FERTILIZER FOR ROSE BEDS 

 Q — I am anxious to know the proper proportion of old manure 

 and loam for making some new rose beds. 

 A — Three barrowfuls of loam and one barrowful of old 

 manure makes an excellent blend, and let me sugge^ that you 

 have your new rose beds made this Autumn if possible. 



BUDDLEIAS AND JAPANESE ANEMONES 

 Q — I have a huge planting of buddleia and pink Japanese 

 anemones and have followed in every detail your description 

 of planting in the Spring JOURNAL and it was, and is ^ill a 

 wonderful planting. Will you kindly tell me how I shall have 

 the buddleias and anemones protecfted, as I'd feel dreadfully 

 if they should get Winter-killed. My garden is in New Hamp- 

 shire, where the Winters are often cruelly de^rucftive to nearly 

 all plantings that are not given special care in protedtion. 

 A — The Winter protecTtion of buddleias and Japanese 

 anemones is included in the Autumn number of OUR 

 Garden journal in your climate several more inches of 

 soil could be heaped and packed over your buddleias as well 

 as extra protecflion for your Japanese anemones. Apply the 

 protecftion only after the ground is frozen. The anemones 

 are rather tender, perhaps as an additional precaution hay 

 could be lightly piled over the fir^ anemone protecftion. 



LIMING 



Q — La^ Autumn you advised a heavy liming for all my rose 

 beds and ramblers. They certainly were improved and far more 

 abundant this Summer and the foliage healthier in appearance. 

 Shall I have them limed again this Autumn? 

 A — Yes, the liming should be done every Autumn. 



LAWN FEEDING 

 Q — I am asking you if you will advise me relative to my lawn, 

 the growth of grass has been very poor, but there has been 

 plenty of moss and weeds. 



A — I assume your lawn needs feeding. This summer give it a 

 dressing of four ounces of slaked lime to the square yard, then 

 about the middle of April and again the middle of May give it 

 a dressing of two ounces of nitrate of soda. 



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