SEPTEMBER 1, 1906 
ROSES. 
The rose garden requires much atten- 
tion at the present time. 
and dwarfs should be mulched with well 
decayed manure, as this not only prolongs 
the season of flowering, but also increases 
the vigor of the plants. Where roses are 
grown for exhibition the leading shvots 
should be disbudded, which means that 
the strongest bud upon each shoot must 
be preserved and all others cut off, so that 
the whole strength of the plant may be 
directed to the development of those that 
remain. 
If aphis appear they should be destroyed 
before the buds commence to open or the 
petals will be disfigured. Soapy water 
sprayed over the trees occasionally will 
rid rose bushes of the fly. One ounce of 
soap dissolved in one gallon of water 1s 
quite strong enough. 
Ehiysanthemums 
should be propagated this month. If for 
pot culture they should be rooted in small 
pots, two cuttings to be put in each so 
that they may be separated at the proper 
time without disturbing the rvots. The 
best soil for rooting the cuttings in is 
made of rich garden soil and sand in 
equal parts. Another method of growing 
these in pots, where small cau:pact speci- 
mens densely covered with flowers are ° 
desired, is to put four to six cuttings in 
each 5inch pot, and when the time for 
removal arrives they can be put in larger 
sized pots without their roots disturbed. 
For the outdoor culture of chysanthe- 
mums the ground should now be pre- 
pared by manuring heavily and trenching 
tu a depth of 15 inches. This will ensure 
the most vigorous growth with the least 
necessity for water. By the adoption of 
this method first-class flowers with good 
culoring can be produced. A too liberal 
application of water afiects the colors of 
all varieties except the white ones. A 
firmer, more stocky growth of stem is 
secured in deeply manured ground, with 
_ a minimum of water, as the roots are thus 
secure from the effects of summer heat, 
and instead of the ungainly stems which 
much water produces, plants handsome in 
appearance and bearing flowera of the 
highest quality are secured. 
Annuals, 
Sow in beds of rich sandy soil a variety 
_ of tender annuals, including celosias, bal- 
sams, asters, amaranthus and zunias. The 
beds should be made up in a warm place, 
or at least sheltered from west and south 
' winds Hardy annuals may be planted. 
Sow in the open borders sweetpeas, lu- 
pins, convolvulus (majorand miner) and 
aunflowers. 
Both standards. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 5 
Sweet Pea, 
ORO) 
GARD 
A short time back we advised that 
sweet peas should be sown. As to their 
decorative qualities, it appears to us 
almost needless to have to once more re- 
mind our readers thereof. As to cut 
flowers they are greatly admired, and 
their attractiveness in this respect de- 
mands their culture in the highest degree 
by everyone possessing space large enough 
to accommodate them. Snould they have 
been grown when last we advised, they 
should ere now have attained a nice for- 
ward condition, and their flowering quali-- 
ties will also be beginning to show. 
Naturally this will not be so should 
the soil in which they have been sown be 
of a cold and bleak character. It is, at 
any rate, desirable that a fresh set of seed 
Le put in to thus effect the purpose of 
maintaining the succession of flowers. 
Undoubtedly the sweet pea is amongst the 
most lovely and’ sweet scented of our 
spring flowers, and we cannot urge too 
strongly upon our readers the desirability 
of its cultivation. Throughout the winter 
and spring months their flowers can be 
had in the best of perfection for a con- 
siderable period. : 
To be enabled to get the full benefit of 
the sweet pea, it is vecessary that they be 
well staked as soon as the tendrils begin 
to show on the plants. There are some 
dwarf varieties in cultivation, which will 
not require quite so tall stakes, aud the 
taller-growing varieties. 
In staking sweet peas it is desirable 
that the length of the stakes ought to be 
as nigh as possible as the height to which 
the plants will grow If too long stakes 
be put in they become unsightly in the 
flower garden, and if too short the benefit 
-of a number of the best of the flowers 
will be lost owing t» the top of the plants 
douoling over by reason of a want of the 
requisite support. 
Bulbs. 
Many varieties of bulbous plants are 
now in their spring glory, and they will 
appear to better advantage if supported 
with neat stakes. Although these flowers, 
which include daffodils in large variety, 
the snowflake, hyacinths, ixias, and that 
exceedingly sweet and useful flower, the 
freezia, are so charming when carefully 
tended, nothing in a garden is more re- 
pulsive than to see them unsupported and 
trailing upon the ground. 
Plant bulbs of gladioli for summer 
flowering, also Japanese lilies and tuber- 
roses. Liliums require deep rich soils and 
prefer shady spots. The bulbs should be 
planted at least 8 inches deep or the heat 
will injure them. ; 
The farmer of to-day must learn to 
think, or he is lost, and nothing is more 
conducive to exact thinking than scien- 
tific experiment. 
Rhodanthe Manglesi. 
This useful annual,a native of West 
Australia, makes a charming pot plant, 
and when well grown and laden with its 
satiny pink blossoms, few things are more 
useful for placing in vases in rooms, or 
for the decoration of side stages in a 
greexhouse or conservatory. It is easily 
raised from seed, which may be sown now, 
and the best way to grow it is to sow in 
pans of light sandy soil and place some- 
where in the warm till the seeds germin- 
ave, when the pans should be at once 
removed to a light and cool position. 
When the seedlings are large enough to 
handle, they should be carefully trans- 
planted, about six in a 4} inch pot and 
eight in a 6 inch. 
THE Compost 
used should be light and rich, and may 
consist of three parts loam, one part leaf 
mould, one part of old mushroom bed 
manure, and one part sand. Careful 
watering is advisable in the early stages 
of growth, but as the plants advance more 
liberal supplies will be requisite, Rho- 
danthes require neatly staking before 
they come into flower, and in very hot 
weather shading should be given them 
during the hottest part of the day. A 
point in their favor is that they are not 
troubled with insect pests, and therefore 
are particularly adapted for amateurs, 
and those who have not much glass accom- 
modation. 
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