THE FLOWER GARDEN
Chrysanthemums are rapidly developing their flower buds. Water the plants well when the soil is dry and give a weekly dose of weak liquid manure to be discontinued when the buds begin to show colour. Mildew on chysanthemums is prevalent in some places. Dust the fpliage well with sulphur or spray with soluble sulphur. Disbud the garden varieties freely. Take notes oc varieties of dahlias I for next year’s planting and of those to discard. Pick off spent blooms, disbud, and water when necessary. Attend to layering azaleas, camellias, rhododendrons and other shrubs that arc propagated from layers. Recently-made lawns should have the surfaces prepared for sowing the grass seed after the soil has been well soaked with April rains. For early flowering plant beauty and pyramidal-branching- stocks, Iceland poppies, wallflowers, sweet Williams, Canterbury bells, larksr.-ur.;, antirrhinums. etc. Box off pansies, violas, nemesias, cinerarias, Marguerite carnations and other seedlings for outdoor plantings. Sow A irginian stock for edgings. Scatter the seeds lightly to save thinning. Sow 10-week stock under glass.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 83, 8 April 1933, Page 17 (Supplement)
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173THE FLOWER GARDEN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 83, 8 April 1933, Page 17 (Supplement)
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