Gardening Notes.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14274, 13 August 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)

Gardening Notes.

'I he recent heavy rains have set gardening in full swing, and no time should now be "lost in pushing along all description of tree ana shrub planting. ibe frosts have been unusually heavy ijtelv, and judging by the amount of snow on the back ranges thev are likely to continue for some time. It is therefore not advisable to plant seed of tender annusls in the open vet. Another two or three weeks will be quite soon enougji for these. Seeds of hardy au2iuais such as stocks, verbenas, mignonette.- hnum, cornflower, larkspur, "and Virginian stocks may now be sown in the_ open with safety.

\ egetaole Garden.—During the next few weeks digging the ground and sowmg seeds will be the main work in the vegetable garden. The complaint Wiat stable manure is not procurable anywnere is a general one, cspeeiaUv at this season of the year. This shortness or organic manure necessitates the i se o. artificial manures. Where amateur gardeners in a small wav Lave difficulty m supplying themselves with stable manure a little 'Garden Fertiliser" will be found beneficial.

' Rhubarb.—This useful vegetable fruit ; is only occasionally well crown except : i- V~" r! \ et gardeners, the chief cause or injure being expecting too much ; yrom it The best mode of cultivation ■■ is us follows:—The ground should be • worked to a fnr depth and well manured: ;f stable or farmvr.rd manure : can be jrr.t. !t i s letter than depending ei;..::vly ..n artificial mr.nure. Tl, e . sets may be sellings or rvl from old ; S-....15. Tr Ihe 1.-tier each ; o t . s J : bare two crowns. They should be planted with tl:e crown !ev<d with ; Tiio surlace—r:,tl; €r t}, oll hel ow ; the i i ; '«- =ho,j!(, be 30?n apart, and the i "T" fi !t i a - )nrr „ ! " The rows. No stalks should be pulled for the first season: istiengtheii the roots and make new

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