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DIVIDING ROOTS AND TUBERS 



If you are going to propagate a stock of chrysan- 

 themums for the present year, either by dividing 

 them to single shoots or by rooting the tips in sand, 

 you should find proper material on the old clumps; 

 water and cultivate so that you may get cuttings in 

 thirty or forty days. A box of clean, sharp sand in a 

 shaded position will give you good results if not neg- 

 lected. 



Where large beds and borders of canna, cyperus, 

 papyrus and elephant ear have not been disturbed 

 for three or more years, it will be found advisable 

 to dig up the cannas and caladiums and store them 

 away until March or April, and the large clumps of 

 papyrus and cyperus can be divided and replanted in 

 the border when it is spaded up, or divided in spring. 

 These can stand any amount of fertilizer. Dig up 

 the beds as deeply as possible and turn under several 

 inches of well-rotted manure ; leave the beds rough, 

 and later in planting time they will be in a good 

 friable condition to replant. 



BULBS 



Gladiolus may be planted now, using rich ground, 

 and plant them at intervals of two or three weeks 

 for the next four months, to get a succession of 

 blooms throughout the summer. Also plant calla, 

 dahlia and Easter lily. 



Those who have not planted bulbs of anemone, 

 hyacinth, ixia, lily, narcissus, ranunculus, sparaxis 

 and tulip should put them in the ground at once, if 

 any of these flowers are desired. If a handful of 

 sharp sand is placed in the hole for each bulb to set 

 on, it will insure success in many cases where failure 

 would otherwise result. Soak bulbs of anemone and 

 ranunculus a couple of hours before planting. 



