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The Croccs. 
autumn in exposed places may often be 
saved from injury by securing t hem to 
stakes during the first winter. Plants that 
need a little protection in winter should re- 
October. 
Seasonable Operations. Sowing Seeds tor Indoor Bloom- 
ing. The Planting and Treatment ot Holland Bulbs. 
-4 Good List gf Hyacinths for Blooming in the Winter 
Garden. Preesia Kefracta Alba. The Large-Flowered 
Crocuses and How to Grow Them in Pots. Calochorus 
or Butterfly Tulip. Sdlla Siberica. The Narcissus. 
CTOBER will 
mostly finish 
up outdoor 
work in the 
garden. Prop- 
agating by cut- 
tings from 
wood grown 
outside should be finished in most 
sections. Seeds of Sweet Alyssum, 
Mignonette, Candy tuft, Browallia, 
Calendula officinalis (Pot Mari- 
gold,) and others.may still be sown 
in pans or shallow boxes for in- 
side use. Seeds of some hardy an- 
nuals. biennials and perennials, 
such as SweetAlyssum.Nierember- 
gia, Lychnis, Hollyhock, Pinks, 
China Asters, Calliopsis, Nemo- 
phila,Dalphinium, Campanula, and 
many others, may be sown in drills 
in the open border or in a small bed 
prepared for the purpose. They 
will come up early in the spring, 
and sa ve m uch trouble at that ti me. 
The reader can scarcely have fail- 
ed to observe how many self-sown 
seedlings appear in the spring long 
before the border is usually dug 
up. All tender plants should be 
housed before the first hard frost. 
Plants that are likely to be injured 
by high winds in winter should be secured 
to stakes. Trees and shrubs planted in the 
ceive it before the ground is frozen up hard, 
but not while it is still warm. There is no 
better covering than leaves for a bed or 
border. When the ground is frozen about 
an inch deep is time enough to apply them. 
The proper thing to do is to go over the 
place and see that everything is secure 
for the winter. 
* * * 
October is the month for the general 
planting of what are usually called Holland 
or Dutch bulbs, such as Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Narcissus, Scillas, Crocus, Iris. Lilies, Snow- | 
The Narcissus ( Daffodils ). 
drops, and others. Hardy bulbs may be 
planted out of doors as long as the ground 
is unfrozen, though it is not always safe to 
defer the planting much beyond October at 
the North. Those grown in pots may be 
planted, for a succession, during October, 
November, and even December. A good 
plan, however, is to pot most of them in 
October, and put the pots out of doors in a 
frame or in some spot where they can be 
covered and protected by leaves. The ad- 
vantage of this plan is, that the bulbs are 
making roots all the time, and will bloom 
stronger in consequence. They can be 
brought in from time to time as wanted for 
a succession of bloom. Similar results may 
be obtained by placing the pots in a cool 
cellar, and for some this will be a more con- 
venient way than putting the pots out of 
doors, where they are sometimes covered 
with snow just at the time they are wanted. 
Whichever plan is adopted, the earth in the 
pots should not be allowed to dry up, 
which it is likely to do if too long neglected. 
* * * 
For the benefit of new readers we give 
a short list of Hyacinths that bloom well in 
the window garden. There are man> more, 
however, quite as good. Three doubles and 
three singles of each color are named. One 
has to pay a trifle more for named varieties, 
but the satisfaction of knowing ihe names 
will more than counterbalance the addition- 
al cost; besides, the bulbs of named kinds 
are, as a rule, selected with more care and 
are better than those unnamed. Beds : 
Bouquet Tendre, double crimson: Regina 
Victoria, double red; Czar Nicholas, double 
rose; Robert Steiger, single crimson; Dib- 
bitz Sabalkansky, single red; Ger- 
trude, single pink. Whites-. La 
Deese, double pure white, yellow 
eye; La Tour d’ Auvergne, double 
pure white; Triumph Blandina, 
double blush white, red eye; Grand 
Vainqueur, single pure white; La 
Grandesse, single pure white; 
Mont Blanc, single pure white. 
Blues: Laurens Koster, double vio- 
let blue; Bride of Lammermoor, 
double lilac blue; Rembrandt, dou- 
ble light blue; Czar Peter, single 
light blue; Baron van Thuyll, sin- 
gle violet blue; Regulus. single 
porcelain blue. Yellows: Jaune 
Supreme, double yellow; Bouquet 
Orange, double orange red, green 
tip; Goethe, double bright yellow; 
Rhinoceros, single pale orange; 
Heroine, single yellow, green tip; 
Canary Bird, single pure yellow. 
Always add to the smallest collec- 
tion L’Ami du Coeur, single lilac 
blue, for the sake of its peculiarly 
grateful fragrance as well as its 
fine bloom. There is a red-flower- 
ed L’Ami du Cceur with a similar 
fragrance, but the bloom is not 
nearly so good as the old blue. 
* » * 
Freesia refracta alba, with its 
treatment, was lately referred to. Now is 
the time to plant bulbs purchased at the 
seed stores. They can be bought for a bout 
thirty cents a dozen, and are among the 
least troublesome of all bulbs to grow, eith- 
er in the green-house or the sitting-room. 
Their delicious fragrance once enjoyed will 
always be longed for. 
* * * 
The large- flowered varieties of Crocus are 
now fast superceding the old kinds. They 
can be bought in mixed varieties and colors 
as well as under name. The flowers appear 
Crocus pot. Fig. 1033. 
early in Spring, just in time to say good-by 
to the Snowdrops. These pretty little flow- 
ers may be used as an edging or grown in 
