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Garden Talks.
BY Eisa More, F.R.H.S., Princ· I
Gl dlpa of the College of Gardening,
Yn e, Sussex.
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tht c;;tars.
(;1\f' m~' on• I c,hall never tirf',
< rJ\'<' nH ·• 1)( rfrct child-giv(' mP. away as:cf' from
tlw noi-.f' of t he world .1 rural domP,..tic !if, ..
(, j, ,. rn•· to Wntan ou-; song, r edu<-e h
nl\ ..,, 11 for m\ • O\\ n "ar-. onh
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0 :\ature, your primal 'iam ti~>'>'
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jm ;t.; thf' W( r1•, m tH h ol tht'l r ' outh and fr~ .. hn1 ......
h,;, \:tni.,Jwd, a nd ll ow1 r ... h \H'- arriv<'d at a -.ta•;P
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\\ l,c n old ,lg(• has b<>( onH• .1 po..,..,jbillt\.
Pltnh. Ju"t like human Ol."ng..;, ha\ 1' .1 dt>fint>d
PI nod of vouth w h k h p ,..,., ., 1n t o middle-agP '' ith
fo?t ... tf·p ... lt nd;llJ to dr,tg JJhtf'('ld of "'nk;ng out
hn-.kh, .nd to r f'tclJO the tr frl'-.hll('"" tht>\ n rd a
~ood "<'n dr', othc1 Wh" thr' f:tdt~ away altog,thl'r.
.tnJ t hf' g", den beromP<; " ~~>re and 'f•llow."
\ vrrthr I• ..,<.., tlwrr '" n o t 1 a<;on. if careful attention
,.., b<'tn~ g\111, ,,}n thf' \ u~u ... t garden <>hould not
bf' full of fl o w E>r-.
T lwrP f'r num, primula c;, c:;('dum.;, .... rw-
fr.tg-Ps, ono;.;ina. nnd T r< la nd poppies c:;hould still bf
ll<,WI'ti ng. Posc;ibl~ lwrbar<·ouo; bord<'rs will not be
"~> gay as tht>\ w erC' a m on t h ago, but phloxe<>,
\ [tl'flal'lm,t'- dat<;iC's , <·h n ..;,m the rnums . poppies, ox-
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dnisit'o;; , s napdragons , g-nillardia s, s unflowers.
~'\'Pning primrosr·c; pot('ntillnc; phvsalis, rudbt><"kiac;,
g-oldt'n rod, a nd gl;d iol! c;houtct' be in full bloom
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allo\\ul to mntur{> .01 run to ... fl•d
,., :tU'>t' th, plant
th .~n n1.ttl\ b ud-.--.o hunt Hl
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T hro 110\\•·rl> rlrdic;w .. d "'()!'ci,,!J) to th( month of
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;no\\ b.tll-'1 h m1,/ ff tlf Jf, cl<•ctt.
I opp~ -.1\fcep (nu sola t cm
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( ~ntrrhur} Beti Gmtrtud~
,n,,~lia In5t.thtlrty pomp. ·
l hr1ft or (,, :• Pink
He a~WI•'d nf my ~ynr-
pathy.
' I hinkinK of thr• cl:thli.t '' ith it-. r.ttht•r r"~H tt xhl•
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h: •. r.tt 1•; of in-.t.•bilit~, I h?"" '>o ()ft~>n found I f'()plt
h.s".~' tJI . .III ... t wronK Hlt>,t wrth n•g-ard to tl()\\'f'h .snd
th•1r dwr.11trrc; • 'IIv·y :trl' apt tc, think th.lt llo\\t"t<;
.tnrl t>la~t-. a:f' ~an{!'<....
Thi~ is quit•· wron~
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from bf: n~ tnlt- ~. plnnh nr4' hum.xn, and thf'\ h·"'
111.111~. 1f nf,l .111. of the f:-ult-, anrt -.horlt omin-~., o'
th" hum.sn rarro, onl) not bPing- "iv~'n thP a~tu.tl
JX)\\"r of human ~·eh thPir faulh a~. not known
or n·t og-ni7C<.I; it j, onh in tht> f'lo,,. o..tUth of thPJl'
Ji,·pc; that on<' find .. out lhf'ir P' r"<•nal impr-rf<'rtionc:
wbkh Ulldl1UhtPOI\ do PXic;t.
\\"ith rPR:m.l to th<' work of lh~· rnc•nth in th<>
l',·~rtul!/•• r.ardcn fir<.t of all.
-Enrlj ro\\-. of pl.lce'd bf'for•
anot h r rrop r~111 bl' plnnt1·d thf'r" to th<> incrt>:t"'''l
1 \.Pf'll"" anr.
R umwr br :\0" <,hould ~ lY'aring wf'll. K, "P tlw-.f'
t lo-.t'>h ptrkl'd.
C \HH \C.. I· - \1 'lkP. nn<•thM' o;owing- for ~rnng u ... ,
anti <. ,. th.lt thr firc:t q" ng- is not bf'in~ dr\ 0\.11 Pd
ll\ fl~'a. 0 \l..,t mer rven· oth ·r m·t'ni ng- ::lftrr c:.pra\-
ing- with " ro-.(' can w'th c:oot and \\'t)(xl :t'h"" rnix,..d,
or .Hl\' g-rit tl) mak(' !';OOt c:tny on.
C' \l'l.lfi.OWERS - T h.- g-roun<;(' mu..;t
b(• krpt well hof'd nnd c:tin~L T hev lik,. pll'nh· of
moi ... turr and often fail l r atwa'::;
not to p~11 k drv ... oil at tht> ha.:;f' of tl,. pi nt. a\M\ h td when
holtcd i no £::"00<1, mu-.t h· put\r-d up anu C""'' on
th• rul)h. -.h hP.tp. The "-t'lil mu'l be moi<.t for f'arth-
ing, "0 ~i\·(' C'elr·ry tr•'nrhc" a good 'o~kin~. n0t a
triddt \\ ith thr watPr-cnn, hut a rr>'ll e:· ,ofi <;t~nking-,
:ht>n lt"'t\ '1" for :1 f<'w hour~ for c;.uroluc: moi ... turf' to
d r.l in nwa\ brfort• <':nthmg--up P nlf'c;c; th""~' inc:trut-
t ionc: arC' followPd fnilurP ic; hound to rf''-'\.tlt
E:"\nl\'1! - \ c:owin ~ of thi<> c:alad mny now lw
m a d <' if it j, likro or rrqu irf'd.
L FRK <;.-'1 hf'<><' mnv bf' enrthr·d up to hlarwh th~'m.
a nd in th•' c:.-.m,. w ::n a" crl~'n "hould hi' Wf'll
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T.r.TTt \Ec; c;houtd be til:'d up in ordf'r to "C'('tll~'
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<;ow for wint4'r: ,lnfi th••
on I\' \'a r il'tif'>c: "•hk h wilt re:llt) c:(nnd the wint<'•
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