Bulbous and Tuberous Rooted Plants 



IXIA. 



This beautiful Spring-flowering bulb is most useful for giving 

 a fine effect in Spring and early Summer from its elegant habit, 

 its graceful flower-stalks and its rich and varied colors, the 

 center of the flowers always differing in shades from the other 

 parts. 



The genus contains about twenty-five species of easy culture 

 in any good garden soil. 



In October or early in November plant the bulbs about six 

 inches deep; as soon as the leaves turn yellow take up the bulbs 

 and store them in a cool dry place until the next planting season. 



Propagation by offsets is the quickest method of increasing 

 the number of plants; they may be secured in quantity after the 

 parent bulbs have ripened off; store them in a cool dry place 

 until the planting season; plant the offsets in a sheltered position 

 about three inches apart for one season; the second year they will 

 bloom and may be planted in their blooming quarters. 



They may also be propagated by seeds which should be sown 

 in pans or boxes about September and placed in a cold frame; 

 cover the seeds to the depth of one-quarter of an inch ; the second 

 year plant the young bulbs a few inches apart in a sheltered spot, 

 taking up the bulbs as soon as ripe and storing them until plant- 

 ing time. They will bloom the third year. 



KNIPHOFIA (Redhot Poker Plant). 



This handsome stately herbaceous plant is a general favorite 

 on account of its striking color and adaptability to almost any 

 soil or position, doing well in poor soil although it prefers rich 

 loam. Even on our rocky dry hillsides it struggles along and 

 boldly sends up its large tufts of long narrow leaves and stately 

 flower-stalks covered with scarlet or yellow blossoms until late 

 in the season. 



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