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September ,
1 921)
Garden Talks.
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Principal
of the College of Gardening,
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By Eisa Mor e, F . . . ., Glynde, Susse x.
!:>EP'l E~lBJ'R.
A~f writ ng this during nl) holiday 011 the De~on
!>htrc moors, and my thoughts wander to t t~c
words of Richard de Gallienne . -
Of all the meah> you can buy for money,
Ghe me a mc.tl of bread and hone)'.
A tabl('doth inwrou· 7 ht with flowers,
And a grac;, ... hOpJX'r clock to tick the hours
lktwcen the courses bird., to stng
To many a htdden, ~hJOtllf? ~tnng
And neither man nor JOJtd bo- '> bcE'n harvested. Root crop.,
t~re 1.><•1ng ltftcd, ripened off, nnd ~tored f~r w111tcr
u.;c·. 1 Ht ... and c.hrub..., arP fac;,t shedd10g thetr )cnw~.
~{O"t nf t h .. plants tn th~· h< rbac-cou!> borders hm e
diE·d • but -.omf' of them <;till r<'tam the r leavf., and
arf' bu'>) storing up food for winter usr.
There stems to bt- an .1tmosphere of rest t:VC'ry-
wh<·rc On(> c.m almost c lh h a s1gh of satt...,faC'-
hon in the breath of the- flowPrs ao;;; one m oHs to
and fro. The work thr) c.unr up to do, all fu 11
of Jiff' and vigour in the ...,pring, h
bfoen arc·om-
pt.~hcd.
rn most cases the\ have P' rffctly fulfillt d
th<'ir misc:ion in life, and w1th the nutumn torn<"t
their rewurd, the time of rr.,t wh ich the\'
, have so
\\'I'll <'nrnl'd.
!\ evcrthcle<>s, cwn in Scpt~'mbcr the garden can
Lt. full of joy. "1 he dclk10u~ dew} mornings havr
the frr.-.hnf'-;s of April, at noon it ~~ often Vtry hot ,
and in 1 he evening the a1r h again cool, mild, and
t.,
<;\\ t"Ct.
Scpteml>cr is an ideal month for wot king in thP
g'lrdcn; intcn.:st should nevPr -.!at kc>n \vhllc tlll re
is one plant bloommg, one fnt it on the tr€es, one
pod left on the ~r'lrlct runnrrc:. Dahlias are ;tt
thPir uc-.t, g-:u dt'n chr yr;anthcmums and \I 1chaclma-,
doi'iies :lrl' ulooming fr~ly. Th,.. bf>dc: of tub£>rou<.
'b('goni:t", which languishPalmonJ )<'llow, , 111 u !>t..t
k t
':lwect pt.as, If they hav<: been taktn <..
r-
•.trc su ul
and . pu .. ked har d a 11 t h roug I 1 t h c ;,ummcr, W tll
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blooming. 1 here ~hould b be annuals IJI·"'-~o
11
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"~~ 01tnu
fa om a late ::>OWtng. La~t, ut not least, there ~
ro.,~.;!> ; many lovely blooms arc packed in ~evtunlJ~.:c
!:>orne work may be done among the rol>c·s tl ·
n•onth. 1 n~ rai!>lng of a stochk o f fbush ro~·!> fr;,'ai
culttngs should be tJ!c('n 10 an< 1 rom th< Olldt be funu'3hcd with a h. , 1
ol the older or last ) <'ar 's wood.
1 he cuttl
stll'<- lld should be taken with a sharp knife.
'l~t~
immature ups an~ the bottom leav~s should be re-
moved. 1 he cuttmgs may then be msertcd 10 boxe.,
and placed 1n a close frame. If so treated they draw
bvth warmth a nd mois~re from the ferment 1ng
matt'rial. Lo,un -so1l w1th plenty of sand added to
it <-hould be employed, and 1t must be made firm 10
tlu boxes b) pressing it wel! down, being careful
to m,tintam an even surface.
The insertion of cutti ngs is an important deta 1 t.
Gn,tance 1 t
put to the test
Overcrowding must be avoidc·d,
but if four inches of space be allowed each wav
the cutting-; may remain in the boxes as rootept moist, but on no account must the cuttings
be over-watered ; undue moisture is often the cause
of failure. All the ventilation required until the cut-
tings are r ooted is the tilting of the frame lights for
half an hour in the mornings; this will get rid of
excessi ve moisture. Shading is necessary, and a bu
""f sacking or similar materia l should be thrown O\'er
thf' fra mes, while to save time a thin coating of lime-
\\ .tsh may be put over the lights and removed when
thf: roots hrc is well
worked, and is in a nice friable c;tate, which is vE'r~
favourable to the roses. Should ther e be a heap 0
burnt garden refuse, a little spread on the gro~nt
nnd incorporat<.'d with thf' soil is very brneficl~
Some garden<> re; put a little leaf-mould and peat f 10
«'qual proportions at the bottom of the trenchPs or
th<' cutting<; to rPst upon.
.
Th<' cu tting-c; of ramb!Pr roses c;hould be- taken 111
· :1~ thosf' o f bush roses. Tl
thf' c;nme way
. l<'V should f
br about s i'( or e-i ght inC"hc>s in lenCYth w1th n hf'e 1 0 11
• er Wl
thP old wood attached to them . "" The cutt:n~
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* <:;om<' roe;«' growPrc; maintain that on .v 0 wn
c;trongi'c:t and hnrdicc;t roc;es grow well on thf'Jr grr
roots. Oth<'rs do brtt~'r when budde<.l on c.tron
rooting stock s.