September 1, 1909 
SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS, 
€nd of the month, and others sown in the 
Open borders for succession flowering, 
— Shrubs. — 
Choice fibrous-rooted shrubs, as azaleas 
thododendrons, and boronias for hill 
country will now require mulching; first 
they should be dug around, but the soil 
Must not be distributed nearer the stems 
than the tips of the branches, as much 
mischief is done by disturbing the mass 
of fibrous roots nearer to the stems. 
— Camellias. — 
Camellias, which succeed: remarkably 
Well when planted out in the hills, should 
now be put in. They require deeply 
trenched ground, with a good quantity of 
Well-decayed inanure, mixed evenly with 
the soil, anda slight shade should be 
Provided the first summer; four stakes 
driven in round the plants, and a piece of 
bagging stretched over them is quite 
Sufficient, as it is the mid-day sun which 
does the mischief, 
Repotting Plants. 
The season for active growth having 
sain arrived, the work of repotting will 
Now be in operation, and perhaps a few 
Temarks on the subject may be of service 
to those who have not yet had much 
®xperience in the matter (writes a corres- 
Pondent in an exchange). On looking 
into glass-houses, I am almost invariably 
Struck with the fact that the pots used 
4ve very much larger than those I employ 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
for plants of the same size, and the extra 
size of pot by no means adds either to 
the ornam ental or useful character of the 
plants—in fact, with tender-rooted ones, 
it is far eisier to keep a plant healthy in 
a small pot than a large one. I am well 
aware that gross-growing and vigorous- 
rooting plants, such as Chrysanthemums, 
grow much larger in large pots than in 
small ones, yet the most perfectly-formed 
blossoms, even in such a plant as this, 
are gathered from plants grown in rather 
small pots. If anyone is anxious to get 
a correct idea of the size of pot he should 
employ, I would advise him to go to the 
nearest florist’s establishment, where he 
will find that the plants are so large and 
perfectly developed that the wonder is 
how the small amount of soil could have 
supported such a growth; while in the 
beginner's glass-house one frequently 
finds the pots employed and the amount 
of soil, lying around the roots in a cold, 
inert state, out of all proportion to the 
requirements of the plant. 
In repotting, except in cases where the 
plant is being grown on as rapidly as 
possible, it is not necessary to use a pot 
much larger than the one it came out of, 
as by shaking away the old soil there will ke 
space for sufficient new material to sup- 
port free growth, and firm potting or 
plenty of ramming of the soil into the 
pot makes all the difference in getting a 
larger amount of food into a pot of a 
given size. 
Be sure that the pot is clean and the 
crocks for drainage free from dirt, and 
place a layer of rough soil over the- 
crocks to keep the fine material from 
choking the drainage ; then, if the ball of 
roots is surrounded with really good soil, 
pressed in so firmly that the whole mass 
unites as one, the water will penetrate 
slowly, but evenly, and the plant will 
make a firm growth, for the result of 
loose soil in a larger pot than. is 
needed is to encourage a sappy growth, 
and this, not having the proper stamina 
in it, does not bring the quantity of 
flowers it ought to perfection. 
In repotting any kind of plant the 
operator will do well to be guided by the 
condition of each individual plants roots 
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ashe takes it in hand, and decide the 
size of pot according to the quantity of 
roots to be got into it. 
An Acre and a Half of 
Violets. 
Many gardeners throughout the hills 
(writes a correspondent of the ‘’Tiser’) 
supplement their yearly takings con- 
siderably by cultivating odd pieces of 
land about their gardens with flowers, 
During the winter season especially there 
is a good demand for flowers, and violets 
particularly aré favorites in the market. 
One gardener, Mr. W. Walker, of the 
Third Creek, Norton’s Summit, has an 
acre and a half under violet cultivation 
alone, Even lovers of this flower can 
have little idea what a beautiful picture 
this presents, while the perfume coming 
from such an extensive bed baffles des- 
cription. It is probably the biggest bed 
of violets in the State. There are. three 
varieties of single blue, but probably 
pride of place must be given to the King 
viclet. Also there are three colors of 
double varieties, white, blue, and dark 
blue. The bed has already produced £30 
this season, and though 50 or 60 dozen 
bunches are gathered every day or two, 
the wealth of blossom is as great as 
ever. 
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