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Show o gab from the garden filowerimig fior filly Arafli Saoeiic your by Genevieve II. Folsom Tribune Garden Editor ALL Flower Catalogs and your local nurseryman have a variety of wonderful bulbs to select from for your garden. Spring flowering bulbs bring beauty to the garden with some of them flowering before the snow has left the ground. There are many other plants which will do well with fall planting such as the Oriental poppy and the peony. It is delightful to work out in the garden on these cool golden fall days. The coloring of the flowers and foliage is lovely and the air crisp. These fall outdoor plantings are very important. The more work accomplished in the garden during the fall, the less you will have for the busy days of early spring. In addition to the planting, you should nature has provided it with traps on the ends of its haves. They look like the open jaws of a bear trap. Inside each trap are cells which produce a sweet juice attractive to insects and sets of fine bristles which are sensitive to touch and spring the trap tightly shut. When an insect is caught the action of it struggling to free itself causes a flow of digestive juices which break down the insect so the plant can digest it. period of dormancy. True bulbs include the Sometimes during spring a small white daisy-lik- e flower blooms on top of the slender stem. Its also natural for the plant to go through several a year, producing traps, dying and then rejuvenating again. The cana has a tuberous rhizome while the dahlia has a tuberous root. But remember these are all bulbs which store their food for the plants growth. That is why we are so careful in the foliage die down before digging the spring flowering bulbs or the summer types life-cycl- There are other exotic tulip, narcissus, grape hyacinth, lily, allium, the bulbous iris, scilla and hyacinth. Corns which are swollen portion of the stem have and underground basal plates include the gladioli and the crocus. The rhizome is a creeping underground stem and the iris is the good example of this type of bulb. Then there is a tuber such as the tuberous rooted begonia. The Venus Fly Trap might look harmless to fly but letting You can pot many of the garden plants for indoor use. And to make the window garden more interesting, obtain an exotic house plant or two. One of the most unusual is the Venus Fly Trap. This is a miracle of nature in the way it grows and forms traps to catch insects. clean up your garden for winter. You can pot many of the garden plants for indoor use. And to make the window garden a more interesting feature, obtain an exotic house plant or two. One of the most unusual is the Venus Fly Trap. This is a miracle of nature in the way it grows and forms traps to catch insects. IT IS A native of the small swampy region of North and South Carolina. This is the only place in the entire world where it grows wild. is its feeding habits. The area it grows in lacks nitrogen and other food that regular plants need. To supplement its food supply, Stranger oo house plants to make your indoor gardening more fun. You might want to pot up some of the spring flowering bulbs for winter time bloom. year YOUR NURSERYMAN will have a great variety of spring flowering bulbs for your garden. Select good size bulbs and never let them dry out before planting. If you are going to receive your bulbs late, you might prepare the ground and then cover it with something to keep it from freezing. When you are ready, simply uncover the spot and plant the bulbs. Bulbs have food storage that the plant uses to start growth after the Daffodils are early and bloom with the very early tulips. Get them into the ground as soon as possible. They can be planted from August on until the ground freezes, but early planting gives them a chance to become well established before cold weather. The small bulbs can be planted at any time and October is the perfect month for planting tulips. For those who love the huge Red Emperor tulips that grow so lovely in the (See Page 19) n such as the gladioli. They need the foliage to develop the bulb tor next years growth. If you were to cut a tulip bulb in half, you will find the flower for next inside. unwary insects, like butterfly can be trapped. . . . |
