October Looking Forward 



name, for it becomes a mass of graceful creamy blossom 

 twice a year) all are rampant climbers and each is 

 delightful in its own way. Perhaps the most exquisite 

 flower picture of all results from planting Laburnum, 

 the tree of golden tresses, and coaxing mauve Wistaria 

 round its stem and through the branches. 



For forming groups where sharp corners are con- 

 spicuous, flowering shrubs ought to be used chiefly. 

 There are many from which to choose. One might, for 

 the sake of their glow in the winter's gloom, have a 

 few Witch Hazels (Hamamelis) and the yellow Jessamine 

 (nudiflorum), for fragrance the Winter Sweet (Chimonan- 

 thus fragrans), and for flower company when the earth 

 wakes slowly, the Forsythia or Golden Bell, the fragrant 

 Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum), the sweet-scented Honey- 

 suckle (Lonicera fragrantissima), and Almond. They 

 herald the coming of spring, when buds burst to blossom 

 in riotous profusion with the opening of the ornamental 

 Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Pears and Crabs, followed by 

 the Thorns, Laburnums, Barberries and Spiraeas. 



Lifting and Storing Flower Roots. Though the 

 Michaelmas Daisies, Sunflowers, Sea Hollies, Dahlias, 

 Redhot Pokers, and a few others may remain gay for 

 some weeks, the flowers of summer are things of the 

 past, and attention must soon be directed towards lifting 

 and storing the roots or bulbs of such as need this care. 

 The roots of Gladiolus should be taken up as soon as the 

 leaves have turned yellow (the leaf stems being cut off 

 to within a few inches of the base) and laid out to dry 

 on a shelf in the greenhouse, or some other dry, sunny 

 place. In the course of ten days or so the soil may 

 be rubbed off easily, and the roots stored in paper bags 

 for the winter. The small offsets found at the base of 

 the Gladiolus roots should be taken off; if kept during 

 winter in a box of sand and planted in spring they will 

 make such progress as to reach flowering size in a year 

 or two. Some gardeners lift the roots of Montbretia 



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