ATTENTION TO TIDINESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20740, 6 December 1930, Page 5 (Supplement)

ATTENTION TO TIDINESS.

MANY THINGS TO BE DONE. To still further enhance tho pleasures and appearanco of the garden and grounds a general clean-tip and tidiness is essential. Tho beds and borders should bo kept free from weeds and tho surfaco soil occasionally stirred. Spent blooms of roses, pelargoniums, etc., should bo cut off. Walks should be kept free from weeds and swept. Lawns should bo kept closely mown, borders of grass neatly trimmed and other borders kept freo from weeds.

Att-cntion must be paid to staking and tying up carnations and any other plants that need support. Take up and store tho different varieties of bulbs that may bo required. Pots used for greenhouse and other pot plants must bo kept clean, and plants that need support neatly tied to light stakes. Dig under early annuals that have completed their flowering and replace them with summer flowering annuals or other plants.

NATIVE ROCK LILY. PLANT' WITH MANY USES. Arthropodium arrhatum is now in full flower and worthy of special notice, being conspicuous with its much-branched spikes of white flowers standing above its pretty green leaves. It grows in tuft-like clumps and is most valuable for planting on banks, where it shows to advantage in all stages of its growth. It is also useful for planting at the back of the rock garden. It stands dry weather, which makes it valuable for dry banks. Dianella intermedia, another native species, ,is a good companion. It is of dwarf habit, grows in tufts, and sends out long, branching flower-spikes. The flowers are greenish white or purplish, and are followed by handsome, round, purplish berries. Both species are easily grown, very ornamental, and deserving of more extensivo cultivation.