The Garden.

Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 11 March 1882, Page 7

The Garden.

I■• WORK FOB THE WEEK.

*° Kitohen GABDBir.— -TJhe weather reing more tfaWtfable for th« growth of vegetables than tb'at l^xperten ced last year, more ample supplies of wii • ,»er 'products, rtiay be anticipated: Breadths of broccoli, cabbage, and other winter greens should tie gone over to remove all decaying 1 leaves and to clear' the ground of weeds. Spring sown onion*- should be ripe enough to pall op, and tho; ground oan then be prepared for the main crop of cabbages for next spring. If the soil is 1 light, a forking-ovtr "will be all the working necfessary, and as.anon as the Hues are drawn the 'ground should be trodden down where the drills are to run. If the weather is dry, till tho drill* with water before planting and put the plants out late in the evening. Watering is also essential to -autumn sown onions, lafr peas, scarlet-runners, Frenoh beans, aud late sown turnips. ITlowbb Garden.— All the early flowering bulbs, Buoh rb croons, snowdrops, and narcissus, should be planted without delay, and the sooner the: early varieties of tnlips, anemone, and hyacinths are in the ground' the finer will be the bloom. A few good and decided colours in hyacinths ore more t ffactive than mixtures of many varieties. Those to be recommended are' Meyerbeer, bright |red ; grand lilas, pale and porcelain blue ; leonidaa, a darker shade of blue; Robert Burba, dark bine,* and alba maxima, a good free-flowering white. These varieties, when properly grouped in beds, can not fail to give satisfaction, Crocußes oan be used as edgings for the beds and borders, and here again the btst effects are produced by keepfog the colours distinct. The early dwarf varieties of scilla are al*o useful aa edgings, and, if .planted in a sandy soil, they bloom freely. Fritillariflß, narcissus, and double daffodils should be planted in patches near' the margins of shrubbery borders. ' ' Greenhouse. — All the plants which have gone out of bloom should be stood out of doors m a sheltered corner where they can get the benefit of sun and air to harden them »uffi cientty to stand the winter. Plants which are always kept iv the greenhouse become sorry spscimeos in time, however well managed the houee may be as regards ventilation. The greenhouse should be looked upon ody as * place to bloom those plants which have been previously grown in pits or frames, and for storing plants in the winter. As there arefbut few plants remaining in the house, the opportunity should be taken to give the stages a thorough cleaning,' aud also to remove the shading from the gbaa oreparatory to housing plants for tbe winter. E trly struck cuttings of zonal pelargoniums will be fit for potting, and if they are yet well hardened off and the potß well filled with roots, many will bloom during winter. Cyclamen Earo{.seum and_ its white variety make handsome specimens in pots for blooming during the next two months, and they are very useful plants for supplying cut \ looms.

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