniums, fuchsias, shrubby calceolarias and fibrous begonias. for sweet saltans, mignonette, nasturtiums, lupins, balsams, Shirley poppies, and eschscholtzias in the open grounds. Spent blooms should be picked off roses, irises, gaillardias, delphiniums, and several other plants, to prolong their flowering period. Soray rases and stocks for aphis on first appearance. "

the vegetable garden. Early-sown pumpkins, marrow and cucumbers, if grown under boxes as advised, should now be sufficiently advanced lor thinning out. When several plants have been raised to each plot, leave at most only t£ree plants. Hock, water and pie melons ftiay now be sown, though even yet it is baiter to afford some protection, until good, strong plants are secured. Sow carrots, beet, silver beet, spinach, scorzonera, salsify, leeks, lettuce, onions for pickling and salad, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and other colworts, sweet corn, radishes, mustard and cress. Sow the three latter about every ten days. Thin out and transplant seedling crops, allowing ample space for the plants to develop. Attend to the earthing up of peas, beans, potatoes, cabbage and other plants requiring treatment. Give timely attention to the staking of all plants needing support. Scarlet and other runner beans should be staked soon after they appear above ground. Wire netting makes an excellent support for these crops. Keep the soil well stirred between all growing crops, as the heavy rains soon batter and cake the soil, depriving the roots of the air and warmth that is essential to healthy growth.