Garden Notes. lOOo 



GARDEN NOTES. 



Itij ./. Cronin. 



Flower Garden. 



Many herbaceous, slu-ubby and bulbous })lants that l)]ooin during 

 the autumn months may be planted in November and December 

 inchiding Dahlias, Salvias, Delphiniums, Ghidioli, etc. 



If Chrysanthemums luive not yet been planted into tlieir flowering- 

 quarters such planting should be done at once. Plants from pots 

 may be safely put out any time during November; cloudy or showery 

 days being most suitable for the purpose. If the soil has been well 

 Avorked and manured, as previously advised in these notes, good 

 results may be reasonably expected. When specially fine blooms are 

 desired, from three to six shoots should be selected after the jilants 

 break into lateral growth, each shoot being staked, and all other 

 growths removed as they appear. 



Dahlias may be planted as late as mid-Ian nary when young 

 struck plants grown in pots are procurable. The best residts are 

 usually obtained in the metropolitan district from ])lanting about 

 New Year. In later districts, and where frosts are likely to occur 

 during April, they should be planted a fortnight earlier. Dry tul)ers 

 should be planted two or three weeks earlier than rooted plants from 

 j)ots. 



The Dahlia needs a free soil, liberally manured, the atlditioii of 

 charcoal, wood ashes, or rough litter being advisable if the soil is of 

 a heavy close nature. The Cactus type is greatly to l)e j)referred to 

 the old show varieties, and is becoming more popular each season, 

 owing to the many imjiroved varieties that ai*e being annually 

 distributed. 



Of Salvias, Bonfire is ])roba.b]y the best variety for mixed 

 groups or borders, or for planting in masses, being of dwarf habit 

 and producing iu summer and autumn abundance of bright scarlet 

 flowers. Bethelii, the flowers of which are rosy ])ink, tij)ped with 

 white, growing to a height of four feet, is another kind worthy of 

 general cultivation iu mixed borders. Salvia patens, a dwarf 

 growing herbaceous kind, is one of the finest blue flowering plants in 

 existence. 



Many of the recent hybrids of (Tladioli area decided improvement 

 on the older garden varieties, and are probably the finest summer 

 flowering bulbous plants. Childsii, Lemoinei, and the Butterfly 

 sections are particularly fine. A batch of bulbs may be planted now 

 for autumn blooming. The soil for Gladiolus should be deeply 

 worked and manured, well decayed stable manure being the bes^. 



