May 1, 1908 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 7 
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plants are fit to handle they should be 
transplanted into boxes or beds and 
grown on for a time, when they should 
be transplanted into their flowering 
quarters. The first transplanting insures 
sufficient room for the development of 
the young plants; while, if left in the 
seed beds or boxes until the time came to 
transplant them into the beds or borders, 
they would unless sown very thinly be 
drawn and weakened. To attain some- 
thing approaching perfection the China 
aster requires a good rich soil, well 
drained and prepared, and a fair supply 
of water during the growing season. 
Under suitable conditions some of the 
‘strains produce flowers of great size and 
beauty. Where water is scarce a mulch- 
ing of manure will assist materially in the 
development of the plants.. After the 
flower buds are formed it is advisable to 
withhold water in a measure as the 
flowers are liable to ‘damp off’—‘ The 
Journal of Agriculture of Victoria.’ 
Notes for the Month. 
Tn all the warmest parts of the State 
evergreens, or those plants which retain 
their leaves during the winter, may be 
planted out. It is always as well to plant 
evergreens early in the autumn, so that 
they can be established to some extent. 
before cold weather sets in. Of evergreen 
plants one of the best known is the 
camellia, of which there are many beau- 
tiful varieties. This shrub is an easy one 
to grow, and may frequently be seen in 
gardens ; but the variety most commonly 
to be met with bears-flowers of but a 
poor quality. Some of the best varieties 
to grow are:—Alba Plena, a pure white ; 
Adele Pelagi Medicis. white marbled with 
pale pink, Augusta Superba, clear rose ; 
Bealli, deep crimson ; Comte de Gomer, 
rose striped with crimson ; C. H. Hovey, 
dark crimsou; C. M. Hovey, beautiful 
bright crinson ; Comtessa Lavinia Maggi. 
pure white and rosy-cerise ; Cup of Beauty, 
pure white and rose; Dryade, rose ; 
Duchess of Berry, pure white, one of the 
very best; Harriet Beecher Sheather, 
raised in New South Wales. rosy salinon, 
one of the best: Henri’ Favre; salmon- 
rose: Isabella, pure white, an excellent 
variety ; Lady St. Olair, pale flesh pink, 
a most beautiful camellia: Lowii, rich 
crimson; Prince Frederick William, rich 
rose, one of the best. One cannot go 
wrong in making a selection from the 
above. The prices will vary from Is. 6d. 
to 2s. 6d. each. 
The camellia, named after a Moravian 
Jesuit, G. J. Camellus, is a fairly hardy 
plant, native of China and Japan, and 
belongs to the same natural order of 
plants as the tea, Throughout the coast 
districts the camellia thrives to perfec- 
tion, and in colder parts when not ex- 
posed to cold winter blasts, it grows well. 
When selectins plants do not choose large 
ones. Small plants, well rooted but not 
pot-bound, are the best. In good soil 
and favorable situations cameilias attain . 
a considerable size: therefore, under such 
circumstances, allowance should be made 
and sufficieut space provided. 
Bouvardias at this season of the year 
are to be seen in perfection. They will 
succeed best in warm situations in almost 
any kind of soil, provided it be fairly 
moist but well drained. In warm dis- 
tricts they may be planted out this 
month, but if they do not become well 
established before winter sets in, they 
are liable to die 
All the varieties are pretty. but the 
best are :—President Garfield, double 
pink; Alfred Neuner, double pure white ; 
Hogarthi, flora plena, double scarlet ; 
Sang Lorrain, double crimson; Bridal 
Wreath, pure white; Candidissima, pure 
white; Humboltii, corymbiflora, sweet- 
scented, pure white; President Cleveland, ~ 
scarlet, one of the very best; Laura, deep 
pink; Maiden’s Blush, blush pink; Priory 
Beauty, satin rose; Triomphe de Nancy, 
double salmon; and Victor Lemoine, 
double red. 
Hardy annuals—that is, plants which 
live for one season only (although in some 
parts of the State many plants which are 
annual in cold climates continue to live 
for more than a year)—and hardy peren- 
nials, or plants which live for many 
seasons, may be sown here and there 
about the garden, or else in pots or other’ 
convenient contrivances, as suggested 
last month, Any seedlings that came 
up last month, and appear to be large 
enough and strong enough to move, may 
be planted out, taking care to shade them 
and water them until they are well estab- 
lished. 
Tf anyone has an overgrown neglected 
garden, and who wishes to start afresh 
after readiny these notes, had better make 
a wholesale clearance of all useless ill- 
shaped trees and plants, trench the ground, 
and dig in a heavy dressing of farmyard 
manure, 
Bulbs started last month and previously 
will soon start into growth, so when clear- 
ing, hoeing, or raking the garden, care 
must be taken not to injure the young 
tender shoots. 
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