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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1914 



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Resetting Old Bulbs 



SEVERAL seasons ago, when my bed of daffo- 

 dils refused to bloom, I found that the bulbs 

 needed resetting. As almost everyone knows the 

 roots of bulbous plants not only grow and store in 

 their enfolding layers the substance needed for the 

 following year's growth and bloom, but they also 

 reproduce themselves by the thickening of part of 

 their scaly covering into a well-defined bulblet or 

 tiny growth at the base of the bulb or corm, by small 

 budlike projections upon the surface of the original 

 bulb (as with the crocus), or by the formation of 

 pips or eyes from which new plants are formed 

 (lily-of-the-valley). They may also multiply by 

 the prolongation of the root stalk, as with the iris. 

 Of course, if the bulbs were originally planted with 

 plenty of room between them, these new formations, 

 which eventually sap the life of the parent bulb, 

 would simply carry the flowering section of the mass 

 farther away from its original location each year; 

 but if the original bed was planted with but a few 

 inches between each bulb, in order to get a quick 

 mass effect, the increasing families of bulbs result in 

 overcrowding, with a decreasing amount of bloom. 

 The lily-of-the-valley, narcissus, jonquil, and tulip 

 suffer greatly under these cramped conditions. 

 They should be reset every second year at least. 

 Iris should be reset every fourth year in early 

 September. Jonquils, narcissus, tulips and most 

 of the other hardy bulbs may be reset any time 

 from the middle of September until freezing 

 weather. 



If your bulb bed has been untouched for a long 

 time, the new bed may require four or five times as 

 much space. If it has had attention every second 

 year, it will probably require twice as much space. 

 It is wise, when replanting, to sort the bulbs ac- 

 cording to size, however; the large, thrifty ones will 



On the left, daffodil bulbs from a neglected bed: at 

 the right, two bulbs from a two-year-old bed 



usually furnish next season's bloom while the 

 tiny ones will prove disappointing and should be 

 planted where their shortcomings will be over- 

 looked. 



I find that a spade and a fork are about the best 

 tools to use in unearthing the bulbs, with a long 

 slender garden trowel or a dibble for resetting. 

 Work from the outer portion of the bed toward the 

 centre. Plunge the spade into the bed at a short 

 distance from the supposed spot, press down upon 

 the handle lever fashion and raise the clurrp of 

 roots without cutting them. If they are hard to 

 find after digging, thrust the fork in well below the 

 bulb depth and lift the earth shaking it through the 

 tines of the fork. 



In separating the bulbs or pips that have multi- 

 plied, it is only necessary to pull them apart, keep- 

 ing with each division a share of the rootlets. The 

 jonquils, tulips, narcissus and similar bulbs may be 

 found in groups of eight, ten or a dozen bulbs. 

 Where there are but one or two small bulbs beside 

 the large bulb they should be separated also. The 

 root of the iris will require to be cut or broken 

 into its natural divisions. 



In planting jonquils and narcissus simply make 

 holes in the new bed, four inches deep and six inches 

 apart. Drop the bulb into the hole — upright, of 

 course — and cover. For tulips a depth of two 

 and one-half inches is enough, placing the bulbs 

 three and one half and four inches apart. 



Crocus and snowdrops may be dropped into holes 

 two inches deep and about three inches apart made 

 in the lawn when the sod is moist, pressing the sod 

 together above the bulbs to cover them. 



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