Any such kind of fence whether or not the display will CB Jereates an enclosure which will ‘continue right through to the ‘end of the season largely de [provide the home owner with a/ certain amount of privacy. |pends upon the litte attentions |REPLAGING OLD PLANTS [given to tho bods this month, | —————— ~ In the Gard P ar en ‘iN THE ROOK GARDEN The condition of the soil Is By G. E Sery, Garien Editor. | Controls are needed for tho ‘an important factor. In hot, dry . Rampant growing weather no ground bakes and Enclosing Your Garden |Flanta often have to be rexov-loracks worse than the beds of ix something of 9 @——-____jiy oy divided, otherwiso they annuals, Under such conditions, fa a garden which ts at Of wooden fence ts very 2M | soon take more than their allot- the air and molature supply to partly sticlosed by some ‘Vs, and usually makes a capi-/toq area. Fill-ins have to be the roots are so deficlent and ef ornamental fence, The ‘! background for a perennial! ade to fill gaps. Junsatisfactory that the plants pa enclosure docs not need | border. | ‘Wo good rock garden replace~|lose their bottom leaves and the fo extend beyond the house line; A simple Colonial picket fence /monts are Irish Verna and Si- new blooms are poor and thin ‘on to the road boundary, !s easy to put up and if a small ‘perian Coral Lily. | Make {ft a point, then, to gor # tt dows it might create a ate is called for, this should| trish Verna is a dwarf plant Hoosen the soil with the Dutch t note tn the nelgh- be mado to match the rest of and one that is sweetly scented. hoe or hand fork immediately Spearbood. It would be sufficient the fence, ltt produces blue flowers with you see any sign of caking. fo enclose the private garden| A four foot high fence with conspicuous yellow centres, It Better still, get down a good Groaily focated at the back of horizontal pino strips 3 inches |grows best in shade in soll that mulch between the plants. the house. wide and spaced 1% inches|is at least slightly moist. Its| The regular and systematic Often a ganien is enclosed @part makes a good background foliage does not exceed six removal of faded flowers. is an ith some Kind of evergreen |for @ flower border. Or, a ver-|inches in height. |nbsolute must, if the beds are tical paling type might be more | The siberian Coral Lily Is al~|to remain colourful through un 4 rock garden, THE SEMIAHMOO SUN & WHITE ROUK ‘sume poriod of 1985. “Thore js every treason to be- Neve that these expenditures will gontinue to rise,” says the review, which adds that a mid= year official check on invest- ment Intentions in Canada shows that capital outlays of this nature, amounting to $5,147 million, are contemplated for 1956, This is $438 million above the preliminary survey publish- ed in February and a full $1.5 billion, or 41 per cent, above actual expenditure made in 1956, VAST PROGRAMME “The combined value of all public and private investment planned for 1956,” states the B. of M., “amounts to an $8 billion programme, more than a quar- THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 lacked buoyancy. ‘There are, on the other hand, individuals, firms and public bodies that have experienced difficulty in securing their capital require ments in a monetary atmos Phere than can fairly be de- scribed as having been tight for the past scveral months,” Bat there is no question that, |Yiewed in the aggregate, the Canadian economy is operating under a full head of steam. “Such @ condition,” concludes the re— view, “warrants close attention to tho preasure gauges of the ‘economic mechanism and care~ ful handling of the safety val- ves by the monetary authori- \tles; plainly, however it does not call for an indiscriminate stoking of the furnace.” | Now at reduced prices the New Coleman Space Heater betes, which Js very orpamen=‘guitable, Something of a more leq q dwart type. It produces til Fall. Tho best plan Is to go |ter again as targe as actual out-| gent tal, bot make a lot of work In |omamental fence may be made fiery coral red flowers on short /round at least once a week with lays in 1955." During 1056, thel/aceatpulited tts upkeep. A neat, simple kind |with rustic materials, stems which give brilliant [scissors and a basket, clipping! In summing up, the Review |to commercial vegetables in [splashes of colour in the rock-jof all blooms which have had jaays, “there are some areas of |Canada was 198620 acres, an ery. Dormant bulbs can be their day. jdemand that, even in the midst increase of 14 per cent over |planted in the Spring, or they | ‘The first blaze of snapdragons |of general prosperity, haye 1054 Joan be ordered for Full delivery will soon be over, and with these | and planting. lgubjects, the pruning, must be While nearly all plants used |a little more drastic. The faded | in rock gardens are perennials. spikes should be cut out en this does not mean that they tirely, so that the secondary will live and thrive for ever. spikes have a chance to come |Many “wear out’ and when they forward | do, replace them with new vig —_—_—- | HI-BALL WITH ‘BLACK BALL pores os to and from “ VANCOUVER ISLAND SECHELT PENINSULA orous growing plants. Canadian Business Has bs Replacing now for old plants « ” fs not too dificult since most |Full Head of Steam rock garden plants can be Pro- Says B. of M. Review pagated from cuttings or divi leindag rocks The volume of business in Among the unusual varicties Vestment has been the out. of rock plants which may be (standing factor in Canada's POWELL RIVER Jused for replacement is Geran-|surging expansion, the Fast, Frequent Ferry Service Every Dey jum Russel ‘chard. 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