November Autumn Work for Summer 



and red ; La Merveille, old rose and buff ; Orange Globe, 

 red and rose. 



There are some wonderful flowers among the Tulip 

 species, or wild types of other countries. Tulipa Greigi, 

 for instance, has very large flowers of orange and scarlet 

 colouring ; kaufmaniana is cream - coloured ; ixioides, 

 yellow ; gesneriana lutea, rich yellow ; elegans, red- 

 crimson ; vitellina, primrose ; Sprengeri, orange - red ; 

 sylvestris, yellow ; macrospeila, crimson - red. Unfor- 

 tunately the bulbs of the species and named varieties of 

 May-flowering Tulips are somewhat expensive, but the 

 latter may be bought in mixture at a much cheaper 

 rate. 



Worms on the Lawn. The care of the lawn in 

 winter is of some importance, and attention at this 

 season helps towards the production of a close, clean 

 sward in summer. While the ground is very wet and, 

 therefore, soft, the best thing one can do is to keep off 

 the lawn ; at other times much good is accomplished 

 by sweeping and rolling frequently. Worms are a great 

 nuisance, and if watering with lime water does not get 

 rid of them, recourse may be had to one of the special 

 worm killers of which there are now several on sale. 

 The effect on the worms is remarkable. I have seen 

 astonishing results achieved by even one dressing. The 

 powder was applied in the morning of a wet day, and 

 by the following afternoon several barrow loads of 

 worms were swept up. The worm killer should be 

 scattered on the surface during rainy weather so that 

 it may be washed in quickly ; it then takes effect at once. 

 One should not lose sight of the fact that the action 

 of worms in the soil is entirely beneficial, so far as 

 the needs of plants are concerned. In their numbers 

 they move a great deal of soil, thus cultivating and 

 aerating it to a considerable degree. It is only owing 

 to the nuisance caused by worm casts on the surface 

 that greenkeepers and gardeners wish to get rid of 



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