A Monthly Journal of Floriculture and Horticulture, for Professional, Practical, and Amateur Gardeners. 
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Answers to Correspondents 
Buiss ror SucozssionaL FLowErinc.— 
- What different sorts of bulbs must be used 
to give a show of flowers for as many 
months of the year as possible, the bulbs to 
be suitable for a suburban garden ?—The 
earliest of all bulbous or tuberous rooted 
plants to flower in the open garden are the 
Winter Aconites, though some of the early- 
flowering Irises, such as I. alata, I stylosa, - 
etc., often bloom quite as early. Then come 
the Snowdrops, Scillas, Orocuses, Chiono- 
doxas, Tulips—the dwarf, early-flowering 
kinds coming first, followed by the tall, 
later kinds, then the ‘ florists’,” ‘* Cottage,” 
and ‘‘ Darwin” species and varieties; Nar- . 
cissus in great variety (these should have 
before the last really) ; then Ixias, Sparaxis, 
and others, Ranunculuses, Anemones, etc., 
during the early summer, followed by 
Lilies, early and late-flowering Gladioli. 
Srorina Dautras.—When the frost has 
blackened the leaves and the ground is 
fairly dry, lift the Dahlias, and when the 
soil falls away trom the tubers they may 
then be stored in a clean state. Dahlias 
should not be kept too dry during the win- 
ter, a cellar where frost cannot reach them 
being an excellent place Cover the tubers 
with soil, this just keeping them moist, and, 
at the same time, warding off frost. Here 
they may remain until you want to start 
them. You may divide the old tubers after 
they have started into growth in the spring. 
Evercremn Pranrs ror Tuss,—Nothing 
better than Golden Holly, Golden Kuony- 
mus, Juniperug sinensis aurea, Golden or 
Green Yow, or the Green Bay tree. A good 
flowering plant is the free-flowering Hy- 
drangea Hortensia or one of its varieties ,or 
the equally good Hydrangea panicniata 
' grandiflora, with its huge, pyramidal heads 
of flowers. Another excellent tub plant is 
the blue African Lily (Agapanthus umbel- 
latus), which, however, requires to be kept 
free from frost. Any porch or entrance-hall 
is sufficient for this. and in late summer 
there is no. finer flowering plant. A good 
example will give a dezen or two dozeo — 
‘moved from the top of ball of roots. 
Heads of its flowers, and this or the Hy- 
drangea will afford much pleasure and repay 
Senerous treatment into the bargain. 
Porrine 4 Prant—When a plant requires. 
repotting into a larger pot the old soil 
should not be shaken away from the roots 
but merely the old drainage material taken 
away, and a very little of the old soil re- 
The 
plant is held in position in the centre of the 
pot by the left hand, whilst the soil is 
placed around its roots by the right hand. 
The pot should of course be drained first, 
and a little rough material be placed over 
the drainage before the plant is put into the 
pot. The soil should, generally speaking, 
be pressed down rather firmly around the 
roots, and sufficient space—say an inch— 
should be left below the rim of the pot to 
hold water when required. : 
The Mower Garden 
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OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 
September is the first month of our beau- 
tiful spring. It is the time when the 
patient gardener begins to see the results of 
his planning and plotting and planting. 
Failures of course there must be, but they 
Only make the enjoyment of success more 
keen. Mr. Hawthorn draws some. beau- 
tiful pictures for the Gardener, and if our 
readers can approach some of the sugges- 
tions they will be well repaid. 
The sight cannot take in the whole of a 
border at once, unless the latter is so short 
as to be insignificant, or is viewed from 
such a distance that only the colors, not the 
shapes of the flowers, are discernible. For 
this reason, the best planned border will be 
one in which one stretch of harmoniously. 
set plants succeeds another. Nach will 
form, as it were, a complete picture, to be 
passed ere the next is reached: but it is 
necessary, of course, for the colorings of 
the different stretches to merge pleaszatly 
into one another. This mingling will 
