Fulv. 1913. 



'7 I. 



THE GARDEiN AND FIELD. 



Editorial Notices. 



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Garden Notes. 



DAHLIAS. 



These have lon^ since finished 

 their harvest of beautv and conse- 

 quentlv are liable to be neglected. 

 In the mixed border the tubers are 

 frequently left in the gTround, 

 thoueli this leads to deterioration 

 and sometimes to the loss of the 

 plant. Where not already done 

 the tubers should be lifted, washed 

 or shaken free of soil and stored in 

 a Atv place. Do not leave the 

 labelling till another day, i-n the 

 case of named varieties, for that 

 dav often does not arrive or 

 comes too late to prevent a hope- 

 less mix lip. Do the marking at 

 once. 



DELPHMTS'TUMS. 



Delphiniums are also liable to be 

 forgxDtten at this time of the i year. 

 Mark their positions quite plainly 

 for thev verv much dislike having 

 their roots cut or disturbed. Now 



Roses ! Roses ! 



Roses! 



LASSCOCK'S 



Roses are the Best! 



They are Hardy, Well-Grown and True to 

 Name. 



The National Rose Society's Selection. 

 12 Best Garden Roses, 12/-; 12 Best Exhi- 

 tion Roses, 12/-; 12 Best Climbing Roses, 9/- 

 A strong stock of the new Dark Rose ED- 

 WARD MAWLEY, 1/6 e». Orders booked 

 now, and pent out from end of May. My 

 Nurseries are open for inspection. Quality 

 can be had at the Lockleys Nurseries, or at 

 my Branch, Port Adelaide, or Central Market 

 every Friday and Saturday. 



'Phone, Henley 34. 



or later the ground around them 

 will want to be enriched for they 

 are verv hungry subjects. Delorc 

 the wuug shoots appear put some 

 line but gritty Coal a.shes over the 

 crowns 'or i)rotect with z.ine rings, 

 otherwise the .slugs will have an 

 invitation to sui)per, which they 

 will not neglect. At- this time of 

 the vear they may be easily raised 

 from seed. Sow in boxes or open 

 seed beds, the former for prefer- 

 ence. In either ca.se they will 

 want the protection of a pane of 

 glass. If a frame is available to 

 much the better. Get the best 

 .seed you can and use clean open 

 friable soil for sowing on. 



CHRYSANTIIiuUUMS. ' 



Those who wish to grow fine 

 chrysanthemums should not let 

 this month pass, without prepar- 

 ing the beds in which their plants 

 will ultimately flower. This is an- 

 other of the heavy feeding brigade. 

 It is not an easy matter to make 

 the ground too rich. Though the 

 plants will not perhaps be placed 

 in these beds for many weej^s) they 

 will benefit by this early prepara- ♦ 

 ti'on. For the first digging turn 

 over the ground two spits deep, 

 mixing a liberal amount of stable 

 manure, which mav be quite raw, 

 with the lower spit and leaving 

 the surface quite rough. Between 

 this and planting out time dig 

 over the bed two or three times, 

 mixing another allowance of man- 

 ure, older this time, with the final 

 turn over. If artificial manure is 

 preferred use coarse bone dust 'at 

 the first digging and a fairlv thick 

 dusting of super and sulphate of 

 potash afterwards, three of the for- 

 mer to one of the latter. 



VERBENAS. 



Those who have been disappoint- 

 ed with the results of growing Ver- 

 benas from cuttings or slips 

 should adopt the very simple and 

 satisfactory method of raising 

 the plants from seed, which are 

 best sown quite thinly in pots or 

 square pans, which must be clean. 

 The best mixture of soils is that 

 composed of loam', leaf mould and 

 sand, and for seed sowing of this 

 kind equal parts of each should be 

 first mixed, and then passed 

 through a fine sieve to renrave the 

 rougher parts. The rough mate- 

 rial that does not pass the sieve 

 is of value for first covering the 

 crocks to keep the drainage clear. 

 Fill the pots with soil to within 

 half an inch of the rim, and make 

 firm and cjuite level before sowing. 

 Give a thorough watering, from a 

 fine rose can to settle the soil, and 

 an hour later sow the seeds thinlv 



and cover lightly with '^mor' -vjil. 

 Verbenas may bo had in -the iol- 

 lowing colours separately^ — VVhiti;, 

 blue, scarlet, jjurple, and otft^^jrs^ 

 The better wa}^ is to sow oJic pqt 

 or pan with one colour only. Whett^ 

 the seedlings are large enough to' 

 lake hold of with finger and thumb 

 they may be transplan-ted into 

 other pots or pans, and from these 

 to the ])eds for flowering. If. the 

 seed pans are covered with brown 

 pa])er little water will be recjuircd 

 and the paper must be removed 

 when the ."seedlings appear above 

 the soil. 



AvSTERS. 



It is exceedingly doubtful whe- 

 ther any other annual is so popu- 

 lar as the varieties of the so-call- 

 ed Aster that is known to the bo- 

 tanist as Callistephus, and there is 

 no disi)uting the fact that, when 

 weld grown, the many beautiful 

 varieties now on the market take 

 a lot of beating, considered either 

 from a garden or house decorative 

 point of view. As with every 

 other plant that we grow, good 

 cultivation must exist from the be- 

 ginning, and for the first batch of 

 plants a sowing mu.st soon be 

 made. This first sowing .should, be 

 made under glass, and where a 

 hot-bed exists this is the best place 

 to raise the seedlings. Secure* some 

 4-inch deep boxes, bore or burn 

 some holes in the bottom, and 

 cover these with pieces of broken 

 pots. The soil for sowing the 

 seeds in must be of a rather light 

 nature, one consisting of two parts 

 good loam, and one part sand 

 .suiting adrrtirably. Pass this 

 through a quarter-inch mesh sieve, 

 then place la layer of the rough 

 material over the crockis in the 

 bottom of the box and fill up with 

 the fine soil. This, when pressed 

 moderately firmly, should come to 

 within three-quarters of an inch 

 of the top of the box. All is now 

 ready for the reception of the seeds, 

 and these must be scattered thinly, 

 half an inch apart being none too 

 much. Cover with a quarter of 

 an inch layer of fine .soil, give a 

 light finishing with clean sand,, and 

 press just tight enough to fix it 

 with the bottom of a clean pot or 

 pan. Givt a good soaking through 

 a fine rosed can, cover each box 

 with a sheet of brown paper, and 

 stand in the greenhouse or hot-bed 

 frame. 



PETUNIAS. 



This month should see the sow- 

 ing of some at least of theWetunia 

 .seed for planting in the open bed 

 or border later on. There is hard- 

 ly another plant to be named in 

 preference to it, when all its 



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