STORING SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS AND TUBERS 



DURING WINTER. 



BY 



WM. HUNT; 



O. A. C , GUhLPK. 



TUBEROUS Rooted Begonias. As 

 soon as the foliage has died down 

 no more water should be given 

 them. The tubers can be shaken out of the 

 soi! and packed in dry sand in shallow boxes 

 and placed in a room or dry cellar or base- 

 ment, where the temperature is from 40 to 

 50 degrees. Or the tubers can be left .n 

 the soil, if they have been grown in pots, 

 leaving the tubers undisturbed in the soil 

 until spring. The pot should be placed 

 away in a dry cool place and no water he 

 given them until March or April. Before 

 growth commences in spring the tubers 

 should be shaken out from the soil and 

 started into growth in sand or sandy soil in 

 small pots. I have had the most satisfac- 

 tory results from tubers that have remained 

 undisturbed in the pots than from those 

 taken from the soil and packed in sand or 

 any similar material for the winter. What- 

 ever method is adopted, great care must be 



taken not to place them where water or 

 moisture can reach them during winter. 



AcHiMENES AND GLOXINIAS. — Very few 

 of the first mentioned of these are grown in 

 windows, but their oddly shaped flowers and 

 peculiar habit of growth make them doubly 

 acceptable to those who love odd and pretty 

 flowers that are not common. The same 

 treatment as recommended for tuberous be- 

 gonias can be given both achimenes and 

 gloxinias during winter, with the exception 

 that they should be stored in rather a 

 warmer place than the begonias. A tem- 

 perature of about 50 degrees will suit them 

 very well. The soil or material the roots 

 or tubers are in should be kept quite dry, b*it 

 not too near the stove or furnace, as an in- 

 tensely dry position would weaken if not de- 

 stroy altogether perhaps the vitality of the 

 tubers. 



Caladiums. — As soon as the foliage of 

 fincy caladiums show signs of decay less 



