MARCH 



Sowing and Planting 



AS spring progresses, so does the garden increase in 

 interest and the procession of the flowers gather 

 volume. On every hand there are signs of fresh life; 

 buds burst to leaf and blossom, fresh colour patches are 

 added to the garden carpet, bare soil is hidden beneath 

 unfolding greenery the faint-hearted gardener feels that 

 summer is on the way. Happy is he who, under the 

 shelter of a greenhouse or frame, sowed seeds early in the 

 year, for by now he has a collection of seedlings that 

 gain daily in strength, while freshly sown seeds are 

 forming their first leaves. Those not so happily cir- 

 cumstanced should commence seed-sowing in earnest 

 out of doors as soon as the surface is sufficiently dry to 

 be broken to a fine tilth. The planting of Roses and all 

 other shrubs (except choice evergreens), fruit trees, 

 climbers and bushes must be completed this month or 

 very early in April if they are to give satisfaction the 

 first season, though they will not be comparable with 

 those put in the ground at the proper time five or six 

 months ago. 



Among the Hardy Flowers 



Pruning Roses. The pruning of Roses is a question 

 of absorbing interest at this season of the year; like 

 many other gardening tasks it is really simple, though, 

 apparently, not at all well understood by amateurs. 

 While it is true that a good Rose bush may be marred 

 by incorrect pruning, it does not follow that a poor one 

 can be transformed by correct pruning, for so many 



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