The Garden.

Otago Witness, Issue 1325, 21 April 1877, Page 18

The Garden.

f I '•'::/ ■; tlq^r^ri^^^ V, Z '| '. ■'•<• -•' •■* lffi ; »'• „'. ' '; . * ', > ,ti'U«*">; 'j.i'*o 'As long as'frostar keep off, " f everything'* gardeh in as good- order as- the advanced' seasbri ! , jvilf pe^mif $:' ."week'thaf " it can be kept in-fair.coriclitiori is ao^niuchVl f reduced from the long blank -p'eriod/'thaS f Keep, .% rgr;ass d mq.wn.,and edged,:, the,; , walks clear from weeds and. rolled, so. .as",, .id present' a' smdothp firm . surface; and the grounds generally J clear - of i leaves;f ! 'which' jf a^re "now; 'b'eginning-^B , b ( e .tro.ublesome..., ; HerbaceQusiplarit3,tnatrre.quire.( it'shojilcl' ' , be' tied 1 , 5 up and the -ground hoed and raked' is .a r \g6o.^' v time;.'jto^ ijidte uwhers ;any addition ".may be //made * • with'^advantage' to' au'tumnVgrdwing'sub'-"' j e'cts. \ r The .Eariipas.Gfrasa, 'b'otliVin'alQ'axid, :£emalfe]' ; are f effective'plants, backed up by '■•• shrubs "arid" trees'; yet" they^.are",' s ( eld,bm,,* growing- together-r^a /cireunistarice ' greatly 'to : be'rregret'te'd^ itiasniuch* as they ■ ' are^sb/tdistinct. as - to , •mii.tiiaUyj.impro^er' 'the appearance'of each other. • ' Fewpot- '>' DlantS; are ,nipr.e desirable' I 'than' u #he' n cb'm- I imon Hydrangea, w s hen grown in 6 or ,7 Had in flower- ."earLy^iiijthe: .spnngij'Tajndi^if'.v ' sufficient iplants arelat ihand,-> c ar. succession - , may be kept tip through a ( good parfc'of th« '•' summer.;; ' ,TKere' are' I s^yerar wayk'pf pre- ■ paring. Hyararigea^'foi^uaei^this mariner,, ; \ 'Anyone desirous pfgrb.wirig, them- can-do. :j: j l so byat once, getting. a'isuppLy^oLyourig 1 *; . from * plants • that' are; put-of-dpOrsi Select'such. as are'furnished;'\fi'th u flowgr- ! :'- bud3,. takirig'them off n aii;abj)]a|! ifQur.'-.jqintjs ). below the pdirits, and inserting r them, singly- into:3-inch pots* rdraineditand' filled , vith'.' l 'saiidy loam'; i'-plurige' ttherii'in'- a " . ijibd'erEile hbt i be'i with ! a 'bo'ttb'm-hea't '-'of ' > deg.. , „allow l ing j ,theni j to, ha^je, a^littl^.air ' * so as to keep.-thftitop/soniparaii^ely !copi. - 1 Thus,- situated they, will .roatu in.-a .-.■ very- > time; ' When? "th:e bottpm-ihea't may ibe -- ■illowedtq'gradua'lly'^subsider 'Keepitfg a ! '' * little 'air 'on p'reverita'the^bu^s^frPm start- " 'ing .at pncej^nto growth,. and .thus, defeat- " ing, <theu object inr;,vie.wi-;.Aa the-jpots^ become l filled''-witK"roots^they -may -be 1 ?, „^Kift > cd J 'int,6 I''thos1 ''those I''-'ih;1 ''-'ih ; • which* they-'!are" rn^endedjto .flower,, and^ should be"[ l |cept' j ' ' ixijthe igreenji'ou^e aiptiljth'ey are,required . iio;.be.placedi.int.heat.,to •.bripgj J tnemanto - bloom. Those who grow-'grapesxin^the* house 'inrwKich'^tKey' 'winter' a :s 'mixe ; ol - collection!; ,bf ! "gre'6nh*6'use' ! arid' •b'e^&itiff ' plants,, must ipe^careful^npt to .injure} such , fruit.asmay ■b*e<..still,jon, the^yineij'Vforo most probably the vintes will -betlato-ohes-t — started withr suiiheat', in"the''"springL • Tlip" advanced' period pf^the's'jJasijtiinec^s- ] sitates .plajr^ts' "being brought j indoors, '[ and' this, -with the. watevrequireclby, them af tervrardg,- -is calculated r a 'to produce.mould 'in-thef-'gripesi "'' 'Therefore; untilthe latter are ij3ed, subh , plants, "as Cirier- *. arias, Calceolarias' Primul^^arid^eddirig/ plants .should, if possible,-, be ;kept iri "pit 3 and frames, a'nd'if the weather ■ is . damp,. - the grapes- will be 1 benefited l bya'.firb' being lit' "in" the morning'; -''two or' th I ree; times ,a week,, letting it, go .out sufficiently " early for, the pipfes /to t get j, before - c^osiEgaaipntlte house in the u evening.. 1 unless* -when-^therei is, 1 ■ an- J appeatan<ie'-'*of '' on* ** ~*