HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 
1912 
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be undiminished glory from then on for 
four or five years, or until crowding- be¬ 
low ground begins. This crowding will 
reveal itself in diminished hloom and less 
rugged flowers — and these are the sum¬ 
mons from below to go dig up and divide 
and thin out. Snowdrops and all natural¬ 
ized bulbs, wherever they may be, may 
be left untouched for decades, to be sure, 
but even these suffer from lack of elbow 
room after awhile. 
If the second season after planting, 
however, does not show finer returns than 
the first, if there is any falling off rather 
than a gain, then something is wrong. 
Deterioration so early as this, before 
there is a possible chance of crowding, is a 
sign of uncongenial location or soil, or of 
unhealthy bulbs — if the previous year’s 
ripening has not been interfered with, or 
if the bulbs have not been allowed to pro¬ 
duce seed. The aim of all plants, always, 
is reproduction ; if a bulb succeeds in its 
efforts to this end by developing seed, it 
will not — indeed it cannot, for lack of 
energy — duplicate its work by proceeding 
to store up within itself a new set of blos¬ 
soms for another year, as well as to make 
the young bulblets which assure reproduc¬ 
tion below ground. For even if its seeds 
are allowed to mature, it still will be in¬ 
tent upon more of its own kind — upon its 
offspring — and until assurance is made 
doubly sure, with seeds above ground and 
offsets below, it will take no heed of ever 
producing’ another flower. So all flower 
stalks should be cut away as soon as the 
flowers fade; it is an even greater advan¬ 
tage to the bulb if the flowers are cut in 
their prime, when they are first opened. 
This is not necessary however; one may 
be guided by preference—but it is always 
done where bulbs are grown commercially. 
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( Continued from page 209) 
practical certainty of success. Sweet peas, 
planted in a trench three to four inches 
deep, and hilled up as the plants’ growth 
advances in the spring, will yield earlier 
and better flowers than any from spring- 
sown vines. And annual larkspurs, slow 
to start into growth from seed, are given 
a chance by fall sowing which otherwise 
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the winter and gain a month or more over 
spring seedlings ; the poppies indeed will 
actually self-sow and thus, although only 
an annual, renew themselves year after 
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vegetable garden’s summer-end possibili¬ 
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September. The kale is better for being- 
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loose straw should cover it as well as the 
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