GARDEN SPECIALS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 204, 29 August 1936, Page 13

GARDEN SPECIALS

Jj'ARMERS!! Take advantage ol “Parnell’s’ ’mail-order service. Ex- ; pert packing, prompt dispatch. Plants • travel well—no delay. Write to Parnell’s, Seedling Specialists, Avenue. Wanganui. JpARMERS!! Nemesia, dwarf and tall; Livingstone Daisy, Larkspur, Wallflower, Pansy, Calendula—l/- doz. 5/6 100.—Parnell’s, Avenue. (new colours); Gorgeous, Royal Rose, Orange Glory, Fire King. 1/- dozen. 5/6 100. —Parnell's, Avenue. JJARNELL’S. —Mysotis (blue), Aubrietea, Ursinia (orange), Cynoglossum, 1 - dozen. Cinerarias, large flowers, 1/- dozen. —Nursery, Avenue. SLOWER POTS, 4 inch, 4d, 5 inch 6d, 6 inch Bd. 7 inch 1/-. 8 inch 1/3. -Mason, Struthers, Avenue. ZjjARDEN Gloves: Cotton 9d, Leather Palm, 2/6. 3/- pair. All Leather 2/6. 3/- pair.—Mason, Struthers, Avenue. AT Phyllis M. Weekes’, Floral Artist (opposi t e Wool worth’s) Parnel I's sturdy Ten Week Beauty Stocks in seven glorious separate colours.—l/dozen. 11ULUX Automotive finish. Easy to apply, quick drying. The wonder finish for Motor Cars. - Hughes, Allomes, Ltd., 209 Avenue. pAINT! Spring time is painting time Prepared paints from 15/- pe’’ gallon at Hughes, Allomes, Ltd., 20J Avenue. Paving Paints for Floors - k All colours. Hard as flint. Sold by Hughes Allomes Ltd., 209 Avenue. AT Ward’s Nursery, Head’s Road. - Aquilegia. 1-year-old, 2- dozen: Lupins, Lobelia, Ursinia, Stocks, 1/dozen. \\ ‘ if you arc interested in Gladioli. The world's best. —P. Burns and C 0.,. Manakau. rpiMBI A. W. I'., hv 63 II: rris in St eet. 'Phone 3662. / ’AEBAGE. Cauliflower and Lettuce Plants. Wholesale. 10 - 1000. Strong, healthy plants. Richdale, Duncan Street. Wanganui ».ast, opposite ■ Wright's, Butchers. ’Phone 2285. II UMBER Fish Manure for lawns and gardens, 71b. 2/9, 14!b. 4/6. ( Mason. Struthers, Avenue. pOR all Choice Trees and Plants go to Rasmussen’s. Ltd., for best ‘ varieties and quality. I * .• . VHI fk.-. k, IS

PRUNING AND REGELATING SHRUBS To keep a shrubbery or a collection jf ornamental shrubs and trees in good order, so that each plant shall se in good health and show itself to he best advantage, it is necessary hat an annual pruning and thinning shall be given. If this work is neglected for a few years it is often difficult to bring them back to good order again. Too often it is left too long, and then the hedge shears arc requisitioned. and the shrubs shorn back to formal and unnatural shapes, quite disregardful of the natural flowering habit. The knife or secateurs should be used and all loose, straggly branches could be cut back, while if the plant required reducing in size it. should be well thinned out. If this is done in a skilful manner it. will not show evidence of being cut back. No general rule can be given as to pruning flowing shrubs or trees, as they vary as to their time of flowering and also as to the wood on which the flowers are. so that in discriminate pruning may result in flowerless plants and an excessive growth of gross shoots. Flowering trees such as the double cherries. laburnums, double peaches, thorns and the varieties of pyrus should he thinned out. rusting back any long shoots after they have flowered. Shruns that flower on the wood produced in the summer—and these are mostly autumn flowering sorts should be cut back in winter or early spring. Those shrubs that flower on the wood produced during the previous season should be rut back during winter, or the flowering wood will be mostly cut away. The correct time to cut these plants back is as soon as the flowering is over. Tidiness in a garden is very creditable. but if should not extend tn rak- - - oyerv leaf from the shrubbery. The fallen leaves are the natural manure for the plants, and if they can be lightly dug in without injuring the that mav be found the best plan. Otherwise they should be covered with a light coating of soil sufficient Io prevent their being blown away. There is no better soil mulch for trees or shrubs than that of their own leaves if they can be prevented from being blown away.