14 NEW ZEALAND GARDENING. 



or water overhead from a rose every fine afternoon, and close 

 with plenty of sun heat ; the growths, in whatever stage, 

 should be kept regularly disposed, and never allowed 

 to get crowded or confused. 



Flower Garden. Fill vacancies as they occur with 

 annuals or bedding plants reserved for the purpose. All 

 newly-planted trees and shrubs should be freely watered. 

 All kinds of hardy annuals may be transplanted during 

 cloudy weather, and well watered in. Another sowing 

 may be made in the early part of this month of primula, 

 cineraria, and cyclamen in boxes or pans. Dahlias, and 

 similar tall growers, should be supported with strong stakes, 

 and their superfluous branches removed. The flower 

 borders must be carefully attended to, and all weeds de- 

 stroyed as soon as they appear. The oftener these borders 

 are hoed, the better they will look, and the plants will thrive 

 better. All decaying branches should be at once removed. 

 Clean and top-dress auriculas grown for show purposes in 

 pots, and give them shady, sheltered, but airy quarters. 

 Border auriculas, primulas, and polyanthus may be divided 

 and replanted in well-prepared, deep, rich soil. Increase 

 carnations, picotees, and pinks by cuttings, pipings, and 

 layers, and: choice double wallflowers by slips, or cuttings. 

 Roses will now require a good deal of attention. Wash 

 the bushes well with a vigorous syringing of soft water, 

 and occasionally, if fly appear, with quassia water (about 

 a Ib. of chips to four gallons of water), or with Gis- 

 hurst's compound, two ounces to the gallon of water. A 

 wine glass of McDougal's sheep dip, in six quarts of water, 

 is also a useful dressing. A good soaking of liquid manure 

 at the roots, and a mulch over after, if not objected to, will 

 be of much service in helping the swelling blooms and in- 

 vigorating the plants. Suckers should not be tolerated ; 

 trace them to their origin and cut clean away with a sharp 

 knife. Buds may now be put in if the bark rise freely. 

 Look over and ease after a week or ten days the bandages 

 of any which have taken. Put in cuttings of China roses. 

 Plant out stocks and asters (the latter particularly require a 

 deep, rich soil, if fine blooms are desired). Thin out all 

 .superfluous shoots of dahlias, when sufficiently advanced. 



