16 BULBS AND THEIR CULTIVATION. 



by the bulbs, or a quarter-ounce to each six-inch pot when 

 the bulbs have begun to show their flower-stems. Out- 

 door bulbs, especially those of a permanent nature, ought 

 also to be liberally mulched with rotten manure in early 

 spring to keep the soil cool and prevent evaporation of 

 moisture. 



CHAPTER III. 



LIFTING AND STORING BULBS. 



SOME bulbous and tuberous-rooted plants succeed best if 

 lifted, dried, stored, and replanted in autumn or spring. 

 Others, again, merely require to be lifted in autumn and 

 replanted at once; while the majority may be grown in the 

 ground all the year and only lifted and replanted every few 

 years. Although this subject has been briefly referred to 

 in some of the chapters dealing with outdoor bulbs, it 

 will be more helpful to the reader if we deal with it more 

 fully and specifically here. 



The Object of Lifting: is a threefold one. First of 

 all, it enables certain bulbs which do not ripen satisfac- 

 torily in the soil to be well ripened by exposure to the air 

 and storage in a dry atmosphere. Secondly, it enables 

 the site they occupy to be planted with other plants for a 

 portion of the year; and, thirdly, it affords an opportunity 

 of seperating the mature flowering-sized bulbs from the 

 non-flowering offsets, and so make sure of having colonies 

 of bulbs uniform in the number and quality of their 

 flowers. 



Bulbs Requiring: to be Annually Lifted. Those 

 that need to be lifted, dried, stored, and replanted 



