April 1, 1908 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
Insure against Serious Loss 
Through a Breakdown. 
‘Everybody who uses 'ools or Machinery has something broken occasionally. 
The 
Farmer in the midst of his harve-t loses a part of his crop because he has to wait for 
repairs; the Manufacturer loses hundleds of pounds whilst his wachinery lies idle, for a 
part that costs only a few shi'linus to repair. WELDARINE Is QUITE EASY 'TO 
EVERY SEL Is COMPLEIE 
USE. 
BEFORE WFLDING, 
Large Set, 25/-; by post, 26/6. 
15/-; by post. 16/6. 
every Set. 
Weldarine 
Small Set, 
Full instructions with 
Weld Cast 
ron. 
is 
Guaran- 
teed to 
AFTER WELDINGs 
nes 
Weldarine Agency — 
JOHN REID & SONS, LIMITED, 
Gresham Street, Adelaide. 
beautiful. ‘They will continue in bloom 
in most parts of the State for the greater 
part of the year. The Hybrid perpetuals 
flower chiefly in the spring and again to 
some extent in the autumn. The flowers 
are brilliant, large, and good, and, as a 
rule, wuch darker flowers can be obtained 
amongst them than amongst the ters, A~ 
list of some of the best of the various 
classes will be given to enable any one to 
give an order to a nurseryman. They will 
cost from about Is. 6d. to 2s. each. Of 
tea and. hybrid-ieas some of the best and 
most useful are:—Comtesse de la Bathe, 
Countess of Pemhroke, Climbing Devoni- 
ensis (a very strong grower), Etoile de 
DOUCLE CORNFLOWER, 
Lyon, Grace Darling, Hon. Edith Gifford, 
La France, Lord Tarquin, Madame de 
Watteville, Madame Camille, Madame 
Hippolyte Jamain (ons of the best), 
Madame Berard, Marie von Houtte (per- 
haps the best for general purposes), 
Climbing Niphetos (a beautiful white), 
Souvenir @Elsie Vardon, Saffrano ‘an 
old but useful variety), The Bride (an. 
exceedingly beautiful one), and The 
Meteor. Of the Bourbon class the old 
Souvenir de la Malmaison is one of the 
best roses in cultivation, and one of the 
most constaut to produce flowers. Men- 
tion should have been made of the hybrid 
tea climbers, which are very beautiful and 
useful :—Reine Marie Henriette, Souvenir 
de Madame Metral, and William Allan 
Richardson, Some of the best hybrid 
perpetuals are :—Alfred Colomb, Beauty 
of Waltham, Captain Christy, Charles 
Lefebvre, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of 
Dufferin, General Jacqueminot, Her 
Majesty, John Hopper, Mrs. John Laing, 
Paul Dupuy, Pierre Notting, Panl Verdier. 
Of the Noisettes:—Lamarque, Marechal ~ 
Niell. Celine Forestier, Cloth of Gold, 
and Reverend T. C. Cole. The above are 
all good roses, and there are numbers and 
numbers of athers perhaps equally useful 
and: beautiful. F 
Now the ground should be in good 
heart for roses, for, although they will 
adapt themselves to some extent to a 
varfety of conditions and will endure a 
great deal of ill-treatment and neglect, it 
is not possible to obtain the most satis- 
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factory flowers unless the plants are well 
treated, The best manure to use is a 
mixture of the droppings of farm animals, 
including the pig. If these be well rotted 
together and applied to the roses the- 
flowers should be excellent, and the plea- 
sure to be derived from their cultivation 
will be exceedin-ly great. The situation 
for roses should be open, but well shel- 
tered, for they do not like strong bleak 
winds. The tea-scented varieties can be- 
planted at any time, preferably before the 
winter sets in, or else towards the spring. 
The hybrid perpetuals towards the winter. 
When planting make holes large enough 
to enable you to spread out the roots. 
Trim all broken and bruised roots with a 
sharp knife, and then plant carefully, 
shaking the soil well amongst tha roots, 
and when well filled in, press firmly with 
the feet. In case the plants are at all 
‘shrivelled up when received, unloose tho. 
bundle and bury the whole, roots and 
tranches, in some moist soil for a day or 
two, and if not too far gone they will 
quite recover. lf the soil be very dry 
when planting give a gallon or two of 
water to each plant when the hole has. 
been half filled with soil. 
The carnation is another most desirable 
and easy plant to grow, besides being a 
great favorite with everyone. The best 
carnations 10 plant are those known as 
the Perpetual Flowering.or Tree Carna- 
tions. These bear flowers very often 
during the year. The plants will need 
attention in tying up to stakes, and they 
must net be allowed to suffer from drought. 
If plants can be obtained they may be 
planted out during the month. Bouvar- 
dias are most beantiful and useful flower- 
ing plants, which may be planted out this 
month in all but the coldest districts. 
They will do well in any soil. 
Spring flowering bulbs, including daffo- 
dils, should be planted as soon as possible. 
Cuttings of roses, fuchsias, verbenas, 
carnations, and many other kinds of 
STOCK-FLOWERED LARKSPUR.-. 
