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  2. Advertising

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  4. THE GREENHOUSE

    A small greenhouse is possessed by most amateurs, but where the garden is a fair size it is sometimes neglected, there not being sufficient ...

    Article : 222 words
  5. RUNNER BEANS

    Runner beans must be staked as soon as they commence to make growth, for the higher they run up the poles the heavier will be the crop. If allowed to ...

    Article : 128 words
  6. CHRYSANTHEMUMS

    In increasing the stock of chrysanthemums the importance of obtaining strong, healthy cutting should not be overlooked. Select the healthiest stools ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES

    Fruit trees of all types are subject to diseases and insect pests of various kinds peculiar to the species of tree. Unless these are combated in ...

    Article : 1,075 words
  8. TURNIP ROOTED KALE

    The turnip-rooted kale or kohl-rabi forms a large bulbous stem above the ground surface, and is especially valuable in a dry summer, doing well ...

    Article : 128 words
  9. VERANDAH GARDENING

    An essential feature of horticulture is what may be called verandah gardening, which, in many cases, covers the entire gardening operations of the ...

    Article : 227 words
  10. JAPANESE GARDENS

    Much of the charm and interest in Japanese gardens is due to the trees of the plum, peach, and cherry family. Their flowering is the occasion for ...

    Article : 137 words
  11. PASSION FRUIT

    The passion fruit plants are flowering and commencing to set fruit, and they must be kept well watered and mulched, otherwise many of the young ...

    Article : 145 words
  12. HORSE-RADISH

    A much neglected plant is the horse-radish. It is often poked away in some out-of-the-way place and allowed to remain in the same spot for ...

    Article : 212 words
  13. VEGETABLE PLOT

    If the ground is available further sowings of French beans, melons, pumpkins, cucumbers, sweet, corn, and plantings made of sweet potatoes ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. CAPE GOOSEBERRY

    An effort should be made to grow a few plants of the Cape gooseberry if a little space can be spared. This fruit, which is highly valued for dessert and ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. VALUE OF BONES

    Bones and bonemeal mainly provide phosphates, but also a small percentage of nitrogen. Bones decompose slowly in the soil, and are less likely ...

    Article : 175 words
  16. TOMATOES

    Tomatoes trained to trellises come into bearing quickly. The tiny shoots which emerge from the axil of each leaf should be pinched out. The main ...

    Article : 234 words
  17. SWEET HERBS

    It should be remembered when gathering flowering sweet herbs for drying that the best time for this operation is in the morning of a sunny day, and ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. A FEW HINTS

    1. Perform every operation in the proper season and in the best manner. 2. Complete every operation consecutively. ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. SOIL FOR FERNS

    Fibrous black peat broken up roughly, and mixed in equal proportions of sand, very old cow manure and leaf mould, make a grand general ...

    Article : 140 words
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  21. SPRAY FOR APHIS

    Aphis, or green fly are very troublesome on the tips of the young rose shoots at this time of the year, and should be dealt with by spraying the ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. RUBBISH

    Rubbish of all kinds accumulates very fast, and in straggling heaps is apt to become a nuisance. Properly treated, it may be converted either ...

    Article : 197 words
  23. WATERING HINTS

    Of all the plants growing in the garden those which need most attention in the way of watering are those growing near a wall or fence. Even after ...

    Article : 166 words
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