ASTERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 244, 15 October 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)

ASTERS

WIDE VARIETY OF COLOURS The aster is the queen of autumn flowers, with its wide shade of bril liant colours under separate headings, notably ostrich plume, giant comet, giant Crego, Tasmanian branching chrysanthemum and paeony-flowered Victoria and queen of the market in all shades of colour. '>ie ostrich plume is extremely graceful, with large loose feathery heads and branching habit. It is unsurpassed for table and othej decorations. Unfortunately the appearance of collar rot of late years ha; greatly interfered with the genera planting of asters. Preparation of the Soil New soils with the original gras! surface turned under has proved th< most successful. Older soils should b< dug up sometime before sowing th seeds and receive a liberal dressing Oj lime and sulphur well mixed with th< surface soil. A successful grower o asters recommends a dusting of sulphu and tobacco dust in equal parts alorq the drills when sowing. Fumigatiir the soil by injecting carbon bi-sulphid< at short distance apart is recoin mended. Sowing the seed in the ope ground where the seedlings are t grow and flower without removal i now generally recommended. Sow th seed toward the end of this inontl Asters are such lovely flowers tha they are deserving of special care t attain success.