AUGLAIZE GARDENS 
VAN WERT, OHIO 
Hold up there, sir and madam! 
It's not time to put away the hoe for 
the winter. 
Giving your peonies a little atten¬ 
tion in the fall will mean more and 
better flowers next spring. Here are 
a few suggestions which may be of 
help to you: 
Keep the ground around the plants 
cultivated. This is just as important 
after the blooming period as before. 
You can safely cut off the tops of 
your plants now but what’s the use? 
Wait until frosts have killed them. 
One of the fine things about the peony 
is its beautiful foliage throughout the 
season. 
After frost trim off the tops close 
to the ground. Burn them. Don’t use 
them as a mulch or put them in the 
compost pile, because if there should 
be any disease present, this would 
cause it to spread. 
With a trowel or hoe, work in a 
couple of hands full of bone meal 
around each plant. It will be there in 
the spring, ready to help give the 
plant a good start. 
There are other good commercial 
fertilizers which you may use if you 
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