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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, in 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 Flowering. — Japan Quince 

 (Pyrus), Flowering Plum (Prunus tri- 

 loba), Flowering Almond (Prunus), 

 Thunberg's Spiraea (Spiraza Thunbergi), 

 Plum-leaved Spiraea ( Spiraa 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 (Halesia), Lance- 

 leaved Spiraea (S. lanceolata), Josika's 



Lilac, Garland Mock Orange (Philadel- 

 phus cotonarius), Double-flowering Mock 

 Orange, Large-flowering Mock Orange 

 (P. grandifiorus), Dwarf Snowball ( Vi- 

 burnum plicatum), Graceful Deutzia (D. 

 gracilis). Double Deutzia, in several va- 

 rieties; Weigela Rosea and varieties, Red 

 Branched Dogwood, White Fringe (Chi- 

 onanthus). July //Wm'wg-.-Alder-leaved 

 Clethra (C. alnifolia), Billiard's Spiraea 

 (S. Billiardi), Fortune's White Spiraea 

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

 callosa), Japanese Spiraea (S. species Ja- 

 ponica), Oak leaved Hydrangea (H. quer- 

 cifolia). Flowering in August and later. 

 — Altheas, Double and Single (Hibiscus), 

 Large-panicled 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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