FALL AND WINTER CATALOGUE, 1897. 



OF all Flowers for house culture and winter bloom, bulbs are the most beautiful, and the 

 easiest to grow, they are absolutely sure to bloom — Hyacinths, Tulips, Nar= 

 cissus, Crocus, Sciflas, Iris, Ixias, Sparixias, etc., besides being entirely 

 hardy in open ground will bloom beautifully during winter, when kept in pots in-doors, 

 and are in fact among the finest winter blooming flowers we have. Bulbs for house 

 culture and winter bloom should be potted as early as convenient, from September to January — 

 any soil that is suitable for other plants, will grow nice bulbs. Old well rotted manure is the best 

 fertilizer. Pots or boxes of any convenient size may be used. Small bulbs can be set very close 

 together, sometimes several in a pot, large ones need room in proportion to their size. Do not 

 plant too deep, one inch under ground is about right for most kinds in-doors; — when potted, water 

 thoroughly and set away in a cool dark place for two or three weeks, to rest and give the roots 

 time to start, then take to the living' room or wherever they are to remain — they don't require 

 much heat, an up-stairs room suits them nicely, water only when they need it, but be sure they do 

 not get dry at the bottom. They will soon begin to bloom, and then their lovely flowers and ex- 

 quisite fragrance will surprise and delight all who see them. 



BULBS IN OPEN GROUND 



TULIPS, HYACINTHS, NAR= 

 CISSUS, CROCUS, SNOW 

 DROPS, SCILLAS, IXIAS, 

 SPARIXIAS, etc.— Are the finest 

 bulbs for fall planting in open 

 ground, as they are entirely 

 hardy, and make a splendid dis- 

 play of gorgeous flowers, very 

 Bulb Diagram. ^^^.jy j^ spring, almost before 



the snow is gone. Their flowers are exquisitely beautiful and always highly 

 valued because they come before all others. 



The culture is very simple, and what is better, they are absolutely sure to 

 bloom, Other flowers may fail, but BULBS NEVER. 



Bulbs do not require very rich soil, and will succeed well in any ordinary ground ; when 

 convenient, it is well to spade up the ground, so that it will be a little higher than the surrounding 

 surface, and keep water from collecting on it. If the soil is poor a liberal quantity of old well 

 rotted manure should be spaded in or applied on top as a mulch, 



TlflE TO PLANT. September, October, November and December are the best months 

 for planting bulbs in the open ground, set them from one to six inches apart according to variety 

 and size, and from one to three inches deep. The bulb diagram above shows the proper depth and 

 distances apart for the different varieties. 



WINTER PROTECTION. These bulbs are entirely hardy, and will do without any 

 protection, but if convenient to give the bed a light covering of leaves or litter after planting, the 

 flowers will come earlier, and be finer ; the covering should be removed as soon as the plants 

 show through in the spring. 



TREATMENT AFTER BLOOMING, When pot bulbs are done blooming, they can be 

 set away in any cool dry place and left a few weeks to mature, after which they may be shaken 

 out of the soil and stored away till time to plant again in the Fall, they may not make as fine 

 flowers the second season as the first, but will usually do quite well for two or three years. Bulbs 

 in open ground when done blooming and well matured, may be lifted and dried off, and then 

 treated exactly like those from pots. 



