THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



ito growth. To make amends f< 

 ;d quantity of Boil allotted to each plant, a ( 

 ches of well-rotted cow or sheep manure, i 

 about one-fourth part of soot and sand, shoi 

 i over the drainage in each pot. The whole 

 hould be rich, except the portion immediately 

 unding the bulb, which should be of sand or pure 

 loam. The base of the bulb ibo 



1 earthed over with t 





politan and Tree Violets 

 in 4 or 5- inch pots for 

 nothing can be moreac. x 



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unedonlybyas; 

 the half-hardy plants and annuals in order ; any 





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appear as a gnu 

 that of a eonfni 

 \ bulbs, such 





dormant, should be 



are all deep rooting 



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P laced » «*> to encourage the 



downward progress of roots, and thereby make them 

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and July. The scarlet Tiger Lily is splendid at this 

 season for plai f or t h e decora- 



small bulbs* tlllT " thS PlantS are U ° W examined > 

 these should be carefully collected and plauted^aboTan 



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n. By this plan 



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■ make excellent plants in a very short rhe ^ m ^^ . 



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JJ'tS ^ b ° r f erS ' C ', ipping tVe ^ngBoi Bo: 

 and Thrift, and weeding and repairing the gravel walks 

 „-^°»T I,r ': irtment. Let th 



racerion? * ^ attended to ' as the diffe ren 



l£ht in? "^ ha 7 e the Vantage of 



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The earliest sc 

 3 on a border w 



*™\? v west as Pect, re- 

 itic Caulifl'owers°for 



•no toe remeinder wUI be Ml to produce heeds. 



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