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lio mixed witli (he soil ; hut it 

 slioiiUl not he put in the bottom 

 dl the hole in a lumi), as it often 

 The trve or plant must not he 

 I'lauted any deeper than it has 

 heen <;ro\vin<i- ; line soil should be 

 worked in amon»st the roots, no 

 : elods useii, ; a good water- 

 ; 111 a}- he necessary, and mulch- 

 ing would do jjood. ' After atten- 

 tion in waterint; in drv weather 

 will he necessary if success is re- 

 ipiired. 



— Isabels. — 



I'he man who takes a pride in 

 his g-arden should alwavs know the 

 names of the varieties he qulti- 

 \.ites, and this not only for his 

 own sake but for the pleasure and 

 benefit he may impart to his 

 friends, who, on inspecting- his gar- 

 den, are almost sure to ask the 

 name of the better or more strik- 

 ing- kinds. The value oi plants 

 appears to be enhanced when their 

 names are known, whether roses 

 or any other class of flower or 

 tree. The nurseryman always la- 

 bels his plants, usually with stout 

 paper or cardboard. Very often 

 these labels are allowed to remain 

 on until they become so defaced 

 that the reading is obliterated. It 

 is hetter to remove the label when 

 the plant is first planted, and have 

 some kind of permanent label 

 placed in the ground in front of 

 tile plant. A large staring label in 

 a private gardpn is offensive ; it 

 may be necessary in the nursery- 

 man's for convenience sake. Some 

 growers make a point oi not 

 labelling their plants, but instead., 

 they register in a book the names 

 of their plants, indicating their po- 

 sitions ; this may be done when 

 the plants are in lines, or when 

 there are only a few of them ; but 

 the method is not to be recom- 

 mended. Labels are made of wood, 

 zinc, and sometimes of copper and 

 porcelain. The wooden ones are 

 easily made at home, and may be 

 bought, cheaply. To prevent early 

 rotting the part to be inserted in 



the ground should, he dijjped in 

 creosote, iUid if a dash of varnish 

 be jilaced on the upper jnirt after 

 the front has heen painted white 

 and the name written on it, the 

 label will last a considerable time, 

 r.inc labels may he written on with 

 indelible ink. The lettering should 

 he clear and distinct, and of course 

 should l)e correctly spelt. 



— The Scented Geranium. — 

 It seems a pity that this old- 

 fashioned plant is not more often 

 met with than it is nowadays. 

 The commoner kinds of this Ger- 

 anium are of the easiest culture. 

 Not only are they valuable for 

 their delicious fragrance at all 

 seasons of the year, but they are 

 also very useful at all times for 

 mixing with cut flowers, the foli- 

 age of some being so light and 

 feathery as to rival Ferns. The 

 scented-leaved Geranium has ex- 

 tremely pretty blossoms of vari- 

 ious colours and markings, and the 

 scent of the leaves is also very 

 varied, the sweetest being the 

 citriodorum section. There are 

 scores of varieties listed in Eng- 

 lish catalogues. 



— Rudbeckia, Golden Glow. — 

 Transplanting may be done just 

 as the plant is about to recom- 

 mence growth. It can be done 

 again with equal success after 

 flowering has fini.shed. In autumn 

 the flower stems should, of course, 

 be cut down, leaving nothing but 

 the leaves springing from the root. 

 The best (pieces, that is, the young- 

 est, should be selected for making 

 a fresh clump or plantation. This 

 transplanting and , breaking up of 

 the plant is highly beneficial, as it 

 gives fresh encouragement to 

 growth, and plants that are so 

 treated, always llowe'r better 

 and continue showy for a longer 

 period of time. The Conellowers 

 are so named on account of the 

 elevated disc which, in some 

 species, projects like the point of a 

 finger. In this one it is merely 



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convex or rounded and of a rich 

 brown or nearly black that con- 

 trasts heaulifullv with the golden- 

 vellow r.i\s. Frojiagation may 

 also be ellected by cu'ttings and 

 .seeds, hut liy diviuding the ])lant, 

 sullicient can lie olitained for the 

 requirements of any garden in a 

 .short time. 



— Single and Double Flowered 

 Stock. — 



It is not po.ssihle to pick out 

 single-llowered from diouble-llower- 

 ed Stocks whilst in a small state 

 of growth. Nothing indicative of 

 the character of the flowers each 

 plant will produce is to be seen 

 until the llower buds are formed. 

 Then when sufficiently developed 

 single-flowered buds are narrow 

 and pointed, whilst double-flowered 

 buds are broad and rounded. ]\Iain' 

 years ago a theory was propound- 

 ed that all plants haying straight 

 or tap roots produced single flow- 

 ers, and those plants having forked 

 roots produced double ones. That 

 was, however, a false assumption. 

 The proportion of double flowers 

 found in any race of Stocks de- 

 pends on the strain, and we be- 

 lieve somewhat cramped root 

 growth in pots or poorish soil is 

 more productive of double flowers 

 than is free-rooting generous 

 growth. Sometimes under the 

 latter form of culture double 

 strains become single entirely. 



—To make Oval and other Beds.— 



Oval beds can be marked out 

 by driving in two stakes in line 

 with each other, the length of the 

 oval required governing the dis- 

 tance apart. A long piece of 

 string that will go right round 

 the two sticks, and a bit over, 

 the amount over depending on the 

 width of the oval, should be joined 

 at the ends. Fass the string over 

 the stakes, slip a marking stick in- 

 side the string. Full tight and 

 walk round, keeping the rod hard 

 against the string, at the same 

 time marking the ground. A pretty 

 bed in the trefoil, which is made 

 by placing three stakes at equal 

 distances apart, say 4 ^e't- two- 

 foot piece of string should be used 

 as for making a circle. By treat- 

 ing all three stakes similarly, one 

 gets three circles overlapping , each 

 other. The outer lines give the 

 shape required. The crescent 'is 

 very simple. Drive in two stakes, 

 say" ^ft. apart. Use the string as 

 for making circles. The result 

 wiU be that the points meet before 

 the circle is completed. A little 

 experimenting will soon give one an 

 idea as to the length of the string 



