THE GARDEN CENTER—53 LASALLE ROAD, WEST HARTFORD, CONN.—PHONE AD 3-5513 
Proper Planting Depth for Bulbs 
The chart above indicates successful planting practice in this area. It assumes 
good drainge and deep preparation of soil. Tulips should last 5 years and nar- 
cissus and many of the smaller bulbs at least 10 years. In original planting, 
prepare the soil 12 inches deep, mixing in a bushel of peat moss and a pound of 
bone meal to every 10 or 12 square feet. In the spring, use a good bulb fertilizer, 
I pound to 25 square feet just as the shoots are coming through the ground. As 
the blooms go by, cut them to prevent bulb exhausting seed formation. After the 
blooms are gone, interplant with annuals to keep color in the garden all summer. 
Do not disturb the bulb foliage at any time. Apply fertilizer again at the same 
rate at this time. The longer the bulb foliage stays fresh and green, the greater 
will be your rewards the following spring. Bone meal should be applied to 
established bulb beds early every fall, 4 pounds per 100 square feet. 
FORCING BULBS 
Don’t be without your own spring flowers in the winter! Many of these bulbs 
force quite easily under home conditions. The best varieties for this purpose are 
starred (*). The bulbs should be potted early in the fall, 3 to 5 bulbs per 5-inch 
clay pot. Under forcing conditions they will stand this crowding. The pots may 
be placed in a cold cellar, under the stairs of the hatchway, or in a trench out- 
doors. They must be dark, cool, and moist, at this time. When the roots begin to 
come through the bottom of the pot, (usually by early January), they may be 
brought into more heat: a cool sunporch is ideal. Growth is rapid from this point 
on. By February, you should be enjoying fresh spring flowers in your living room. 
THE CONNOISSEUR'S CHOICE 
Throughout the catalog, we have noted the choicest varieties worthy 
of a connoisseur’s garden. Some are new, some fairly old. All are out- 
standing. Add a few of these to your plantings each year and enjoy 
with increasing appreciation — THE CONNOISSEUR’S CHOICE. 
Photography in this booklet by PAUL GENEREUX and by CAROLYN de COU HOWARD 
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