Round the Year in the Garden 



as Holly, Yew, Cupressus, Thuya and others need greater 

 care, and either April or September is the best month 

 in which to undertake their removal or to make a fresh 

 plantation. I was asked the other day what was the 

 matter with a hedge of Thuya that was planted last 

 year ; the plants showed no signs of making fresh growth, 

 and the leaves at the ends of the branches were turning 

 brown and the leading shoots were withering. It was 

 really little wonder, for the shrubs were put in the 

 ground in November, and they were then big plants* 

 some 5 feet high. Of choice evergreens small plants in- 

 variably thrive better than big ones ; those 2 to 3 feet 

 high are most suitable for transplanting. Presuming the 

 ground to have been deeply dug, the lower soil enriched 

 with manure, and the shrubs made quite firm, subsequent 

 care should be directed towards keeping both the roots 

 and the top growth moist. If, as often happens at this 

 season, the weather is hot and dry for a few weeks, the 

 shrubs are apt to fail unless syringed twice daily and 

 watered occasionally. A covering of manure on the soil 

 above the roots tends to keep the latter moist. Should 

 drying winds prevail, syringing becomes of even greater 

 importance, and it is often worth while to erect a 

 rough canvas screen for their protection until fresh 

 growth gives evidence of the trees having become 

 established. 



Watering in Spring. There will be many failures 

 in the garden during the summer unless the question 

 of watering receives attention now. Trees and plants 

 against walls and fences and in narrow borders at 

 the foot of them are almost certainly very dry at the 

 roots, and they can scarcely receive too much water at 

 the present time. Vigorous Roses and fruit trees especi- 

 ally should be looked to, or buds and small fruits may 

 fall off in alarming numbers. Rockery plants, and par- 

 ticularly those growing in moraines, need an abundance 

 of water at this their chief season of growth. It is, of 



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