ii;isii (;ai;])I:ni.n('. 



U'tttT for l>«'iny strawy . tlic unsinlitl\ »«tTict 

 run Ih» hiihliii hy s«»iiu» s«»il thrown over it. If 

 any of tlu- .-l-.ools l»av»« any niiUlcw. all the 

 taintt'il iH)rti«»iis shoiiM In- rut awa\ aiul Ininit. 

 NoMf «»f tlu' oltl ImuIs. now rott«-n. shoiiKI Im- 

 allowi'tl to iiMnain. as tlu'y olTcr a liarlK)Uia(.'r 

 for |»»«sts and 

 fungoid (li> 

 east's. Ap oi'ca 

 sional sprayiijL: 

 tliiriiiu tliisiwixl 



Mr X f MJon t ll 



will Ih- v,tn 

 U'liflicial. it 

 th" «lay I- 

 wanner thati 

 usual, it will 

 Ih- nion- cnica 

 (ions if th- 

 inixtun' ha- 

 the chill taken 

 otr hy liot 

 water. In thi- 

 ease the work 

 slionl.i he.lune 

 ahont nii(l-(hi\ . 

 An excellent 

 wasli can he 

 made from 

 Calvert's eai 

 holie soft soa]i 

 Boil }, Ih. in 

 ahout threi 

 (|naris(if watei 

 when cold di 

 lute at rate cf 

 one to six, and 

 it can l)e used 

 freelv. 



■.T..\ F (; 



Pernettya 



mucronata 

 The Ponietty;'. 

 is deserving of 

 extended cnlti- 

 vatioii. for its 

 richly-coloured 

 fruits are amont/st the most attractive (.f all 

 hardy shrul»s. An erieaceous evergreen, tlic 

 Pernettyas. in common with the Heath family. 

 dislike lime in the soil. A peaty mixture 

 or sandy loam, in which leaf-mould is 

 freely incorporated, is suitable. In hahit 

 the plants are very spreading, and may he 

 from 2 to 4 feet, occasionally more, in Ixeiglit. 

 Spreading by means of suckers, a bed of 

 Peniettyas in a few vears liecomes a dense 



mass of growth>. I'lojiaijai ion i^ by seeds 

 cuttings, or di\ision of the clumps. Seeds 

 ]iio\ide a ready nu-ans of iiu-n-ase. and is re- 

 commended in raising new varieties, luit when 



doiring to perpetuati 

 fniitiiiL' lMt>-h, cuttinL- 



particularly good 

 division must be 

 |iractised. A 

 case in point 

 iiccinred heic 

 r.-c.-nl ly. a 

 batch of jdants 

 rai.sed from a 

 selected whiter- 

 fruited bush 

 (s|)ra\ i 1 1 u s - 

 :,al'.-d) pro- 

 duced fruits if 

 a I I colours, 

 \( ly few re- 

 <cnd)ling the 

 parent . 



The white 

 heat h - like 

 llowcfs are |»lu- 

 duced freelv 

 during May, 

 l(. Mowed in 

 a u t u ni n hy 

 I ich.ly coloured 

 Iriiits varying 

 from a glisten- 

 ing waxy white 

 to a I m ost 

 I. lack, and in- 

 .hidin- ..ink. 



lilac purple, 

 and (riinsou. 



In addition 

 to varying in 

 .(.lour" 1 here 

 is coiisideial)l(^ 

 difTerence in 

 the size ( f tlie 

 tVnits. tliese 

 being fiom 

 ;\ to •,' inch in 

 diameter. The 

 Pernettyas are 

 one of the few l)en\- - bearing shnd)s to 

 wliicli birds do not seem jiartial. It is in- 

 teresting to record tliat one of the first 

 growers to select and improve the fruits of the 

 T'ernettya was an Irisli nurseryman — Mr. 

 T. Davis — in the early eighties of the last 

 century. 



Peniettya muci-onata wa.s first introduced in 

 1828. and is a South American shrub native of 

 the Straits of Magellan. 



Ml-( IIONATA 



te berries. 



