A Monthly Journal of Floriculture and Horticulture, for Professional, Practical, and Amateur Gardeners. 
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Answers to Correspondents 
“Mrs. Parkhouse.””—The name of your 
lovely ‘‘moonlight creeper” is Ipomea 
grandiflora alba. We are glad to know that 
it does so well near the seabeach. It is a 
charming creeper. ety 
“J. Christopher,” Broken 
clana regia. — 
‘““Miss Stone,” Finniss Street, N.A.— 
Ipomea Horsfalliae, one of the prettiest 
creepers for foliage, and the flowers of an 
unusual color. 
‘‘Rose,’—Yes. Roses can be trans- 
planted this month, and cuttings put in. 
“Cottager.”Keep your cinnerarias in 
the pots till the plants cover them and then 
transplant, spacing out about’a foot. 
‘‘Bulb.”—Tulips should be set out.in a 
shady spot, with fairly rich soil. 
‘« Kdging.’—Renew and 
edgings this month. 
bordering is very satisfactory. It will bloom 
from January to December. 
“Mrs. Giddons.”—Nothing nicer. Every- 
body likes Sweet Peas, and it is strange 
that more gardeners do not take a little 
trouble to set them up in designs. 
‘‘Pruning.”—The general principle ob- 
served as to when to prune is after the plant 
has finished flowering. ; 
reform the 
The Flower Garde 
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OPERATIONS FOR MAY. 
The extraordinary summer has given way 
to autumn, with its lovely tints of gold and 
copper. Now the cottayer should be as 
busy as a bee with his little front garden 
and also the back area. Digging, trench- 
ing, remodelling, hoeing,’ raking, and 
mavuring makes plenty of work this month. 
The dying glories of the summer blooms 
haye now to be removed and- the litter 
stowod away in the manure pit to make leaf 
mould, and if every. barrow load of stuff is 
‘ec vered with scrapings the stuff to be 
taken out luter on will do well for top 
Hill.-—Poin- 
Sweet Alyssum as 
dressing. The exhausted stuff from annuals 
and biennials and deciduous trees is thus 
returned again to enrich the exhausted soil. 
The manure pit is a great institution in any 
garden. Put down in some odd corner it is 
made the repository for all refuse, and 
- having a place to put stuff away conve- 
niently is always an inducement to keep the 
garden clean. Weeds are a great specialty 
at this time of year, and we are dealing 
with them in an article to themselves. 
Dahlias and Cannas have exhausted their 
beauties and may be cut down a little later 
on to facilitate removal, after which the 
ground should be turned up and left for a 
while. Deciduous trees and shrubs may be 
planted out this month, and care should be 
exercised in setting them in places where 
they may be allowed free growth without 
hiding those of humbler aspirations, but of 
brighter bloom. It is a common experience 
for gardeners to look at some favorite shrub 
and every time wish it had been put in 
somewhere else. A little forethought will 
prevent this provocation. The variezated 
evergreens give a good tint of coloring to 
the garden during the dull wiater months, 
such as the golden leaved Oleanders, 
Abutillons, Eleagnus, Coprosma, Euony- 
mous, Pittosporum, Deeringia, and for 
deciduous trees the Maples (English and 
Japanese), Pyrus, Berberis, Prunus pis- 
sardi, and the Rhuses. ‘The Maples, how- 
ever, will only do in the higher altitudes. 
We should soon see the bulbs putting up 
their heads, and all the Narcissus tribe will 
be creating the annual excitement amongst 
bulb lovers. Anemones, Ranuncuali, Iris, 
Liliums, Gladioli, Ixias, Snowflakes, Lache- 
nallias,, Watsonias, Tulips, Babianas, 
Amaryllids all gather to make a list quite 
equal to the summer annuals. Although 
they will be now putting up their first 
leaves after an early planting, the bulbs 
may still be put in for later flowering. 
- Perennial Phlox may be divided. We do 
not think we have seen Phlox tu better ad- 
vantage than this season.. The Adelaide 
Botanic Gardens show was, and is now, - 
simply lovely in Phlox. 
