GARDEN NOTES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 4 (Supplement)

GARDEN NOTES

Now is the time to lift and store gladioli corms. Time now to sow stocks, cinerarias, pansies and be sure and plant out a few Iceland poppies for early table decorations, planting the main crops of poppies three weeks later. And my word! Aren't the weeds growing! So keep your hoes going. Have had some enquiries from some of my nieces, and I can assure them all, 1 enjoy every word of your correspondence. One 1 have from Lucy Fyers,, Te Kauwhata. Yes, Lucy, it -is hard for you to grow Jacaranda Mimosaefolia in your district, as. it is a native of a sub-tropical climate and is easily cut down by frosts. The only thing you can do when the cold frosty weather comes to the Waikato is to make a small frame of scrim cloth and put it over your tree and thus break the frost from falling on it. It, is such a lovely blue flower. The foliage is so lacy, it is a grat pity you cannot get it to do with you. The jacaranda does well

AUTUMN HINTS

in Auckland. I also had a letter from another of my nieces regarding the name of one of her plants, and I am so sorry I have mislaid her, letter. Please drop me a note again and I will name your plant. Kindest regards to my esteemed nephew, Selwyn Messenger for his delightful garden letter of November date, describing so ably his vegetable garden and his native ilowers. I should like to have a-day with Selwyn at Kaihau. Another note is; from my niece, Joan Schwa rz of Princes Street, Cambridge. Many thanks Joan for- your most descriptive letter of your lovely lilac tree and your endeavour to grow your red currants; and your misfortune in losing your loquat tree. Drop me a note ana let me know if it is dead, and y° u will get a,' new one this autumn. Kindest regards to all my nieces an' 1 nephews, t v Yours sincerely,. v UNCLE ROB