1912. 
'THE; RURA-b NEW-YORKER 
102 T 
Ruralisms 
TULIP-PLANTING TIME. 
Looking at a showy bed of Spring¬ 
blooming bulbs, it is quite easy to plan 
a similar display, but it is very easy to 
forget them when October comes, and 
only remember our tardiness when the 
Spring display again appears. One of 
the great conveniences of Fall bulbs is 
that we may wait until the first frosts 
have blackened tender annuals, and then 
remove them, make the bed neat and 
orderly, and get in our bulbs, which will 
poke through in early Spring with no 
more care than the removal of mulch, 
if used—though we would rather do 
without any mulch except, perhaps, a 
few evergreen boughs, because, in our 
locality, field mice are a great nuisance 
and seem to have a special yearning for 
tulip bulbs. They not only eat the roots 
in the Winter, but also nip off the 
flower stalks as they first sprout in the 
Spring, and appear to possess an un¬ 
canny knowledge of the rarest variety 
we grow, for they always attack it first 
of all. 
Tulip planting is a very simple pro¬ 
cess. They may be planted any time 
before hard freezing from September to 
November; we prefer October because 
the beds are unoccupied by that time. 
Sandy loam is preferable, with well- 
rotted cow manure and leaf mold well 
worked in; fresh manure should never 
be used. Good drainage is needed; if 
the soil is low and damp it is advisable 
to make a raised bed, several inches 
above the ground level. Plant the bulbs 
at a depth of four inches, and four or 
five inches apart. If put in at uneven 
depths they will not bloom all at the 
same time. We leave our tulips in the 
ground all the year, only lifting them 
at intervals of about three years, when 
they are dried off and replanted in the 
Fall, but this is not practical under all 
conditions. Under these circumstances 
they are followed by tender annuals, 
which are sown among them, and fill 
the space by the time they die down. It 
is quite practical to sow Petunias in the 
Fall when smoothing the bed after 
planting the bulbs, with perhaps an 
edging of pansies or Alyssum; the seeds 
start to grow very early, and quickly 
make a show after the tulips. If mulch 
is used—and most growers recommend 
it—it should be raked off by degrees in 
early Spring, or bleached and tender 
growth results. 
In selecting varieties, do not get a 
patchy mixture of color; solid lines are 
better, and do not mix delicate pinks 
with red and yellow. Early and late 
sorts should not be mixed in the same 
row. Among standard early sorts are 
Due Van Thol, which may be had in 
four colors, white, crimson, scarlet and 
yellow. They are very early, single, and 
only about six inches high. Pottebakker, 
scarlet, white or yellow, is larger than 
Van Thol, also very early. Proserpine, 
rose; Canary Bird, golden yellow; 
L’lmmaculee, pure white; Rembrandt, 
scarlet, and Couleur Cardinal, crimson, 
are all early, single, and very fine. 
Later single sorts of great merit are 
Keizerskroon, red, bordered gold, a su¬ 
perb flower; Duchess of Parma, orange 
scarlet, edged yellow; Cottage Maid, 
pink striped white; Vermilion Brilliant, 
vivid scarlet; Chrysolora, golden yellow, 
one of the best. 
Of double sorts we may recommend 
Alba Maxima, white, late; La Candeur, 
white, late; Rex Rubrorum, scarlet, 
late; Lord Beaconsfield, pink, late. Good 
early doubles are Couronne d’Or, yel¬ 
low; Murillo, pink; Gloria Solis, scar¬ 
let, with yellow edge. 
Two wonderful classes of late-flower¬ 
ing tulips are the Darwins and the 
Parrot or Dragon varieties. The Dar¬ 
win tulips flower in late May and June, 
large globular flowers on long stems.- 
The Dragons are slashed, fringed and 
flamed with mixed colors. The follow¬ 
ing are fine Darwin tulips: Zulu, vel¬ 
vety purple black, very tall; Mme. Kre- 
lage, shaded violet and silvery pink; 
Leonardo da Vinci, satiny purple black; 
William Pitt, dark scarlet; Pride of 
Haarlem, rosy purple; Wedding Veil, 
white flushed violet, faintly marked 
black. Excellent Dragon sorts are 
Markgraf von Baden, striped yellow, 
scarlet and green; Couleur Cafe, brown 
and yellow; Lutea Major, bright yellow. 
Another class, known as May-flowering 
tulips, includes many of great beauty 
and fragrance. Gesneriana Spathulata, 
vivid carmine, with a peacock blue 
blotch at base of petals, was the love¬ 
liest tiling^ in our garden last May, 
while Bizarres and Bybloems give a 
wonderful variety of blotched, feathered 
and penciled flowers. e. t. r. 
NOTES FROM THE CENTRAL WEST. 
Our Earliana tomatoes have given us 
this season the heaviest crop in years. 
The tomatoes were well shaped' and 
smooth, and matured very evenly. Their 
shipping qualities, too, were superb. It is 
our intention to put out a much larger 
quantity of this famous variety next year. 
The frequent rains of the past month 
have made a heavy crop of cabbage. A 
couple of weeks ago the market was 
glutted, the price being as low as 15 cents 
per dozen heads. The early sowings of 
the late varieties are now coming in and 
command a good figure. The favorite sorts 
with the growers are the Surehead, Flat 
Dutch and Drumhead. 
Poinsettias, the Christmas flowers, are 
now being placed in the pans in prepara¬ 
tion for the holiday demand. Our method 
is to select four or five stocky plants and 
put them in a shallow half pot with a 
few small ferns added. For this purpose 
the low, stout plants should always be used 
for best results. A pot fixed up in this 
manner, when topped off with several 
bright bracts of three or four inches in 
diameter each, is a very showy affiTir. 
Poinsettias are easily grown. They re¬ 
quire plenty of heat and water. It is 
possible to hasten their growth by using 
the latter lukewarm. 
As the season for outdoor flowers de¬ 
clines it might not be amiss to let our 
minds turn to the make-up of the indoor 
garden. Some nice plants to start the 
closed period with are as follows: Boston 
and Whitman’s ferns, Kentia palms, Arau¬ 
carias, Cyclamens, Clloire de Lorraine Be¬ 
gonias, primroses, Rex Begonias and red 
and pink geraniums. Indeed, this collec¬ 
tion. with the addition of a few pots of 
hyacinths and lilies in season, provides 
admirably for the plant decorations of the 
home until Spring comes again. 
Lily bulbs should be potted or planted 
soon as possible after being secured from 
the seedsman. Being of loose formation, 
exposure to the air injures them. In 
transit from the fields they are packed in 
fine sand enclosed in tight cases. For 
choice, large flowers the seven by nine- 
bulbs should be selected. The Bermuda 
lilies, coming into the country first, are 
best suited for Winter forcing, while the 
Japan strains are deemed best for Easter. 
Lilium Henryii is a splendid outdoor lily 
and is exceedingly scarce. Lilium spe- 
ciosum and L. auratum are largely cul¬ 
tivated in the open ground and are old- 
time favorites. The blooms of the latter 
often attain the size of a foot in diameter 
and with their golden bands and many 
spots are very attractive. Bulbs of this 
•class suffer chiefly from droughts. To pre¬ 
vent this they should be planted—in rich 
soil always—a depth of at least 10 inches. 
September is the month that ushers in 
the glorious Chrysanthemum. The word 
clirysos means gold, and the yellow kinds 
are the most popular of all the ’mums. 
Golden Glow, one of the earliest, is upon 
the market now. Glory of the Pacific, 
Polly Rose, October Frost, Virginia Poehl- 
man, Major Bonnafou and Timothy Eaton 
follow in rapid succession until the sea¬ 
son is closed by such late sorts as Jennie 
Nonin in December. These are the va¬ 
rieties that are grown by the commercial 
florists and can be seen on exhibition at 
the Chrysanthemum shows held in the 
Fall. The Pompons, noted for their numer¬ 
ous button-like flowers, are usually forced 
in pots and will be ready for the market 
in October. The hardy sorts lend their 
array of many colored flowers to the garden 
long after it has been devastated by the 
frosts. J. L. M. 
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HARD TO SEE 
Even When the Facts About Coffee are Plain. 
It is curious how people will refuse 
to believe what one can clearly see. 
Tell the average man or woman that 
the slow but cumulative poisonous ef¬ 
fect of caffeine—the alkaloid in tea and 
coffee—tends to weaken the heart, upset 
the nervous system and cause indiges¬ 
tion, and they may laugh at you if they 
don’t know the facts. 
Prove it by science or by practical 
demonstration in the recovery of coffee 
drinkers from the above conditions, and 
a large per cent, of the human family 
will shrug their shoulders, take some 
drugs and—keep on drinking, coffee 
or tea. 
“Coffee never agreed with me nor with 
several members of our household,” 
writes a lady. “It enervates, depresses 
and creates a feeling of languor and 
heaviness. It was only by leaving off 
coffee and. using Postum that we discov¬ 
ered the cause and way out of these ills. 
“The only reason, I am sure, why 
Postum is not used altogether to the ex¬ 
clusion of ordinary coffee is, many per¬ 
sons do not know and do not seem willing 
to learn the facts and how to prepare 
this nutritious beverage. There’s only 
one way—according to directions—boil it 
fully 15 minutes. Then it is delicious.” 
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