THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Oct. Other bulbs and tubers worth growing are AlHum 



16-31 Neapolitanum (garden), Amaryllis Belladonna (Bella- 

 donna Lily — garden), Colchicum (Meadow Saffron — 

 garden), Dog's - Tooth Violets (rockery), Fritillaria 

 (Snake's-head Lily — garden), Galtonia or Hyacinthus 

 Candicans (garden). Gladiolus Colvellei Alba (pots) and 

 G. Brenchle3'ensis (garden), Lxias (pots), Lachenalias 

 (hanging baskets), Ornithogalum (Star of Bethelem — 

 garden), Ranunculuses (garden — plant in February), 

 Sparaxis (pots), Sternbergia (garden or rockery), 

 Trigridias (garden), Wood Lily (Trillium — shady spot 

 in the garden), Tropoeolums (garden), and Tuberoses 

 (pots). 



Freesias are among the most delightful of bulbs on 

 account of their delicious fragrance, and because they 

 open their pretty flowers in winter ; they have been 

 dealt with pretty fully already. 



Montbretias are not true bulbs, but are often included 

 in catalogues, and may be procured and planted in 

 October. They have graceful leaves, and produce loose 

 spikes of flowers ranging in colour from yellow to 

 orange and scarlet. Growing in almost any soil, brilliant 

 in colour, and lasting long in bloom, they are among the 

 most valuable of hardy plants. 



Bulbs for Window Boxes. — The window boxes, like 

 the flower beds, need a change in autumn, the summer 

 and autumn-flowering plants being removed, and fresh 

 ones substituted for spring flowering. The opportunity 

 should be taken of overhauling the boxes thoroughly. 

 They should be emptied, repainted if necessary, supplied 

 with new drainage material, and fresh loam and leaf- 

 mould added to a portion of the old soil before refilling. 

 Bulbs are beautiful spring plants, but as the boxes are 

 bare most of the winter if nothing else is employed, a few 

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