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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 1913 



OMERAUOHU; 



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bloom, plant shallow; but the stem will be short. 

 Deep planting brings big blooms and long stems. 

 The bulbs should be transplanted, or rather divided, 

 before getting too crowded. I have seen gardens 

 where the bulbs have been undisturbed for twenty 

 years, still blossoming, but the blooms were few 

 and small and the stems very short. This division 

 is best done immediately after the bulb has 

 bloomed and while the bulb is still in a growing 

 condition. It is better for the bulb as the 

 ground is damp and friable and it can be lifted, 

 sacrificing few roots. It is better for me because 

 I can see to better advantage just where a line 

 needs to be widened or a curve changed to make 

 the border more beautiful and effective for another 

 year. I have often heard people say "You will 

 ruin them to take them up at this season." I have 

 50,000, and all have been planted in this way. 

 But I do not let the roots get dried out before I 

 plant. 



The early daffodils are peculiar in pushing the 

 bud out of the ground before the leaf. I take 

 advantage of this and take up clumps for window 

 boxes or pots, putting back the bulbs too small to 

 bloom. I barely cover the roots with earth; the 

 light soon changes the white stem to a healthy green 

 and plenty of water gives me blooms ten days or two 

 weeks sooner than if I had left them in the garden. 

 Then follow in the garden in gay disorder hordes of 

 jonquils, polyanthus narcissus, Emperor and Emp- 

 ress daffodils, Lencojum vernum, etc., etc. It is 

 curious to watch the shades of green in the foliage 

 which exactly suit the shades of bloom. 



Florida. Mary H. Bowers. 



A Window Garden of Bulbs 



ALTHOUGH I had some failures in my window 

 garden last year, I derived a great deal of 

 pleasure from it when the temperature out of doors 

 was down below zero. If you possibly can, pot 

 a few bulbs this fall; you will be amply repaid for 

 your effort especially if your list includes hyacinths 

 and freesias. 



Our house faces the north and, as there are only 

 two south windows, each of which is the sole means 

 of lighting a large room, extensive floriculture is 

 impossible. Each window is in the corner of the 

 room and a large radiator prevents additional 

 tables or shelves. The window sills are ten inches 

 wide, however; the upper window is the only one 

 of the two which I can use and in this one I brought 

 all my bulbs to flower. To be sure there are east 

 and west windows, but the subject of heat, the 

 uses of the rooms, and the location of trees make 

 all but one of them, a west window, impossible, and 

 that receives very little sun during the shorter 

 days. 



I spent $1.19 for the following bulbs: 



Three hyacinths, yellow, blue, and rose; 8 

 crocus; 4 scillas; 12 freesias (long trumpet); 3 

 Princeps narcissus (medium trumpet); 3 Stella 

 narcissus (medium trumpet); 3 Cynosure nar- 

 cissus (long trumpet); 3 Hoop Petticoat; 2 Pea- 

 cock iris. 



When potting them I put in small stones and 

 charcoal and then the soil. I used good garden 

 loam but, had I included in it a little well rotted 

 manure, my blossoms would have been much larger 

 and better. 



The crocus were potted first on September 16th. 

 These were one of the experiments. On January 

 1st, they were two inches high and showing buds 



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