HOUSE AND GARDEN 
240 
October, 1912 
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yawned and waited for books. When one bookcase overflowed, a new 
one was purchased, and its gaping shelves were gradually filled. That was 
before the Globe Wernicke period in bookcases. Now, books and their 
shelves come together. The bookcase grows apace with the library. This is 
the modern way of building a library. This is the Globe-Wernicke idea. 
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mats and boards 
A ^4-inch layer of dry, still air between 
the two layers affords ample protection 
even in zero weather. 
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The Recreation of 
Winter Gardening 
If you use Sunlight Double Glass 
Sash you eliminate the work and 
have the unalloyed enjoyment of the 
lettuce and violets you get from 
your hot-beds and cold-frames. And 
in the Spring you have early plants 
Have fresh 
violets all 
winter. 
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One is our free catalog; the other is by Pro¬ 
fessor Massey. It tells how to make and care 
for hot-beds, what and when to plant. Four 
cents in stamps will bring Professor Massey’s 
book in addition to the catalog. 
itself must be at a considerable deptn. No 
bulbous plant does as well when its roots 
are shallow and insufficiently covered with 
earth. 
Winter protection is always advisable 
although not always essential. Its purpose 
with the hardy bulbs is to prevent thawing 
after the real winter freeze has come how¬ 
ever, and not to keep the bulbs from freez¬ 
ing; therefore it must not be put on until 
the ground is frozen hard. Four inches of 
oak leaves, held in place by branches, is 
an ideal mulch, although straw, marsh hay, 
or any autumn leaves will do. Remove 
this, bit by bit, in early spring, taking off 
the first layer by March first, and gradu- 
allv getting down to the bare earth by the 
first of April. This discourages premature 
starting of the shoots and hardens them 
gradually when they do emerge from the 
ground. 
The commonly accepted time of plant¬ 
ing is October and November, although 
with bulbs that mature earlier than this 
and are therefore offered earlier, there is 
no reason to wait. The less time they 
spend out of the ground, the better. The 
early spring-flowering bulbs may be 
planted later than any of the others, for 
the reason that it is important to hold back 
their top growth altogether the fall of 
their planting. Ordinarily top growth 
commences about six weeks after plant¬ 
ing, the bulb up to that time being busy 
with development of its root system; 
therefore the ideal time for planting the 
bulbs which it is desirable to have checked 
in this above-ground activity until spring, 
is six weeks before the time for frost, or 
rather freezing. This date may easilv be 
figured for any given latitude with the aid 
of a good almanac. 
Always cut the flower stalks away im¬ 
mediately after the flowers have faded, 
but never cut the tops or leaves from any 
bulbous plant after it has flowered, until 
they have turned brown and quite dried 
up. This is the signal of "ripening.” 
When the bulb is through with its foliage 
it dispenses'with it; it cannot spare one bit 
of it a moment sooner. The leaves have 
their part in the work of storing away 
next summer’s flowers, quite as important 
as that played by the roots, and without 
the cooperation of both, the work cannot 
be completed. It is for this reason that 
crocuses seldom last long when, planted in 
the lawn, highly though some recommend 
them for such a position. The very early 
cutting which lawns demand does not give 
the crocus bulbs time to ripen; conse¬ 
quently their foliage is .sacrificed before 
they are through with it. and gradually 
they starve and dwindle away. Snow¬ 
drops, squills and glory-of-the-snow, all 
three of which ripen and shed their leaves 
before the lawn mower makes its first 
round, are really the only bulbs which are 
suitable for free hand sowing in close 
shaven turf. 
The full and perfect effect in the bulb 
garden should not be expected the first 
season after planting; the second year 
should bring it however, and there should 
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