THE HOME GARDEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21396, 20 October 1934, Page 10 (Supplement)

THE HOME GARDEN

THE FLOWER GARDEN •J: iv-V ' ; V'T ! Remove spring-flowering annuals from beds that have finished their display. Plant out summer and autumn-flowering subjects to take their place. Most tender subjects can be plantea out now; Attend to disbudding of roses if fine blooms are desired. Spray for greenfly with nicotine sulphate. Plant out chrysanthemums and dahlias from cuttings. Creepers and climbers should be kept tied to their supports before they become tangled. Rhododendrons and azaleas will benefit by a mulching of leaf mould, peat, or lawn cuttings. Remove seed pods wben blooms are finished. Glasshouses will need shading and plenty of ventilation. Pot on cyclamen, begonias and gloxinias. A sowing of Primula sinensis and stellata can be made now for early winter flowering. Put in cuttings of winter-flowering begonias. Make a sowing of schizanthus to flower in the autumn. Seeds of hardy perennials can be sown in a cool position.

PROGRAMME OF WORK

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN Examine all seed beds, and, if any failures, sow again at once. Sow onions, mustard and cress, and lettuce for summer salads. Sow runner, French and butter bean's for succession. Plant out tomatoes, cucumber, melon and . pumpkin. £arth*up and spray potatoes. Plant out kumaras in well-worked ground with a solid base. Pinch out tops of early peas in flower; the pods will then fill up more quickly. Sow spinach and lettuce between rows of peas and celery. Keep the hoe going among growing crops. Spray apple and pear trees when two-thirds of the blossom has fallen with arsenate of lead i:or codlin moth. Peach and nectarine trees should be sprayed wilth lime sulphur, 1 in 120. Celery fly will be active. Dust young plants with soot and lime to prevent laying of eggs.