
RANUNCULUS—OUR PRIZE STRAIN 
IMPORTANT MESSAGE!! 
HOW TO CARE FOR THE RANUNCULUS AND ANEMONE 
PLANTS NOW IN YOUR GARDEN 
There is going to be a serious shortage of bulbs next Fall 
so it will behoove you to take proper care of your plants now. 
that you may save your own bulbs for next year’s planting. 
Our largest growers of bulbs have been compelled to curtail 
their own plantings 50 per cent so naturally there will not be 
enough to go around and prices will be considerably higher. 
If your plantings are in beds by themselves (not inter- 
planted with other flowers), your procedure is simple. When 
all blossoming is through just gradually begin withholding the 
water until the stocks are browned and dry, then allow the 
dry soil to cure your bulbs for 6 or 8 weeks. Dig then and 
break off dried stems and store in open lug box in a dry place. 
Turn several times to be assured all moisture has evaporated. 
If in doubt pack in DRY sand to complete the curing. 
To test the bulbs to determine if they’re properly dried, 
squeeze a few. They’re dry when the bulbs are as solid as a 
piece of dry bone. The least bit of moisture causes a fungus 
disease to set in and rot them. 
The bulbs can be sorted as to colors and then packed in 
paper bags in a cool dry place till planting time in the Fall. 
If this message reaches you while your plants are still in 
the early stages of growth suggest that they be fed a well bal- 
anced food two or three times during their growing season. 
‘“‘Vigoro’’ or better yet a 4-8-8 or 4-10-10 fertilizer will yield 
larger more double flowers and a stronger, peppier bulb at the 
end of the season. Apply fertilizer evenly and water in well. 
Now if your bulbs are interplanted with other flowers that 
cannot be treated as above, about the only chance you have to 
save your bulbs will be to lift them with plenty of soil attached 
and heel them in somewhere else where proper curing can 
take place. 
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