FLOEAL NOTES FOE NOVEMBEE 



BY 



WM. HUNT, 



SUPT. GREENHOUSES, O. A. C, GUELPH, ONT. 



FLOWER GARDEN.— If the weather 

 is sufficiently open and no hard 

 frosts prevail, this will be found 

 the most suitable time for making new 

 walks, flower beds or borders, as the winter 

 rains and snow will assist greatly in settling 

 the soil down before spring operations com- 

 mence. Some planting of the hardier var- 

 ieties of border plants can also be done to 

 advantage. German Iris, Paeonies, Hem- 

 erocallis or Lemon lily, Dielytras or Bleeding 

 Heart, as well as Lily of the Valley, are 

 varieties that succeed well if planted late in 

 the autumn. If left until spring, they are 

 often overlooked and forgotten until it is 

 too late for them to take root and give 

 flowering results the same season. It may 

 be advisable, however, to give these late 

 planted varieties a mulching of leaves or 

 long strawy manure later on, before very 

 severe weather sets in. The Iris would 

 probably be better without being covered 

 up or mulched, as mulching is liable to 

 damage and smother the growth, Fibrous 



Fig. 2476. Gloxinia Grassifolia. 



rooted varieties of hardy border plants, 

 such as Gaillardias, Phlox paniculata, Core- 

 opsis, Rudbeckias, etc., succeed better trans- 

 planted in early spring. 



BULBS 



Most varieties of spring flowering bulbs, 

 such as Tulips, Crocuses, Snowdrops, Scillas, 

 Chionodoxas, as well as the Daffodil Narcis- 

 sui, require very little, if any, covering 

 during winter, excepting in very cold locali- 

 ties, or when the bulbs were planted very 

 late in the season. A light mulching of 

 long strawy manure would be beneficial to 

 these latter if applied before severe weather 

 sets in. Hyacinths, however, in almost 

 all localities, are greatly benefited during 

 severe winters by having a mulching of 

 long strawy manure four or five inches 

 deep spread over the ground where the 

 bulbs are planted. Three or four inches of 

 leaves with a light covering of long grass or 

 manure, or even pine boughs or brush to 

 keep the leaves in place, make a splendid 

 protection for bulbs in winter, and is often 

 easier to be obtained than long manure. 



EOSES 



Budded plants of even the hardier var- 

 ieties of out-door roses are better if given 

 some extra covering during winter. Bank- 

 ing the soil up in a conical form about a 

 foot in height around the plant will afford 

 great protection to out door roses in winter. 

 A mulching of strawy manure or leaves in 

 addition to this would also be beneficial. 

 In localities where the temperature is often 

 for a long period below zero, some extra 

 protection even to this would be advisable. 

 Long straw, an inch or two in thickness. 



