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Colors 


Tuberous Begonias 
Beautiful flowers for moist, shady’ spots—just as beautiful and as 
large as the pictures above. Are started from tubers; can be grown 
easily in the garden or potted, and will give you an amazing abun- 
dance of blooms. 7-10 in. high. Bloom July-Sept. Plant in semi-shade, 
ordinary soil, water well. Colors: Scarlet, Yellow, Copper, Rose, 
White, Salmon, Crimson. Three types (A, B, C, as shown above) 
and all seven colors in each type. State type and color wanted. 1 for 
30c; 2 for 53c; 3 for 75c; 4 for $1.00; 6 for $1.43; 7 for $1.65. 
Mixture: All types and colors included. 20 for $3.4 5 
See Index on page 40 {30} 

HOW TO GROW THEM 

Winter Care 
OST perennials like a little winter care, 
especially the first year, and it is still 
advisable in later years. It is simply a matter 
of covering the plants to protect them from 
alternate freezing and thawing. 
Always wait until after the ground is 
frozen before mulching. Remember that you 
are preventing alternating freezing and thaw- 
ing, and are not attempting to prevent the 
eround from freezing. Once it is frozen, a 
little mulch will keep it from thawing during 
any brief warm period you may have, but the 
same mulch would not prevent it from freez- 
ing. 
With alternate freezing and thawing, 
heaving of the ground occurs, and this tears 
the roots, which tearing really causes winter 
injury, rather than freezing itself. Most plants 
are quite hardy as far as temperatures are 
concerned. 
Wheat, rye or oat straw are the best 
mulching materials, and in such states as 
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and 
others of about the same latitude, about two 
inches deep would be proper. Southern 
Michigan about the same, but much farther 
north, you can apply the mulch deeper, about 
three or four inches. 
By the same token, farther south you can 
apply less mulch. 
In any event, it is best to cut the tops of 
the plants down before mulching, and in the 
case of Azaleamums, just let the tops lie over 
the plants, and apply the mulch on top. 
With other plants, it is advisable to carry 
the tops away and burn them; simply another 
way of keeping your garden clean. 
Cutting Flowers 
T is often said that you cannot eat your 
cake and have it, too, but there is an ex- 
ception, and that exception applies to gar- 
dening. It really is good for your garden to 
cut the flowers, and have table bouquets, as 
well as flowers in the garden itself. When 
you cut the flowers, you prevent the forma- 
tion of pollen, and accordingly the strength 
that the plant would spend in the manufac- 
ture of pollen goes into the formation of 
more and better flowers. 
In any event, whether you want table 
bouquets or not, you should pick or cut the 
flowers before they go to seed. Immediately 
after the flowers pass their prime is a good 
time for cutting. 
In the case of Azaleamums, since these 
are so important in your garden, the first 
blooms should be pinched off, in order to 
have the best blooming plant later. Occasion- 
ally, Azaleamum plants will be received with 
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