kjoptwmber, 1913 



THK OAHDEN AND FIELD. 



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Daffodiis. 



I wandered lonely as a cloud 

 That floats on hig;-!! o'er vales and 

 hills, 



^^Tien all at once I saw a crowd, 

 A host of TOlden Dafforlils ■ 

 Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 

 Fhitterinpr and dancing in the 

 breeze. 



Continuous as the stars that shine 

 And twinkle in the Milkv War, 

 Thev stretched in never-eflding line 

 .\long- the margin of a bay ; 

 Ten thousand saw I at a galance 

 Tossing their heads in sprightly 

 dance. 



The waves beside them danced, but 

 they 



Outdid the sparkling waves in 

 glee ; 



A poet could not but be gav 

 In such a jocimd company ; 

 I gazed and gazed, but little 

 thoucrht 



UTiat wealth the show to me had 

 brought. 



For oft when on my couch I lie, 

 In vacant or in pensive mood, 

 The\' flash upon that inward eve 

 ^^'hich is the bliss of solitude ; 

 And then mv heart with pleasure 

 fills, 



-\nd dances with the Daffodils. 



Wordsworth. 



.>I)lemI)er once again. 

 The most pleasant month of the 



Dame Nature is donning her 

 daintiest attire. 



This is a time of fulfilment and 

 of promise, let us enpy it to the 

 uttermost. 



It is a time to be busv, too, 

 straightening up here and tidving 

 up there. 



Time lost in the earlv spring 

 time is hard to regain, however 

 hard one tries, so don't get be- 

 hind. 



There are annuals to be sown, 

 roses to be planted, shrubs and 

 climibers to be set out, bulbs to 

 be tended, lawns to be top-dressed, 

 beds to be weeded, paths to be 

 made, peas to be staked, hedges to 

 be clipped, shrubs to be pruned, 

 plants to be fed and flowers tio be 

 picked. It is certaint}- time to get 

 busv and to keep busy. 



vSpring or early summer is the 

 time when we do our sowing and 

 preparation for the best and 

 brightest of our flower displays. 

 All the hardy friends, such as 

 phlox, sunflower, marit^olds, zin- 

 nias, dahlias, amaranthus, salpi- 

 glossis, asters, arctotis, balsams, 

 cockscombs, dianthus, hunnemania, 

 and a host of other beatitiful 

 things come into service, to see 

 us through the longest and hottest 

 time of the vear. 



Do not delay in g'etting sowings 

 of the summer flowering annuals. 

 Boxes about four inches deep are 

 just the thing, kerosene boxes or 

 tins cut in half lengthways are ex- 

 cellent, easy to handle and of Httle 

 cost. The joins at the bottom 

 should be fairlv open for drainage. 

 An inch of old manure at the bot- 

 tom, some light sandv soil for 

 filling and there vou are. 



Keep the surface of the rose bed 

 well stirred, not with the fork, 

 certainly not with the spade, for 



the rose strongly objects to root 

 niutilation or even disturbance. 

 The hoc is what is wanted and it 

 is just as well to remember that 

 it is wanted prett\- often, once a 

 week at least. 



It is not any use trying to 

 hearten up a recently planted tree, 

 shrub, climber, or in fact any plant 

 whatsoever, viMh id manure, 

 even if it does look very much off 

 colour. Quite possibly is is hav- 

 ing rather a bad time but if it 

 was properly planted and! is not 

 allowed to 'sway about in every 

 breeze, it will pull through all 

 right. Anyway, manure won't 

 help it. 



Established roses will be all the 

 better for a weekly dose of thin 

 manure water. Many people make 

 a rule of beginning this as soon as 

 the new growth begins to make 

 headway, slio-htly increasing in 

 strength till the first buds appear 

 when it is given twice a week but 

 always and only after rain or 

 watering. 



Even the best pruned roses will 

 be all the better for a thinning of 

 the new growth. In doing this 

 keep in mind the shape of the plant 

 and the preservation of the 

 strongest growths. Shoots which 

 will cross each other or which will 

 crowd the centre should be the 

 first to go. 



Roses have many human friends, 

 also, unfortunately, many insect 

 enemies. Aphis are one of tine first 

 and one of the most persistent. 

 Thev come in countless thousands 

 and many a promising rose bed 

 has been converted into a sort of 

 dismal cemetery of beautiful blooms 

 which might have been. There are 

 a few things aphis don't like and 

 kero.sene emulsion is one of them. 



Briars may still be set for bud- 

 ding. Selected shoots should, be 

 firm, riT>e, straio-ht, and of course 

 of the required leni^th. Th^v ^hould 

 be planted six or seven inches 

 deep. 



When planting, out Penstemons, 

 Delphiniums and Perennial Phlox, 



