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that. I always leave the old bulbs 

 attached until spring, when I set them 

 out. 



So much for the flowering bulbs. 

 Now for new bulbs which are not ready 

 to flower for a year or two, These are 

 attached to all gladiolus bulbs when 

 you take them up, numerous small 

 bulbs in size from a pin head to a pea. 

 These leave attached until spring, when 

 separate them and plant them by them- 

 selves. Some of the larger ones will 

 blossom, perhaps the first summer, 



but that won't happen often, I tend 

 carefully, and by fall most of them will 

 be fine, robust bulbs, ready for fine 

 bloom by the next summer. Gladioli 

 can also be raised from seed, but I have 

 never tried it. 



In my opinion there are few flowers 

 to compare, m beauty in the garden and 

 also for cut flowers, with the gladiolus. 

 All labor expended on them will be 

 more than repaid, if a person is a lover 

 of the beautiful. — Minnesota Horti- 

 culturist. 



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Mow strange that with the great 

 wealth of easily grown, inex- 

 pensive material which is pos- 

 sessed in the hardy flowering 

 shrubs as home-adorning material, any- 

 thing like fair collections of these should 

 be so rarely met about country houses. 

 Shrubbery groups are among the most 

 fascinating and ever - changing plant 

 adornments that can possibly be em- 

 ployed on the home grounds, and the 

 shrubs are no more trouble than the 

 same number of currant bushes. Here 

 is a list of what we consider the best 

 hardy flowering shrubs for common cul- 

 ture. April Flowering. — Mezeron Pink 

 (Daphne mezerum), Golden Bell (For. 

 sythia) May Floxvering. — Japan Quince 

 (Pyrus)^ Flowering Plum (Primus tri- 

 loba), Flowering Almond (Prunus), 

 Thunberg's Spiraea ( Spircea Thunbergi). 

 Plum-leaved Spiraea ( Spircea prunifolia), 

 Lilacs, many sorts ; Rough-leaved Vi- 

 burnum ( V. rugosum), Lantana-leaved 

 Viburnum ( V. lantanoides), Bush Ho 

 neysuckles, Tree Paeony. June Flower- 

 ing. — Silver Bell Shrub ( Ilalesta ),\^nc&- 

 leaved Spiraea (S. lanceolata), Josika's 



Lilac, Garland Mock Orange ( Philadel- 

 phuscoronarius), Double-flowering Mock 

 Orange, I^rge-flowering Mock Orange 

 (P. grandiflorus). Dwarf Snowball ( Vi- 

 burnum plicatum). Graceful Deutzia (D. 

 gracilii). Double Deutzia, in several va- 

 rieties; Weigela Rosea and varieties. Red 

 Branched Dogwood, White Fringe (Chi- 

 onanthus). July Flowering.- Ps\^&[-\tz.v&A 

 Clethra (C alnifolia), BilHard's Spirsa 

 (S. Billiardi), Fortune's White Spiraea 

 (S. caliosa alba). Fortune's Spiraea (S. 

 callosa), Japanese Spiraea (S. species Ja- 

 ponica). Oak leaved Hydrangea (N. quer- 

 cifolia). Floivering in August and later. 

 — Altheas, Double and Single (Hibiscus), 

 Large-pan icled Hydrangea, Purple Fringe 

 (Rhus cotinus). Variously Attractive. — 

 Moneywort - leaved Coteneaster, hand- 

 some fruit; Prunus Pissardi, beautiful 

 dark red foliage, all seasons ; Purple- 

 leaved Berberry, violet purple foliage ; 

 Variegated Cornelian Cherry, handsome 

 white-blotched foliage : Silver-leaved Cor- 

 chorus, white-edged foliage ; Holly-leaved 

 Mahonia, evergreen ; Box, in varieties, 

 evergreen. — Popular Gardening. 



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