| Show PLANT buldo plow flow it it is desired to have tho the boat best rs re salts from froin a display of bulbs bulba la in the corning coming spring not a content moment must now bo be lost in gett getting ilig tho the acda bet 13 prepared and bulbs planted in bulb cut cul turp as with everything else perhaps I 1 even to a greater degree Is nothing I 1 like ilke taking time by thi forelock tho the rationale 0 of planting the iho bulbs well before the winter sets beta in la Is that tho the warm still remaining in the soil together r rh h tho the moisture induces a strong deep root growth and the nev ly planted bulbs secure a strong hod bod un oil the ground anti anil becom bacomo otho thoroughly lily established actually beginning to feed themselves too before the winter vinter cela in whon when of course alt all ftfe ll 11 suspended therefore wide awake jurists plant bulbs at this time whatever work tho the bulb can be induced to accomplish now before the winter la Is so much added strength in tho the spring not to speak of the gain lit in time ily by the end or of N nove novt el it would bo be well to have all 11 f 1 11 g of 0 bulbs bulba completed nat boll where bulls bulbs are to be put avo free drainage drair in other ath r T the beds should bo be deep t the to OW and cultivated to a go good d depth ath so as to immure ln niro a clear passage for excess of water if tho the bulbs or the roots have developed fini find themselves in stagnant moisture it can not bo be otherwise than injurious even if it does not result fatally for the amateur cultivator it may be well to remind thorn of a very convenient convenio nt rule for the planting of bulbs that Is to put them thel rown own depth below the surface of the me soil lit in tile the case of lilies we prefer planting deeper still some of the greatest successes that wo we have seen in growing lilies have resulted from an accidental it on t a I 1 atra ox t ra deep burying of tho the bulb in places 3 where the soil sell Is of a clayey nature or where alterations ot at temperature are likely to occur during the winter it would bo be well perhaps to cover the bod bad with light litter or leaf rubbish after the bell bed has been frozen this will keep the conditions at a standstill nothing can give more satisfaction than art an abundant wealth vc alth of balbot oft era in the early spring but it Is too late to do anything to attain this result if IE the rho present fall sea eason Is allowed to pass |
