Gardening Notes.
The new rose W. F. Bennett is attracting a great deal of attention in the States. It is considered the finest crimson rose that is a continuous bloomer. It has a rich lemon odour entirely new, add is splendid iu the bud.
The finest Gloxinia plants we ever saw were grown iu loam and rotten manure. The foliage was splendid, and the flowers very numerous, and of unusual dimensions.
Mildew may generally be got rid of by the use of flower of sulphur ; green fly and thrip by fumigating with tobacco. We cannot make old fruit trees young, but a liberal top dressing will infuse new vigour into any tree sound at heart. Only do not put the top dressing near the trunk ; the young roots are some feet away. Tbe intelligent gardener is careful to water plants and trees before they need it badly, knowing well that a little delay may be too late to be of any service. A weeping willow near outbuildings has a much greater influence for good upon tbe health of those in the vicinity than is generally supposed, for it feeds on matter that but for it gets into the wells of drinking water close by.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1801, 1 March 1886, Page 2
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