PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— BULBS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING. 



ULBOUS PLANTS are among the most showy and useful of our garden favorites, are easily managed and are sm-e 

 to bloom. The outdoor display may be fairly said to commence with March, when the garden is growin'^ bright 

 with Snow-drops, Soillas, Chionodoxas, Crocuses, Daffodils, etc., and during April and well into May the flower- 

 beds are brilhant and charming with a wealth of lovely Hyacinths, Tulips, Anemones, Narcissus, etc., which make 

 up a display of floral beauty rarely equaled. As winter-blooming plants they hold an important place, as there is 

 no period of the year duiing which flowers are so highly appreciated, and certainly no class of flowering plants 

 affords more pleasure. It is no difficult matter, by early planting and forcing a few Van Thol Tulips, Roman and 

 other Hyacinths, Paper-white Narcissus, etc., to have them in bloom by New Year's day, while a few successive 

 plantings of these and other choice sorts wiU ensm-e a beautiful display thi-oughout the dull winter months. 



CULTURE OF HARDY RULBS, f^^l'^Tx^r'"/ during the winter. 

 ^^ * * — "-^ — in the Window or Greenhouse. . . . 



leaves, straw or other refuse over the soil where the pots are plunged. Bulbs 

 should be sufficiently rooted in about eight or ten weeks after potting- to have 

 the pots lifted and brought in the house for flowering, though some londs 

 require a longer period. But to be sure that the roots have developed properly 

 place the hand over the top of the pot, turn it upside down and tap the pot 

 slightly, when the ball of earth will slip out of the pot ; if the roots are plainly 

 showing all around the earth the bulb is well rooted ; place back in the pot 

 and remove to the house for flowering whenever desired. By taking in 

 a few pots at intervals of two weeks or more, a succession of bloom may 

 be had throughout the -ninter. They should then be grown on in the 

 house m a temperature of from sixty to seventy degrees, and should then bloom, 

 in from six to eight weeks from the time they are brought in after rooting 

 Do not allow the plants to suffer for want of water, and if some Henderson^s 

 Plant Fertilizer or .Manure water is added once a week it will be beneficial 



Pottinff. — The bulbs should be planted in pots as soon as received. Tlie soil 

 should be rich and well mixed with at least one-third of old well-rnited manure ; 

 fill the pot nearly full of soil, place the bulb in, then fill in\vith soil firndyto 

 within half an inch of the top of the pot. 



After Potting. — One of the most important things to observe is the proper 

 placing of the pots containing the bulbs. To get the best results in flowering 

 the pots must be filled with roots before the top starts to grow, and to do this 

 they must be plunged in some cool place ; too much warmth excitesthe top into 

 growth before there are sufficient roots to nourish it. The most satisfactory 

 method is to plunge the pots in the earth an inch or more below the surface, 

 riglit out in the garden. Select a sheltered position, high enough so that water 

 from rains will not settle and remain st-agnant around the pots. When the 

 weather gets cold enough to freeze the ground place three or four inches of 



GARDEN CULTURE OF HARDY BULBS. 



To secure really fine flowers outdoor planting' should be done early in the 

 fall, though generally speaking, from October to the middle of November is 

 the most desirable time. Mo.=;t bulbs succeed in any well-drained, good garden 

 soil, which, however, should be dug at least eighteen inches deep. Hardy 

 bulbs throw out their roots during the fall and winter — they usually root 

 deeply ; therefore the bulbs should be planted from three to four inches below 

 the surface, so as to be as free as possible from the upper crust of the soil, 

 which heaves considerably, caused by alternate freezing and thawing, thus 

 causing bulbs planted too near the surface to break fron^ their roots. A little 

 sand placed below and around the bulbs permits the water to drain off in heavy 



gulbs for Geometrical Beds and Ribbon Borders 



Most showy and satisfactory effects are produced 

 by planting the various colored Tulips, Hyacinths, .j;:: 



etc., that gi'ow about the same height and Mower at ,Ji^ 



the same time, in lines, each of one color, or in jtl^t^i 



masses or geometrical designs, care being taken to i"- 



arrange the various colors so the contrasts will be 

 harmonious. We subjoin a few of the sorts usually 

 used : 



HYACINTHS {single varieties are preferred, as they produce 

 better spil-es). — Pinks : Gertrude. Norma. Gigantea. 

 Reds : Robert Steiger, Veronica. Whites : Baroness von 

 Thuyll, Grand Vedette, Voltaire. Light Blues ; Charles 

 Dickens, Czar Peter, La Peyrouse. Dark Blues : Baron 

 Ton Thuyll, Marie. 

 SINGLE TULIPS.— Crimsons :Artus, Belle Alliance, Crim- 

 son King. Pottsbakker Scarlet, Vermillion Brilliant. Rose and :;/■. 

 Pinks : Cottage Maid. Rosa Mundi Huyckman. Yellows : Canary ' ' 

 Bird, Chrysolora, Pottebakker Yellow, Yellow Prince. Whites : Queen 

 Victoria, T/Immacitlee. Pottebakker White. Clarets : Wouverman, Vander 

 Neer. Variegatad : K,iiser-Kroon, Golden Standard, Grand Due de Russle. 



soils, Beds should be in a sunny position, if possible, and protected during- 

 winter by a coating of rotted manure. The bulbs may be taken up and dried 

 off as soon as the leaves acquire a yellow color ; the beds will be vacant in. 

 time for the ordinary bedding plants. If it is found necessary to remove the 

 bulbs immediately after flowering they should be carefuUj-' taken up the 

 leaves and roots damaged as little as possible, and "heeled in" in some slightly 

 shaded place until the foliage is quite withered and the bulbs thoroughly 

 ripened, when they m,ay be taken up, cleaned, and stored in a cold dry shed oi- 

 cellar until wanted for the next fall's planting. 



OEOMETKICAL BED OF EARLY TULIPS. 



