SEPHIA. 
Sxepura.—An incurved bright yellow, 
very similar in style to Mrs, Park, but is 
an improvement on that variety, being 
double under all conditions. Certificate 
CS.A, 
Atcoma.—A light pink iticurved; t e 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER, _ 
ALGOMA. 
style of The Queer. The form and habit 
_are all that could be desired of a commer- 
cial variety. Certificate C.S.A. 
GioposA ALBA. — A very compact) 
c’osely incurved Japanese ; globular form 
and pure white, as the name indicates. 
GLOBOSA 
Chrysanthemums — Some American Prize 
ALBA. MINNIE BAILEY. 
Winners. 
Minnis Battey.—A beautiful bright 
- pink, of the Mrs. Perrin type, from which 
ji is a secdling. Not as larga as some 
varieties, but will be a commercial sort 
for man ears to come. Certificate. 
‘Yau; 
C.S.A. 
* 
Notes for the Month. 
Now is the time to plan and make any 
necessary alterations. There are few 
gardens in which perfect form has been 
attained: Every year should see some 
improvements made in this” respect, ano- 
ther stage reached in the progress towards 
perfection. The garden is plastic in the 
hands of a skilful designer. He alte:s a 
_ few lines, converts a portion of lawn into 
border, and border into lawn, and a 
transformation is effected. Every day’ 
Nature’s great garden and our neigh 
bour’s garden have some suggestion 2) 
_ offer us, and if we are not wise enough to 
register these hints and apply them at the 
first opportunity, 
gardener. 
we are no. true 
Now, then, ia your chance to ane the 
plans into execution before the autumn, 
Reg 
out your cutlines, and in forming curves 
' ¢he amateur cannot do better than seek 
rains make the work impossible. 
the assistance of the garden hose, for, ‘ 
with its supple substance, it readily falls 
into the g eraeet curves one has in one’s: 
mind. ; * 
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English grass lawns can be prepared 
and sown this month, The utmost care 
should be taken in the preparation of the 
soil The ground should be 
deeply 
trenched, and the subsoil broken up. A 
good garden loam, uct necessarily very 
rich, but containing a fair proportion of 
humus, should be supplied to a con- 
siderable and equal depth all over. This 
is most important, for the lawn is one of 
the first things to show the effects of a 
dry summcr, and if supplied with a 
sufficient body of soil it is able to hold 
more moisture in reserve. 
hollows that may occur should be filled 
up with loam. Sow thichly with the best 
English, lawn grass seed procurable, ond 
cover it with a film of light soil. Roll 
the lawn before and after sowing, and 
at intervals during subsequent growth. 
It should be kept closely mown, 
- this is done frequently the mowings may — 
Other excellent 
fertilizers are wood ashes with a little 
remain to enrich the soil. 
‘bonedust or superphosphate intermixed, 
and an occasional top dressing at two 
yearly intervals of fine compost. 
A perfect . 
level must be provided, and all holes and- 
aud if 
Chrysanthemums require attention a 
this period. They must not be starved 
for want of water, anl liquid manure % 
applied twice a week will be of great 
benefit. The plants may need tying t» 
stakes, and this should be done at an mh 
early date, taking care not to use sup- 
ports unnecessarily high or stout Lf fine 
flowers are wanted, thin out some of the 
buds, leaving only the centie bud at the 
point of cach shoot. Mildew sometimes 
As 
soon as this pest makes its appearance, | 
attacks the foliage of these plants. 
flowers of sulphur should be used. 
We advised the sowing of many hardy 
summer annu_Is last month. If this has. if 
been neglectol it should be attended to- 
during the present month. As a rule 
lase sOwings do not produce such robust: 
plants and fine flowers as do those put in 
now, so you should delay no longer. 
Flowers can be so easily grown in this 
State that there is no excuse for 
to be without a few The best 
anyone 
way to 
raise plants from seed is to sow in boxes _ 
or pots, or even old kerosene tins or jam 
tins, but these boxes or tins must have 
holes knocked in the bottoms to allow — 
