ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



In the Autumn the bulbs should be taken 

 up, after the foliage has been destroyed by 

 the frost, carefully dried and stored through 

 the Winter. It is a frequent practice to 

 pack the bulbs in boxes of dry sand, the 

 bulbs not touching each other, and then 

 to store the boxes in some suitable place, but 

 for the last two Winters I have kept them 

 in baskets in an ordinary cellar, side by side 

 with similar baskets of Gladioli, Dahlias, 

 and Cannas, and they have been in perfect 

 condition in the Spring. 



The Begonias began to flower early in 

 July, the Asters and Gladioli the middle of 

 August, and all continued to bloom until 

 the frost came. 



Other than Lilies and Iris, this one an- 

 nual and the two summer-flowering bulbs 

 were all that were admitted to this garden. 

 To observe the Iris and Lilies as they came 

 into bloom was most interesting, but of the 

 many varieties of Lilies there are, after all, 

 but few that are entirely satisfactory, and 

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