GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



to be planted in late September. Some of the choicest 

 imported bulbs, such as those of auratum lilies, 

 do not reach this country until November, simply 

 because to dig them before they are ripe would be 

 to make them worthless. The sooner they can be 

 planted, however, after they have ripened, the more 

 likely they are to live and to attain a high state of 

 development. Madonna lilies and Spanish irises should 

 not be planted later than September, since unlike most 

 bulbs they make a leaf growth in the autumn. 



To keep a garden up to its best, additional bulbs 

 should be planted each year; for there are those that 

 die out after a time, others deteriorate, and again new 

 places present themselves to be planted with this class 

 of flowers. To plant bulbs in the autumn is neither a 

 costly nor an arduous undertaking. To the flower 

 lover it is a delight; for he feels that through the 

 dull days, when nature apparently rests, they will 

 be working under the ground for the future beauty of 

 the garden. 



In the autumn, the beds of hardy, hybrid, perpetual 

 roses should not be overlooked, in case transplanting 

 is to be done or an addition made to their numbers. 

 This class of roses moves best at this season, although 

 spring is a better time to set the more delicate tea 

 and hybrid tea rose bushes (page 212). 



The vines near the garden require attention in 

 the late autumn. Many of them, like the Clematis 

 paniculata, should then be pruned, to induce a vigorous 

 growth for the following spring. It is also necessary 

 to inspect them the same as rose bushes and to see that 



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