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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Planting Bulbs 



WM. HUNT, ONT. AGRIC. COLLEGE, GUELPH. 



About the second or third week in 

 October is usually the best time for plant- 

 ing bulbs out of doors, more especially 

 Dutch hyacinths and narcissi. Roman 

 hyacinths do not as a rule give good re- 

 sults planted out except in the warmest 

 sections of southern Ontario, so that I do 

 not advise planting Roman hyacinths out- 

 side. Tulips, Crocus, Scilla siberica, and 

 Chionodoxas are amongst the hardiest of 

 the bedding out bulbs, and are often planted 

 out with good success just as winter is set- 

 ting in, but usually all of the out-door 

 planted bulbs are better planted in October. 



Dig the soil deeply where they are to be 

 planted, and rake it fairly fine. Hyacinths, 

 narcissi, and tulips should be planted so 

 that the top or apex of the bulb is about two 

 inches below the surface when the soil is 

 covered over them. Crocus, scilla, chion- 

 odoxa and snowdrops should be planted 

 so that they are covered with about an inch 

 of soil. The surface of the soil should be 

 patted down fairly firm with a spade after 

 the bulbs are planted, more especially if the 

 soil is of a light sandy nature. 



Horse Lawn Mower 



PROF. H. L. HUTT, ONT. AGRI. COLLEGE, 



GUELPH. 



I have been led to believe the Guelph college 

 has a one-horse lawn mower. If it is such as 

 you can recommend, please say where one 

 similar to yours can be purchased, and the cost. 

 — (J. Li. B., Kingston. 



We use on the college lawn the Excelsior 



horse lawn mower, made by the Chadborn 



& Caldwell Manufacturing Co., Newbury, 



N. Y. They make these mowers in three 



sizes, namely 30, 35 and 40 inches wide, 



prices $60, $67 and $75, to which, of 



course, must be added freight and a duty of 



35 per cent. I know of no cylinder horse 



mower of the kind made in Canada, although 



the Massey-Harris Co. make an excellent 



An October and November Flower. 



The plant growing in this novel manner as shown in the cut 

 above, is Cattlya Labiata, one of the species of Cattlya first intro- 

 duced. The flowers are very large, often six inches in diameter 

 and three or four flowers on a spike. Broad rose colored sepals 

 and petals with a rich majenta lip. make an unusually attractive 

 flower. It usually blooms during October and November and when 

 grown in the manner shown above, has a very pleasing effect. 



small one-horse mower, with cutter bar, like- 

 the ordinary field mower. This can be o^b- 

 tained for less than half the price of the 

 American mower, and would probably an- 

 swer your purpose very well, although it 

 will not cut as close as the cylinder mower. 



I have been years working on pansies to 

 prove that our Canadian-grown seed is 

 more suitable for our climatic conditions 

 than any imported seeds are or ever will be. 

 I wish you could see the difference in 

 quality between our home grown cabbage 

 seed and the imported seed. The plants 

 from our native seed are much the better. — 

 (William Spendlow, Billings Bridge, Ont. 



Plant climbers where you wish them to 

 grow. You will find them desirable for 

 covering closets, old buildings, wood piles, 

 fences, posts and even stumps. 



