esr 
MAKER JEWELLER & 
1562 GAWLER PLACE. 
Renowned fo- his Watches Jewellery, and Repairs. 
: ADELAIDE 
example raised early commence to bloom 
in July and develop into strong plants 
that will continue to flower well with a 
little attention until Christmas. In the 
dry and warm parts of the State they are 
generally pest-ridden, and it is better to 
destroy than to attempt to clean them. 
The soil for seed beds and boxes should 
be light and porous, and should be firmly 
pressed or trodden and levelled before 
sowing the seeds, which should be done 
thinly and evenly. The seeds should be 
covered with sifted »oil and the surface 
gently watered. The young plants appear 
during the hottest part of the year, and 
will require to be shaded during hot sun- 
shine and watered regularly to survive, 
it being necessary to water two or three 
times a day during dry and very hot 
weather. 
The growing shoots of chrysanthemums 
should ke carefully watched at present to 
prevent caterpillars damaging them. The 
growths need regular examination and 
should be tied to stakes as they develop , 
all lateral shoots should be removed. 
Carnation plants may be layered, by which 
means a stock of young plants may be 
available for planting shortly. The shoots 
should be ‘ tongued’ on the under side, 
fixed firmly, and covered with light soil 
(sandy, if possible) after the reception of 
the cut portion of the shoot. The layers 
will need an occasional watering during 
dry waether. This method of propaga- 
tion is practised by nurserymen for in- 
creasing shrubs that fail to strike readily 
from cuttings. It is a method by which 
the amateur gardener may increase many 
plants, otherwise difficult to propagate, 
without much trouble. Daphne, erioste- 
mon, and other shrubs are commonly 
increased by this means, and the principle 
can be applied to a number of the shy- 
rooting kinds. , 
GO To.. 
Yates the Florist, 
5 Arcade, 
For Wedding Bouquets, Funeral Wreaths 
Floral Designs, Cut Flowers. 
TELEPHONE 1132. 
Dutch Bulbs. 
[By A. Henperson, in ‘ The Florists’ 
Exchange.’’ 
The propagation vi ihe bulbs is an im- 
portant and interesting subject, both for 
the horticulturist and the botanist; and 
the history of the mode in which these 
plants are reproduced is perhaps the most 
delightful phase of their life story. 
They ma: be multiplied by seed, but 
this is for tne most part a long and tedious 
process, and usually only employed in the 
case of raising hybrids. Too many years 
elapse before the bulb is mature enough 
for flowering and the patience of the cul 
tivator becomes consequently exhausted. 
The hyacinth, for instance, demands a 
youthful immature career of some five or 
six years before it can feel energy and 
power and ripeness enough to throw up 
a flowering spike, and when considering 
that this bulb if found worthy to ba 
grown, requires twelve to fifteen or twenty 
years of careful artificial propagation 
before a moderate stock can be had it is 
therefore necessary for some other method 
to be used in increasing the stock. 
The method of propagating the hyacinth 
used to consist of making two or three 
cuts across the base of the bulb after re- 
moval from the ground. When placed 
on the shelf to dry, it was not long before 
numbers of tiny young bulbs were formed 
at the margin of each slit. This, however, 
did not give the desired number of offsets 
and a new method has been discovered 
which is in general use. As soon as dug 
the buibs are taken and the base scooped 
out so that a large dowl-like cavity is 
formed, lined with the transverse surfaces 
of the fleshy scales, The bulbs are then 
put outin the field aud covered with sand 
and left there for fourteen days (this 
heals up the bulb where it has been cut), 
after which they are taken into a shed and 
spread onarack. After several days it 
will be found that at the surfaces of the 
scales inside the cavity have formed a 
large number of young bulbs of very small 
size, representing so many individual 
plants. These are allowed to remain there 
until the tissues of the parent bulb have 
all dried cut and are then detached and 
sown out in the open ground It will tske 
six years to grow a full sized hyacinth 
from such a bulblet. 
Tulips and narcissus are propagated 
from offsets which form the base of the 
parent bulb, the strongest bulbs being 
grown on in order to raise these offsets. 
and are called “mother bulbs.” The. 
mother bulbs in the case of the tulip are 
planted separate and will produce the: 
following season eight or nine bulbs or 
bulblets, according to how prolific a 
varieiy it is. The ‘mother bulb itself dis- 
appears, as the tulip is like the gladiolus 
inasmnch as the bulb that produces the 
flower diesand a new bnib forms in its 
place, all that is left of the old bulb being 
the dry scales. Bulbs received here are 
usually in third year. The narcissus is 
also propagated from offsets, but the old 
bulb does not die asin the case of the 
tulip, although it will sometimés break 
F. W. PREECE, 
For 20 years wfth Messrs. E. 8S. Wigg & Son, 
Bookseller and Stationer. 
BOOKS for FARMERS & GARDENERS. 
Tae Ferriiry cr tHe Lanp, dth ed, 
1906, by J. P. Voberts. 68.; posted, 
6s. 7d. 
Mitx anp Irs Propucrs, 9th ed., 1905, 
by H. H. Wing. 5s.; posted, 5a. 5d. 
THe I'nepina or AnrMats, 8rd ed., 1905, 
by W. H. Jordan. 6s.; posted. 6s, 5d, 
Practica, GARDEN Book, 4th ed, 1904, 
by C. K. Hunn and L. H. Bailey. 4s. ; 
posted, 4s. 4d. 
WORKS BY L. H. BAILEY. 
Principles of Vegetuble Gardening, 5th 
ed,, 1906. 6s.; posted, 6s. 8d. 
Principles of Fruit Growing, 9th ed. 1906, 
6s.; posted, 6s. 7d. 
Principles of Agriculture, 10th ed., 1905. 
5s. 6d.; posted, 5s. 11d. 
Garden Making, llth ed., 1907. 5s ; 
posted, 5s. 5d. 
Horticulturists’ Rule Book, new and re- 
vised ed., 1907. 3s. 6d.; posted, 3s. 10d. 
The Forcing Book, 6th e1., 1906. 5s. ; 
posted, 5s. 4d. 
The Pruning Book, 7th ed., 1906. 6s. ; 
posted, 6s. 6d. 
36 King William Street. 36 
