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GARDEN :NOTES
GLORIOUS AUTUMN
COLOURSS IN TREES
(By A. Goodhew)
nIi it disltrict Illie C0oull?lin we
iare blessed with bnallay trees 1'IIa
colour so wall in theil aulitumn, but
there are lliany not itsual!y seenl
excepl In lIollated g10rden1s.
'Ill1he liqul illlldber is't glorious sight
at Ir'eset?'f:scarlet oaks are now coml
ig into"' lhei 'own; , tile differ'ent'
varieti.es of' thle English mnaples .are
veroly belutlliful, with their g-lceful!
foliage, and 1are at 'class of tree well
woith glowing, in oullr' steets.
Kdlrelilria 'ins very graceful, fern=.
like fo.!!age and colours beautifully.
Acer' SaccharlIlnum, better known as
thle ltyele fromn which maple s1ugarll is
obtalied;-i1t very beautiful just now.
Acer GlnnalEdl is covered with bri
ilant scarlet foliage and the Rll2us Suc
"sed0iana will also boe a brilliant sear
let in ..t short whllie. All thle ab \
a1'e dlffe'elrit froll lte 1 Ja10 panle.1 e
ni2iles. .lloll hi ' require a moist, shelt.
eredl eposllion. T'fle Irodendrumlll. or
tulil-tree, with its wonderful c't
folilge, as if done witlh a sliar1l2 kll. e,
i2ns love!,y golden foliage.
flThe golden ash and poplkuts-arhar
mi'ore beautifull trees, In the autumn:
hile variety of coloulred foliage Irees
Ind. shlrubbs t'hat do so mlllch to
beautlfy otlu. galrdens, is wonderful,
1nd0'; if olol I, t free pIlanters' associa
tlo11' wouldl. function Inll Gollburn w21hat
1 imagnificentl city 'we could have0!
.our \1uncllpal Colincil wants 1I 'body
like the above to get ,behlld it to
purlsh onl thIvebove 1work. Thie 'lTolrls
tltre' u ll has started to, help 'anl thll
oore we beautify, our city t11he moire
molple :\:'-.w:l. have- too visit us.
:THE CIVIC-SIDE '
iThe tillelrnen should regard this
like the ,nital who ihad tile finest ,nleall
put before llln. It was seri'ved on a
comlmon 'dleal table, anid lie did not
relish it. If the table had had O itealiti
fill cloth, withll choice flowers lland
naplery. etc., what it' dlifference Ithere
would Ilave beetl il the enjoy.ent of
thle tllean:. So it is- wilth our city. Good
roads are only roads after a l, bklu
plant beautiful trees loonlg them aind
tller become avenues of bteattly. We
hear far too ll]lile from tree-lovers on
this subjectL It is tnot :t one-n,:in job,
built requires . all the t-,litizets to get
PERSIM.MONS
We have :hid t severll. requests ias
t .owheOi 1.0 icl'lpelistrinlOls is it hias
be-n plroved tiltat itey grow well andll
fruit abundantly::' Of- the varieties
mlosly so'd now the frillt. can be picik
ed from the trLee. wllhn soft, butto it
districts where the frtill fly s isIn evi
tence the frull :should 'ibe picked wllen
coloured .nld pIiced ont shelves to
rloen; The; first? trcees itmportetd fronl
Japan 1had to ,be "ripened in casks
OtLerwise they were llke eating alum
so tllat if yolu Iia'e that class lihe
fruit will requIllre to lie pileked andti
slored to rilpen. In Ilie southernl pails
of the .Ulited Stoiaes they grow wild
andll the growe\ s pick heml aind dry
them Th'lly .matle a dt lllciotlls ionserre
anll are ift l betthll ithan dried figs.
Several ha:le asketl for recipes for
jlam made frlont tIe 1uI rsint:non. 'This
I wls leave to reanders who have
tried them that tatway. To see a grove
of. persimmlon trees Is is to see a \tind
erfill sight. withi 111te bloaod-red follage
i Ill the autumln. i These trees are \itvery
easy to grow atnd geneirally fl-ril Il
the thilrd year, and the fruit, whenI
Trip , is dlelleious.
SHRUBS
Now thai we are gettlling frosts, tie
planting of shrubs can he erried out
frol Ilnow onl, but tile dleciduosll trees
tre better loft till thie end of the
tontht. Hoses can be planted, but ii
is best la dig thle 'llo!es Irolerl''v uind
.ell 'lmanulre tliemn before lantintg. It
is: il ilndelrstloold thing hIlt the earllier
rees and shrubs a're pliuantled, tilhe bot
tor theLy will be able to stand tip to
ile hot wethtler in the slrlng.
All delpllhiilllus slloll' be tcult down
ind( tile glrounli olelled tiup roittnd
lilenti so ais loble iable t'lo clelr out tihe
snails tltt likte to sheltler lallmong tile
aid splikes. Thlleln a dustilg of limc
will help thiti . Dahlhis, aonce cut
with the frost, can be cut .down ighllt
ilway,, and 0 11 tile bulbs either Itlt ill ii
sheltered plltce and covereed ,with soil
oir plinced .i it slled to rlipen. 'll's ni
tsows y3?i to liilnuIre lhe groulnsi itli
pilant soilo df tl.e Ilrd1lly floiseril?g
littinls. '
H lihlioll shollld be lifted ltld stor
el away ,to. rilpen. P'lant olL pllansi'ses,
stoclts, leellnil lndl'pelrenninlt poplples.
gnill s rldiils, plts, ilimrhoses, lo'ay
nlllhus, datlses or'hnls, lobelila, c:tlen
ldulis, faxglo'els., ., wallflow~r'is
ntlllllelnis, violus. Flinisll tile i!lthiini
of ill sprinhg flosering hbt bs. .'ryl
plittntitL g thue itilloun lselt and lunel ont s
li boxes so is to got iheli wetl stiarl
edi. Then plhitt in Ilie <nslc titer.
Lillionsi .ihoulds h pl d li phin oiniong
voilr slrutlis, as these io far bell1er
if voa letive theni for a few yeors,
t'liin t vh e tulie' gititrdei. ,pllnl
loilto aitit tiee onIons, esehelols, crl.
titigoe, .onOns. Saso' lite|s iind broad
bheis, entrii'ts,' ltr titue, sitinniia, liel
olttetiS, ru\iitsh...
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