CARE OF DORMANT BULBS 
People who have not room for naturalizing these 
bulbs should lift them after the foliage has turned 
yellow, being careful not to remove offsets until they 
come away easily, remembering that plants wean 
their young, like the birds and the animals. 
Bulbs raised in pots may be retired for the resting 
period and left in a dark, dry place until time to start 
again. Or the bulbs may be put in trays with stout 
wire top and bottom and left where there is a circula- 
tion of dry air. NEVER leave in a damp, cold cellar, 
—or exposed to direct sunlight. Bulbs likely to be 
troubled with aphis should be sprinkled lightly with 
Naphthalene flakes for 48 hours, or Tobacco dust. 
FOR POT CULTURE 
Suggestions appear in the descriptive matter to 
“treat like Freesias” or like “Gladiolus.” A more 
extended definition of these brief indications is as 
follows: Freesias should be planted in clean pots or 
pans in rich sandy soil (good drainage is imperative 
with all bulbs) 6 to 8 bulbs according to size to a 6 
inch pot. Water sparingly at first until growth begins, 
then water freely. The temperature should be KEPT 
BETWEEN 50 and 60 DEGREES, NIGHTS MAY 
BE A LITTLE COOLER, even to 40 degrees. Both 
South Africa and California which are ideal places 
for these bulbs have alternating warm days and cool 
nights, and the bulbs are accustomed to this and like 
it. The pots or pans SHOULD BE KEPT IN THE 
SUN. Where cloudy conditions prevail electric light 
can be tried as a substitute. This applies to all the 
bulbs which we recommend to plant in the sun. After 
flowering, dry off gradually. 
‘Treat like Gladiolus” does not refer to the species 
Gladiolus in this catalogue but to the well-known 
commercial types. It means to plant in the open 
ground as soon as danger of frost is over and the soil 
is warmed a little: to lift in autumn when they are 
ripe, clean and store in trays in a dry frost-free place 
until the next planting time. Such bulbs may be 
started in pots in a greenhouse or other warm place, 
and when the ground is warm, may be sunk, pot and 
all, in the ground, to remain undisturbed through the 
blooming season, or to be used in jardinieres in the 
house as pot plants. Under this type of treatment 
come BESSERA ELEGANS, MILLA BIFLORA. 
Still another group, the AMARYLLIDS, which 
are largely represented in our list have many things 
in common. Amaryllis belladonna parkeri, Chlidan- 
thus fragrans, Habranthus, Sternbergia, Sprekelia, all 
call for similar culture to Nerines as described in the 
text. Amaryllids dislike being moved, and occasionally 
take some time to become re-estabilshed in new posi- 
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