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THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



it is a ^ood thin|!; to reincuilKi; 

 the old adajje. " The fatter the 

 land the fuller the flower," and to 

 be lilxral with the manure. There 

 is another thinjj to remember, and 

 that is— don't put them too far 

 from a tap. Carr\in<r all the 

 water this trio will stand would 

 be rather too much joy. 



Hedjres and lawns are both apt 

 to go short when the manure bar- 

 row is on its rounds, yet the for- 

 mer usually has the worst posi- 

 tion in the garden and the latter 

 certainly gets the most usage. 

 Trv a pound of super or bone dust 

 to each ten feet of established 

 hedge and each ten feet square of 

 lawn. 



Slake a nur.sery bed in some fair- 

 ly sunny corner, in which you can 

 grow on the seedlings for a few 

 weeks. It sayes trouble in the 

 long run and once having tried it 

 you will not be anxious to go 

 back to putting them straight out 

 into the garden, especial Uv if they 

 are to go into a mixed booder. 



The soil for a nursery bed should 

 be a little richer than for the seed 

 boxes but only made so with yery 

 old rotten manure. Some sand 

 and leaf mould will be helpful in 

 o-ettiuL"" the texture pnd condition 

 wanted, which is that wh^n f^'-" 

 moist the soil will not fall away 

 when the plants are lifted or, on 

 the other hand, be the lea'st .sticky. 



Lawms will want a little help if 

 they are to be at their best dur- 

 ing the coming summer. First a 

 c4ose cutting with mower or scythe 

 may be necessary, than a scant 

 inch of sandy compost if yo i have 

 it, this to be well brushed in. K 

 the compost is not available use 

 one-third old manure to two-thirds 



Roses ! Roses ! 



Roses I 



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They are Hardy, Well-Grown and True to 

 Name. 



The National Rose Society's Selection. 

 12 Bust Garden Ropes, 12/-; 12 Best Exlii- 

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 Nurseries arn open for inB|wctiori. Quality 

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 my Branch, Por» Adelaide, or Central MarUet 

 every Frid.iy and Satunlay. 

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good garden soil, adding a live 

 inch pot of super to each barrow 

 load. 



Trim the edges of lawns and use 

 a line and sharp spade to do it 

 with. There is nothing gives such 

 a finish to a grass • plot as well 

 defined true miargins. Where the 

 edging is of tile or jarrah ri'm the 

 clippers round. Keep the weeds 

 down, renew worn patches, build 

 up any depressions and keep the 

 roller going after every soaking 

 rain. 



Keep the pansy bed in good 

 heart by stirring the surface, and 

 a weekly watering . with ssome 

 weak manure water. They seem 

 specially to like soot as a stimu- 

 lant, a queer taste, perhaps, but 

 one which it is quite easy to 

 satisfy. .\ thin dusting all over 

 the bed now and then is a good 

 way of doing so. 



Anyone who has kept over a 

 few Salvia plants throi'igh the 

 winter, may easily work up a fair 

 stock of plants by taking cuttinQ,s 

 of the .shoots an inch or two long. 

 Use a very sandy soil kept moist 

 for striking' them, they will be 

 more certain on bottom lueat or 

 under glass. They should be ready 

 for putting out in a month or five 

 weeks. 



For northern dry country some 

 of the saltbushes make rather fine 

 hedges. When growing they shorild 

 be kept cut back so as to build a 

 good foundation right from the bot- 

 tom. \\Tiere water is a scarce 

 commodity there is a lot to be 

 said for the saltbush for this pur- 

 l^ose. Seed or cuttings can be 

 put in now. 



Canterbury Bells are one of the 

 old fashioned flowers which .should 

 have more friends than they ap- 

 pear to possess. They are not 

 for dry and expo.<?ed positions 

 where the soil is thin and rather 

 poor but under cooler, moister con- 

 ditions their delicate colouring, 

 l)rofuse flowering and graceful 

 growth make them worth a place 

 in any garden. 



Acjuilegias which have occupied 

 the same position for some time 

 will be grateful for a little assist- 

 ance towards perfecting their crop 

 of bloom. lAciuid manure once 

 a week, freqiMent surface stirring 

 (not too clo.se to the roots) will 

 help and, like the pansics, they re- 

 pay a ton dressing of compost with 

 l)lenty of leaf mould and a dpisting 

 f)f soot. 



Balsams are not i)articularly 

 popular but they are nevertheless 



very beautiful with a wide range 

 of very delicate colouring. Give 

 them a rich bed in a not too sunny 

 position with lashings of water 

 and you won't regret it. Sow 

 the seed singly ten inches apart 

 where thev are to grow and keep 

 them on the move right from the 

 beginning. 



There is one very good way of 

 preventing weeds from growng big 

 and tall and that is to pull them 

 up when they are little. It's cjuite 

 a sure cure. Considering the very 

 large number of invited iguests one 

 wants to provide for in the garden 

 it is poor policy to have any unin- 

 vited ones making free with the 

 food and water. 



Don't leave the getting of that 

 Dacket of sunflower seed too late. 

 There may not be room for many 

 of the big fellows in the front 

 garden b|Mt a few at the far end 

 of the yard will make a pretty 

 background and screen. The min- 

 atures will be at home anvwhere. 

 They are real cut and come- 

 againers. 



This is the time for putting in 

 evergreen shrubs and climbers, also 

 native plants generally. There are 

 some beautiful but little known 

 srarden beauties amongst the 

 Hakeas, Eriostemons, etc. Natur- 

 ally they are just as easily or more 

 easily grown than many of the 

 more popidar introduced plants. 



The variety of Scabiosa, known 

 as The Bride, is a ?reat improve- 

 ment on the old form. It's pure 

 white flowers are much larger and 

 are borne on lone wiry stems, 

 this with its lasting qualities: 

 make it very useful for all sorts of 

 bouquets, wreaths, and house de- 

 coration. 



Celosia (feathered cockscombs) 

 arc ddis'htful thin'rs for bif^ areas. 

 The plants will grow nearly two 

 feet hiffh. Thomps-ni yarieties 

 ru^ from' very lisrht ytdlow to deep 

 orange, and from lieht purply 

 crimson to dark, nurnly reds. 

 Seed orows e<isily, and plants stand 

 shiftinir. Celosia will last right 

 through to the autumn. 



Cyclamen are very easily grown. 

 The work is rather slow, but the 

 game is worth the trouble. Sown 

 in .shallow, well-rlrain-d seed lioxes, 

 placino- each seed so as to give it 

 an inch of free room. When the 

 first leaves anpear. trv and re- 

 member there is a tiny bulb under- 

 yneath that will need careful treat- 

 ment. 



