Round the Year in the Garden 



simplest: the roots are cut up into pieces about 3 

 inches long and are inserted in soil either out of doors 

 or in flower-pots. In gardens of light, well-drained 

 land the cuttings may be placed out of doors, the 

 border having been first well prepared by digging. 

 But it is safer to put the cuttings in pots of light 

 soil, and to place these in a frame for some time 

 until leaf growth has developed. Planting out of doors 

 is practised in spring or early summer. The pieces 

 of root are usually inserted with the tops just below 

 the surface of the soil. Autumn or early in February 

 is a suitable time for taking root cuttings. 



In the Greenhouse 



Yellow Arum Lilies. The yellow Arum Lilies are 

 far less commonly seen in gardens than the white 

 sorts. Amateurs undertaking their cultivation are apt 

 to treat them like the familiar Easter Lily, as the 

 white Arum is sometimes called, with disappointing 

 results. The roots or tubers should be at rest during 

 the winter months. When, in late summer, the flower- 

 ing season is over, and the leaves begin to lose their 

 freshness, the supply of water to the roots should be 

 gradually discontinued; when the leaves have fallen, 

 watering should cease. The roots remain in the pots 

 of soil during winter, the latter being turned on their 

 side so that the soil is kept dry. They must, of course, 

 be stored in some frost-proof place. In spring the roots 

 are taken out and repotted in fresh soil, and grown 

 in a heated greenhouse. The flowering season is summer- 

 The two best yellow Arums are Elliottiana and Pent- 

 landi, of which the rich yellow spathes and handsome 

 leaves give a striking display. 



Dahlias and Room Plants. If Dahlia roots which 

 have been stored during winter are now placed in 

 boxes of soil and kept moist, growth will soon com- 



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