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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,081 words
  3. SEEDS TO SOW NOW

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
  4. CURCULIO BEETLES.

    "Rhamnus" writes:—"You have helped so many out of difficulties connected with their gardens that I am hopeful you will be able to recommend a remedy for my rhamnus hedge. The ...

    Article : 164 words
  5. VEGETABLES ALL THE YEAR AROUND

    It surprises one sometimes to find such a number of people who are unacquainted with the good qualities of the leek as a vegetable. ...

    Article : 1,169 words
  6. THE POULTRY YARD

    KEEP your pullets busy. FEED the best of grains. DON'T take any chances. DAMAGED grain is poisonous. ...

    Article : 157 words
  7. A LATE PEACH.

    The peaches to ripen late in the season, say during March, are mostly useful as stewing and canning varieties. I am often asked for the best late peach. I ...

    Article : 170 words
  8. TASTED THIS WEEK

    Mr. C. Fuller, Melrose, sent in a very fine peach of the late Red Italian Cling. He says that from the same tree be gathered four peaches that turned the scale at ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. A SALVIA.

    To "L. H." (Morgan).—We would not advise you to cut the salvia back until next spring. Leave all the old growth. If you out back now any young, soft growth that comes will be ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. S.A. WYANDOTTE -CLUB.

    At the monthly meeting of this club, held at the Prince Alfred Hotel on Wednesday, the president (Mr. A.L. Addison) gave an address on mating, breeding, ...

    Article : 1,473 words
  11. HALF-ACRE HINTS

    "Sturt's Pea" writes:—"My father, who has been in the army for 15 months, brought a root of Sturt's pea from outside Broken Hill last May. We planted it, and it bloomed profusely. ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. NAME WANTED.

    "Mallite" writes:—"I am forwarding per same post a piece of shrub grown from cutting given me last Easter, name unknown. Can you place it for me? It has been flowering for some time ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. THE TURNIP-ROOTED PARSNIP.

    The parsnip as a general rule requires a very deep soil, for, however deep it be, it always seems to go to the bottom. And when it has got there it sometimes ...

    Article : 355 words
  14. SPECIAL LAWN MANURE.

    To "R. J.J."—The manure called special lawn manure is available from all the leading seedsmen, and it costs somewhere about 10/ a cwt.—"Greenleaf." ...

    Article : 31 words
  15. PEPPERS AND ROSES.

    "Thankful" writes:—"Your Gardening Notes are always read with much interest each week, and I have obtained considerable help from them. I now wish to know if you can tell me how far ...

    Article : 229 words
  16. RED SCALE.

    "Walkerville" writes:—"Would you kindly tell me if it would be advisable to cut the lemon tree down that I am sending a sample of, and when would be the time? Most of the leaves have ...

    Article : 231 words
  17. A CREEPER.

    "Ignorant" writes:—"Would you kindly tell me in next Saturday's 'Mail' if the climber Lapageria Rosea is suitable for growing on the Adelaide plains? Is it a quick-growing climber and hardy? Would it grow well on a tripod where it gets all the sun, or do better in a more ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. TREES FOR EASTWOOD.

    "M.B." (Eastwood) writes:—"Will you kindly tell me which are the two best plums to get— one a prune? I want a fig for drying, a loquat, and one nectarine. I have a good number of ...

    Article : 203 words
  19. HARES AND BARK.

    "Plum Tree" writes:—The hares are eating the bark off my plum trees. Could you let me know of anything to prevent them from doing so? I have wrapped paper around the trunks. Will ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. VISITORS TO THE "MAIL" EXPERIMENTAL PLOT.

    Dr. Angas Johnson, accompanied by Mr. Bailey, the Director of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Mr. A. Hamilton, M.L.C. of Queensland, and Mr. H. Corpe, ...

    Article : 189 words
  21. COUNTRY TOMATOES.

    "M.N." (Wallaroo) writes:—"Only this year I have subscribed to your very interesting weekly, and we quite enjoy reading it. I notice there is a column. "Tasted This Week," and the samples ...

    Article : 239 words
  22. THE FRUIT GARDEN

    Whilst glancing through Mr. H. Norman Wick's catalogue of fruit trees I chanced on his very complete list of "crab apples." Before the planting season commences I ...

    Article : 220 words
  23. STARVED APPLE TREES.

    "W. C. G." (Broken Hill) writes:—"Will you advise me what is wrong with my two apple trees." They are four years old, and are doing very badly this year. I enclose two leaves. ...

    Article : 134 words
  24. A PHOTOGRAPH.

    To "L.A.W." (Forestville)—I should be pleased to reproduce the photo. you sent, but unfortunately the print is too indistinct for the purpose. —"Elschar." ...

    Article : 35 words
  25. RECIPE WANTED.

    "M.P." writes—"Can you oblige me by letting me have a recipe for pot pourri? Perhaps some of the readers of your valuable paper can oblige, as I know they are always very kind in ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. INTENSE CULTURE.

    "Thankful" (Rye Park) writes:—"Do you think six trees would be too many to put into a piece of ground 44 ft. x 18 ft., and could you give me the names of the best of these trees:— ...

    Article : 158 words
  27. NAME WANTED.

    "Tyro" writes:—"If you can give me the name of the white rose herewith through the valued columns of the 'Mail' you will very greatly oblige." ...

    Article : 47 words
  28. A BIG PLANTATION.

    "Jordan" (Adelaide) writes:—"Will you give me your advice as to the best of their particular kind in the following fruit trees:—Two peach trees, 1 nectarine tree. 2 orange trees, 1apricot To "Jordan"—Two peaches, Royal George, Paragrove; 1. apricot, Moorpark; 1 nectarine, Goldmine: 1 Plum, Angelina Burdett: 2 oranges, Stg Michael. Washington Naval: 1 lemon, ...

    Article : 143 words
  29. S.A. WYANDOTTE CLUB'S STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.

    1. SILVER WYANDOTTE MALE. 2. SILVER WYANDOTTE FEMALE 3.WHITE WYANDOTTE MALE. 4. WHITE WYANDOTTE FEMALE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  30. RED OIL SPRAY.

    "H. W. G." (Freeling) writes:—"One of my orange trees is badly affected with red scale. Will it do the tree any harm if sprayed with red oil now? The tree has a lot of fresh and ...

    Article : 240 words
  31. WORK IN A NUTSHELL.

    With the soil in a moist condition sturdy young seedlings may be lifted and planted direct, six inches apart and one foot asunder in the lines. The well-known ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 767 words
  32. DISEASED CITBUS TREES.

    "W. H. L." (Fitzroy) sent in a couple of oranges and leaves covered with dark blotches, and desires to know how to cure the disease. Thin out the growth with a pair of seccateurs. ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. A ROSE HEDGE.

    "F. W." (Evansdale) writes:—"Would it be possible to have a rose hedge? I should think that roses on their own roots would make a lovely hedge. If you think it at all possible, ...

    Article : 245 words
  34. ASARAGUS FERNS, &c.

    "Argument" writes:—"I would like you very much to answer a question through your valuable columns of the 'Mail." and at the same time thank you for the information received through ...

    Article : 106 words
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