THE FLOWER GARDEN.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 66, 19 April 1930, Page 3

THE FLOWER GARDEN.

This is the time to discard the varieties of dahlias that are of no further use. To keep a collection up-to-date some . must he turned out each year to make room for new varieties. t'sj Select your new varieties and place yorir order at bnce. Prepare the ground for sweet peas. Trenching or deep digging is necessaiy. The dry spell has cheeked planting, but everything should be in hand so that once the rain comes planting can be continued. Seeds of many annuals can be sown now. The dry . weather certainly checks the growth, but if the soil is well worktd the seeds cail be sown. Spring flowering bulbs should he planted — daffodils, narcissi, tulips, hyacinths, Spanish iris, etc. Make planting of anemones and ranunculi. The soil should be well worked. Seed of sweet peas, both early and late flowering, ten-week and beauty stocks can be sown now. Vacant ground should be dug or tienched ready for Autumn planting. Cuttings of pelargoniums, carnations, calceolarias and varions shrubs can be planted now. Sow seeds of dianthus, verhenas, pentstemons, sweet peas, Iceland poppies. Where the soil is ready for new

lawns keep the surface loose with occasional hoeing so as to kill seedling weeds. Chrysanthemums are fast opening and watch must be kept for caterpillars, etc. Once the petals show colour leave off applying liquid manure. Keep the plants well tied s oas to prevent the blooms, getting broken or spoiled. ■**