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annually are: Hyacinths, Darwin, Parrot, and ordinary 

 bedding tulips ; babianas, calochorti ; bedding crocuses 

 only, gladioli, ixias, Milla bifiora, anemones, tuberous- 

 rooted begonias, ranunculi, sparaxi, Tropreolum 

 tuberosum, and tigridias. The hyacinths, tulips, and 

 crocuses should either remain in their flowering positions 

 until the foliage has turned yellow and withered; or, if 

 their site be required for summer plants, be lifted and 

 replanted at once in a reserve bed till growth is completed. 

 The ixias, babianas, calochorti, millas, and sparaxi must 

 be permitted to remain in the soil until they have lost 

 their foliage. The same remarks apply to the anemones 

 and ranunculi. The gladioli and tigridias should be lifted 

 at the end of October. All, except the two last, should 

 be divested of dead foliage, loose scales, and dead roots, 

 and stored in shallow boxes in a cool, airy shed to get 

 quite dry, when store in any cool place till planting time. 

 The gladioli and tigridias should be tied in small bunches, 

 and hung up in an airy shed till quite dry ; then be cleared 

 of dead foliage and offsets. Store the tigridias and 

 tropseolum tubers in dry silver sand, and the gladioli in 

 shallow boxes in a cool frost-proof place. Tuberous-rooted 

 begonias should be lifted in September, placed close 

 together in shallow boxes in a greenhouse till the leaves 

 wither; then have the stems and leaves twisted off and the 

 tubers stored in fibre refuse in a heated greenhouse. 

 Anemones and ranunculi should be placed thinly in boxes 

 in a cool shed, and, when quite dry, be divested of dead 

 foliage and then stored in boxes in a cool, dry place. 

 Narcissi used for bedding may be treated like hyacinths. 



Bulbs Requiring Annual Lifting: and Replant. 

 ing 1 . The only kinds needing to be lifted and replanted 

 annually are the crocosmias and the tritonias or mont- 

 bretias. The corms have a tendency to push themselves 

 to the top of the soil, and hence are best replanted each 

 November. 



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