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  2. IN MY GARDEN

    There are many plants that way be successfully grown indoors. Provided the plants are good healthy specimens to start with and are well rooted very ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. THIS WEEK'S WORK

    Cineraria seedlings may still be transplanted. Thin out overcrowded clumps of herbaceous plants. ...

    Article : 122 words
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    Hydrangeas are useful for any semi-shaded beds or nay be grown as pot plants. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 532 words
  6. Clivias for Pots

    Clivias are excellent subjects for pot culture. The plants have handsome strap-shaped leaves and heads of yellow and orange coloured flowers. The ...

    Article : 215 words
  7. Bush-house Ferns

    Cut off any poor looking fronds from the ferns; many of them are looking shabby now. In the case of adian. tums it is advisable to cut them right ...

    Article : 452 words
  8. VEGETABLES.

    Thin root creps when the sell is moist. Keep up the lettuce supply by sowing seeds every two or three weeks. ...

    Article : 126 words
  9. Herbaceous Border

    The herbaceous border can be made one of the most attractive features of the garden, and will provide a succession of flowers over a long period. It ...

    Article : 296 words
  10. Acacia's Mail Bag

    Inquirer, Sherwood, states that her bulbs are growing in a partially shaded bed, and asks when is the earliest they may be moved; also whether ...

    Article : 434 words
  11. Cut Flowers

    Flowers should be cut when they are quite vigorous and likely to be at their best. This time may be determined by carefully watching the plant. It is of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 237 words
  12. Iceland Poppies

    Iceland poppies are, in some respects, the most beautiful and most useful of all the poppies. The plants bear blooms of varied colours and ...

    Article : 217 words
  13. LUPINS FOR THE BORDER.

    The lupin is one of our brightest flowers, and even the most inexperienced gardener can grow it, as its cultivation is very simple. One packet of seed of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  14. Seed Sowing

    Much care is necessary when preparing the soil for seed sowing. Do not sow when the ground is very wet. nor when it is very dry. The best ...

    Article : 171 words
  15. Leaf Propagation

    Plants such as gesnera, strepto[?]arpus, begonias, and gloxinias may be readily propagated from leaves in a few months, and the resulting plants will ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. BOOK ON ROSES.

    I have received a copy of Queensland Roses and Their Cultivation, by Harold L. Pottenger, Brisbane. This is a very useful little book, ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. TRAVELLERS TALES

    PROUD Parent: "I hope you appreciate the fact, sir, that in marrying my daughter you marry a large-hearted, generous girl." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 53 words
  18. In the Smoker

    THE old gentleman stopped beside the small boy who sat on the park seat crying for all he was worth. "Why are yon crying, sonny!" he ...

    Article : 103 words
  19. Listening In

    TESS: "You can't believe everything you hear." Bess: "No; but you can repeat it." "The husband ought to have a voice ...

    Article : 447 words
  20. KEEPING IT DARK.

    Jinks going to the races for the first time On the way he met a friend, who told him of a horse that was sure to win. ...

    Article : 136 words
  21. Wirelessed

    "Joan says she thinks she could learn to love me," said Potter. "Well, you don't look very happy about it," put in Clark. ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. NOT HAVING ANY

    A stranger applied to the police station for a lodging, and when asked his name replied that it was Smith. "Give me your real name," he was ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. ALL HE WANTED.

    "Is your new son-in-law a good provider ?" asked a friend of the family. "He can just about keep my daughter in gloves." said the worried father. ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. GEORGE FOR SHORT.

    She rang the bell and the secretary appeared. "Do you wish to sec Abdullah el Rajamatru, the great Hindu clairvoyant?" ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. A NEW MOUNT.

    "Give me the name of an animal," said the schoolmistress. "An average," volunteered little Bertie. ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. PORT OF FREMANTLE.UNFORTUNATE.

    The two friends met at lunch. "I say, Tom," said Dick, "you're looking rather miserable this morning. Anything wrong!" ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. AFTER THE WAIT.

    The very fussy housewife had kept the butcher a long time before she decided on her purchase. "But," she said, after a five-minute ...

    Article : 62 words
  28. IN NAME ONLY.

    Briggs stopped his car in the narrow country lane and beckoned to a passing farm labourer. "I say, my man," he said, "I ...

    Article : 186 words
  29. SELF-SUPPORTING.

    An Aberdeen man's dog seized s joint of meat while his master was visiting a friend's house. "Is that your dog!" asked the man ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 65 words
  30. HER DREAD.

    "My wife has had another bad attack of toothache," Brown informed his friend. "But she's always having them," said ...

    Article : 52 words
  31. JUST LIKE A WOMAN.

    The two neighbours were discussing their wives. "So your wife is getting absent-minded, eh?" said Thomas. ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. NOT MUSIC TO HIM.

    A young man in charge of a lighthouse, on a lonely island in the South Seas got married and had his wife to come and live with him. ...

    Article : 139 words
  33. SELF-PROTECTION.

    "Look here, dear," said the angry father, "if you insist that Bertram wears his hair long, I will insist on him having boxing lessons." ...

    Article : 49 words
  34. ONE AGAINST THE LAW.

    The charge that Teas being heard in court was ono of dangerous driving. "So you were speeding, which means you were driving to the common ...

    Article : 81 words
  35. NEED FOR SYMPATHY.

    Bates met Cates at the club. "I'm really sorry for you, old man," be said. "Sorry," exclaimed Cates. "Why?" ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 64 words
  37. A BIG IF.

    The two married women were in earnest conversation. "I really cannot understand why mothers don't see the faults in their ...

    Article : 52 words
  38. OBEYING ORDERS.

    A man contracted to do a job for a Government department, it being understood that the contractor would be allowed to submit a bill showing "extra" ...

    Article : 125 words
  39. MAKING SURE.

    He paused as he was about to enter the bathroom. "Darling," he said to his wife, "I'm going to take a bath." ...

    Article : 59 words
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