GARDEN NOTES

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 528, 23 February 1917, Page 1

GARDEN NOTES

i FOR FEBRUARY , ! f i (From Res wick’s Victoria Nurs#r>, | i Waimate). I 1 \ KG Ki'AliLlij L» All DJauN , j * Culory UiUi -is planted uul bhunlJ ! 'be kepi well watered*, tuul if pued ! ■ .specimens ate i"e.q_uired, liquid man- i ' ure should he given one© per wee a. Celery may he planted out, this jnontli lor hue gathering. J'liJiU 1 broecoli and c;ibL§ge lor winter ami 'early spring. Prepare ground tor outdoor cucumbers watered in lue Hie ground all winter, 'iveep the sowing cauliflower .seed about tho end of tire mouth. THese will \ transplant oul JgJii.er. and remain in j evenings. Never let the soil Wco.me dryi, nor yet too wof. Tho.-m wanting late pe'gis may sow at once any of the early ; va.rie.ties’, and if (he season is a, U.air crop may he gathered. About the end of the month sow Jeltcuce lor spring use Tire advice,- previous I v given for lomat©os should be {U-. tended to, '.Slop- all new growtJt after four sprays of L-urt (Jifiive formed and keep, all growth pinched out. Unions that have matured should he taken Rpi and sundried, Keep thinning out carrots, tumip'.A and beet. Vegetable marrows and pumpouts require stopping; that is,- pinching, out the ends ol: lateral growth latter the fruit has formed, leaving two leaves after tho fruit before slopping-. Those plants require plenty of water. , • FLOWER GARDEN. Remove decayed blooms Horn all {lowering plants. Ry - Ibis means they are @(!1 klepit in be liter vigour, and more flowers litre obtained. DahJi®s will require tying and some of the stems will require tli inning, out. To gel good blooms, chrysanthemums require to be stakied and thinned out(; keep* them growing from this put. It show blooms are required as specimens, one of these blooms -is suilFcient for each plant OgFnations may now be Ijgjyened, .tor they may be increased by cutting. Bulbs, such as anemones, tulips, hyacinths, spaistatias, and should be taken up and stored in a cool dry place. ihajrumciiii are better stored in dry satul. Frcosias for early flowering, should now be •planted more of Hies© lovely sweet scented flowers should be grown; a position sheltered lro>in Riei northV west winds-is the hosT place for these bulbs. Whore kite choioQ daffodils have been undisturbed for a number of years,, they should be taken up; sun-dried te and re-plguß ed in fresh soil singly. If left over four years in one place they, ' begin to deteriorate. Gladioli !are coming into flower ,aud should !be neat ly staked lajud koipt well , watered and fod hvith liquid manure. In suitable weather cut tings I of shrubs may be tgjlcen. j Remove all suckers ITo'm roses ■ House plants should have Mieir ' roots kdpt cool. Pot .plants 'placed in >a sunny, window Ht thiy ’ tJme of tho year are liable Co be Willed by. their roots burned with the heat of the sun grains t the sides of the pdfs; and no J! mount of watering will prevent the scorching :bf the roots if the Dots are exposed to tho sun's rays. . (Keep the lawns cut twice a week. This prevents the (grass ’from - Incoming tufty. A good lawn should be rolled ieguEarly. for tire same reason.. .WgSJer often, Abut qvenly; or the fawn will become p'Atchy. - ' .