BULBS MOST POPULAR IN CALIFORNIA 



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monthly work in Chapter 

 with the various approved 

 lows: 



Depth to 



plant* 



Kind (inches) 



Agapanthus 4 to 6 



Allium 3 



Amaryllis 2 to 4 



Anemone (spring) 1 to 2 



(fall) 2 to 4 



Begonia (tuberous) ... ^2 to 1 



Callas 2 to 4 



C'annas 4 to 6 



Crocus 2 to 4 



Cyclamen 1 



Dahlias 2 to 3 



Freesias 1 to 3 



Gladiolus 3 to 4 



" dwarf 2 to 3 



Hyacinths 4 to 5 



Iris 3 to 4 



Ixias 2 



Lilies 5 to 8 



Lily of yalley 2 to 3 



Montbretia 1 



Narcissus 3 to 5 



Oxalis 2 



Ranunculus 2 to 4 



Snowdrops 2 



Sparaxis 2 



Tigridias 2 to 4 



Tuberose 4 



Tulips 3 to 4 



Watsonias 3 to 6 



XII. Data concerning methods and times 

 bulbs, tubers and roots are tabulated as fol- 



Distance 



apart 

 (inches) 

 24 



3 

 12 



6 to 8 

 12 

 12 

 24 

 24 to 48 



4 to 8 

 12 

 24 to 48 



4 to 6 



8 to 10 



to 



6 



6 to 

 10 



3 

 12 

 12 



3 



8 to 12 



4 



8 to 10 



4 



3 to 6 



4 to 8 

 8 



6 to 8 

 8 to 12 



to 6 



Time to plant 



Oct. 



Jan. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Jan. 



Apr. 



Sept. 



Mar. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



May 



Sept. 



Feb. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Aug. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Aug. 



Oct. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Mar. 



Jan. 



Oct. 



Sept. 



to Feb. 

 to Mar. 



Jtm. 



Dec. 



to Jan. 

 to Mar. 

 to May 

 to Feb. 

 to Apr. 

 to Jan. 



to Aug. 

 to Oct. 

 to 

 to 

 to Jan. 

 to Feb. 

 to Jan. 

 to Dec. 

 to Feb. 

 to M'ar. 

 to Jan. 

 to Sept. 

 to Jan. 

 to Oct. 

 to Jan. 

 to Apr. 

 to Feb. 

 to Jan. 

 to Oct. 



Bloom 



July to Sept. 

 Apr. to May 

 June to Aug. 

 Dec. to Mar. 

 Oct. to Dec. 

 Aug. to Sept. 

 Apr. to Aug. 

 July to Aug. 

 Dec. to Feb. 

 Apr. to May 

 July to Oct. 

 Dec. to Jan. 



Sily to Oct. 

 ay to June 

 Feb. to Apr. 

 Mar. to June 

 Apr. to May 

 Apr. to June 

 Mar. to Apr. 

 May to July 

 Dec. to Apr. 

 Dec. to Apr. 

 Dec. to Mar. 

 Dec. to Feb. 

 Apr. to May 

 May to July 

 May to June 

 Mar. to Apr. 

 Apr. to Sept. 



Suggestions of desirable characters in the plants thus enumerated 

 and particular methods employed in the growing of each may be cited 

 as follows: 



Agapanthus. This is often called the "blue African lily" a large 

 plant remaining in place indefinitely and sending up each summer and 

 autumn stout stems crowned with clusters of bright blue flowers at a 

 time when other bloom is scarce. The foliage consists of dark green 

 short swords with rounded ends; thick, glossy and evergreen. Our 

 plant has been in the center of a bulb-bed for twenty years and has 

 always been admired. By outward extension it now forms a circle 

 nearly four feet in diameter, around an open center which it chooses 

 not to occupy. It is well adapted to prominence on a lawn, where a 

 low plant is desired. The plant is very hardy and will endure dark 

 shadows and hard ground if necessary. 



Alliums. Two members of the onion family are quite largely grown 

 in the open air, though chiefly grown in pots elsewhere. They are low 

 plants with rather scant foliage, sending up a flower-ball on a tender 



*Depth is counted from top of bulb to surface of ground. 



