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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 1911 
Lest You Forget 
about those TREES, EVERGREENS and 
SHRUBS you intended planting. 
SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER are 
the best coming months to plant in. 
WE OFFER SOME MORE 
Bargains at Half Regular Prices 
Large Box Trees Paeonies 
Large Blue Spruce Hardy Vines 
Rhododendrons Large Fruit Trees 
Lilacs Hardy Roses 
German Iris and many other varieties 
Special Half-Price Bargain List 
mailed free on application 
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AND EVERGREENS 
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Rose Hill Nurseries 
There is yet time DOT7E 1 DFAMirC 
for you to plant our I K1£iEj I HiUIll 1L9 
Let ns send you our list of selected PEONIES, IRIS, and PHLOX with which we again 
this year took eight first prizes out of nine entries made at the exhibits of the Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Society and elsewhere. 
([We also have a choice collection of hardy, northern grown evergreens and deciduous trees. 
T. C. THURLOW’S SONS, Inc. WEST NEWBURY, MASS. 
HOUSE PLANS FREE 
Dogned b, CUSTAV 5TICRLEY 
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The Last Word on Spring Bloom¬ 
ing Bulbs 
(Continued from page 216) 
take extra precautions to keep their stocks 
in good health, and this trouble is far less 
common than it used to be. The majority 
of the bulbs are tested for disease before 
shipment, by cutting a thin slice from the 
side of the bulb at the top. This cut does 
no harm to the bulb; the first yellowing 
sign of decay is thus discovered, and all 
affected bulbs are destroyed. The healed 
scar from this cutting is plainly discern¬ 
ible on many of the bulbs one buys. 
Besides squeezing the bulb, a test with 
the nose is a valuable aid in determining 
a bad hyacinth or tulip bulb, for when 
either of these two goes bad it can give 
cards and spades to any potato that has 
spoiled. 
Basal rot is more common among daffo¬ 
dils than it ought to be, some varieties 
being especially liable to the disease. The 
trumpet sort Horsfieldii is very likely to be 
diseased in Holland grown stocks, but 
those from England or Guernsey are not 
so badly affected. This sickness may be 
detected by examining the base of the 
bulb. If smaller bulbs are attached, these 
may be gently bent aside, or broken off, 
when necessary, and if a brown discolora¬ 
tion, soft to the pressure of the finger¬ 
nail, is observed, disease is present. The 
rot spreads from the base of the bulb 
upward through its center, so that very 
often a hasty examination will not reveal 
whether the bulb be sound or not, but a 
fairly hard squeeze will cause a badly 
affected bulb to split open, and the brown, 
rotted center will come to light. 
It must be remembered, however, that 
both the growers and the retail dealers 
take every precaution to send out sound 
bulbs, and that these hints are not meant 
as a warning against a conscienceless 
trade, but rather as a safeguard against 
the infrequent bulb which escapes the 
watchfulness of the practised dealer. 
Where a gap in the beds or borders can be 
avoided by examining the bulbs to be 
planted, the extra care is well expended. 
Crocuses have a way of turning hard, 
if left out of the ground too long; indeed, 
they require to be planted as soon as they 
are received, if they are to do well. This 
hardening can be recognized by peeling 
off the skin of the conns and nicking them 
with a knife. All small bulbs shrivel very 
rapidly, and they must be planted early. 
Furthermore, it is scarcely just to the 
man who sells bulbs to expect that the 
American climate will not have its effect 
upon bulbous plants. A remark often 
heard is that “my bulbs did splendidly last 
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