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once out of the ground the bulbs themselves will not 

 be subjected again to freezing, even though a slight 

 crust may freeze over the ground occasionally. 

 The soil, especially the heavier type, warms up 

 none too rapidly, and a mulch of any kind simply 

 prevents the sun from warming the soil as early as 

 it might. During the winter, then, a mulch is no 

 protection and when removed early in spring repre- 

 sents but so much labor lost. One purpose it may 

 serve, however, for where one desires a succession 

 of bloom the method to obtain this result is evident 

 from the above. Plant to varying depths and 

 remove the mulch successively in spring. 



Another fact may be of interest. When 

 tulips are planted near the surface they may come 

 up and be in almost full leaf when along comes a 

 snow storm and a stiff freeze. But this is no cause 

 for alarm or reason to make one hesitate planting 

 the early tulips, for being frozen solid even when 

 showing bud does not appear to injure the plants. 

 At least this has been the experience with me this 

 past spring, when a bed of Kaiserkroon, almost in 

 full leaf and showing bud, were buried in snow and 

 frozen so that they could be snapped right off as if 

 they were spun of glass. These tulips bloomed 

 exceedingly well and I could not detect the slightest 

 effect of their having been frozen. Then, also, the 

 earlier tulips bloom for a slightly longer period than 

 do the later tulips of the same variety. Whether 

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A Blue Flower for Early Fall 



THE "blue spirea" is technically a shrub, 

 but practically it is a "perennial" in the 

 North. That is to say, it has woody stems but 

 they are usually killed to the ground every year. 

 Fortunately the plant sends up a plentiful supply 

 of new stems every year and these are sure to bloom 

 the same year. 



Personally, I think it looks better edging shrub- 

 bery, and for the herbaceous border I prefer the 

 plant known as Conoclinium crdestinum, which also 

 bears blue flowers in September. Both plants are 

 of the eupatorium type, i. e., they have flat clusters 

 composed of many small flowers with prominent 

 stamens. Indeed the stamens are a little too promi- 

 nent, for they give a faded look to the flowers. 



The blue spirea has a little more purple than I 

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 for blue is a rare and welcome color at that time. 



Connecticut. Jabez Tompkins. 



The blue spirea (Caryaptcris Mastacanthvs), a blue 

 flower for September and October 



