WORK FOR THE WEEK.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 82, 7 April 1934, Page 13

WORK FOR THE WEEK.

THE FLOWER GARDEN. Sow verbenas, pansies, violas, primula, calendula, annual carnations, hollyhocks, stocks and nemesia. Plant out annuals from earlier sowings and sow hardy annuals in vacant places in borders. Continue planting of spring-flowering bulbs, narcissus, anenonie, ranunculus, scilla and liliums. Keep dahlias and chrysanthemums tied up and watch developing buds for caterpillars; feed with liquid manure plants required for large blooms. Plant out carnations from layers if they are well rooted. Early planting will produce tflie best flowers. Sow down new lawns, renovate bare patches on old ones, and top-dress with fertiliser. Winter sweet peas sown last month should be kept tied up to stakes. Make a sowing of the summer sweet peas to follow on. Cinerarias, primulas and cyclamen should be removed from frames to the greenhouse. Thrips are the worst trouble with cyclamen and fumigation with moisture is the remedy. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. Sow winter or prickly spinach, cabbage and cauliflower (early varieties), short horn carrots, winter turnips and onions. Plant out cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce from earlier sowings and silver beet for winter crops. Earth-up celery and leeks, as required, when the soil is dry. Do not bank up too much at one time. A little every 14 days is sufficient. Gather fruit for storing as it ripens, storing only sound fruit. Slightlydamaged fruit will do for immediate use. Tomatoes should be picked as soon as they show colour and finished indoors in a warm, dark place. Pumpkins and marrows that are ripe should be well dried in the sun before stirring. Late melons should be placed on pieces of board to prevent rotting. Insert any cuttings of bush fruits required to increase stock. Use sturdy shoots of the current season’s growth. Dig over vacant l aa d anfl destroy rubbish by burning or trenching in deeply. The residue of crops which have bee n diseased, is better burned. THE GREENHOUSE Fumigate the house every fortnight or so. Perpetual-flowering carnations should be in their flowering pots. Make a sowing of mignonette, primula malacoides and schlzanthus. Cinerarias, Primula sinensis and cyclamen should be kept growing. Ventilate freely, shade well and do not allow soil tn c’S THE FRUIT GARDEN. Useless fruit trees should be cut out or marked for removal later fta°dt b d rrleS “ . currants P ut in now will root readily! •rhV™,. frult ® d canes of loganberries and raspberries. Shin out the centre of peach, nectarine and plum trees.