Success With Violets
One of tho secrets of success in transplanting violets is to get tho young plants going as quickly as possible. Tho measures to bo taken depend 011 tho weather, the ideal conditions are showers (but not drenching rain) with bright periods between for several weeks 011 end. In hot dry spells the plants will require watering frequently, not merely wetting the surface, but given sufficient to reach the roots. If exposed, some protection will be needed from the midday sun. This is easily accomplished by laying some branches of trees lightly over the beds. The part shade afforded by fruit trees is ideal for violets during tho summer months, and in winter tho leafless branches admit, the necessary light to tho violet plants..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22867, 23 October 1937, Page 10 (Supplement)
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