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Title: Catalogue of autumn bulbs : 1898
Identifier: catalogueofautum18pete (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ULBOUS PLANTS are among the most showy and useful of our garden favorites, are easily managed and are sure to bloom. The outdoor display may be fairly said to commence with March, when the garden is growing bright with Snowdrops, Scillas, Chionodoxas, Crocuses, Daffodils, etc., and during April and well into May the flower-beds are brilliant and charming with a wealth of lovely HyacLaths, Tulips, Anemones, Narcissus, etc., which make up a display of floral beauty rarely equaled. As winter-blooming plants they bold an important place, as there is no period of the year during which flowers are so highly appreciated, and certainly no class of flowering plants affords more pleasure. It is no difficult matter, by early planting and forcing a few Tan Thol Tulips, Roman and other Hyacinths, Paper-white Narcissus, etc., to have them in bloom by New Year's day, while a few successive plantings of these and other choice sorts will ensure a beautiful display throughout the dull winter months. .CULTURE OF HARDY BULBS, FOR FLOWERING DURING THE WINTER, IN THE WINDOW OR GREENHOUSE. Potting.—The bulbs should be planted in pots as soon as received. The soil should be rich and well mixed with at least one-third of old well-rotted manure; fill the pot nearly full of soil, place the bulb in, then fill in with soil firmly to within half an inch of the top of the pot. Ailer Potting.—One of the most important things to observe is the proper placing of the pots containing the bulbs. To get the best results in flowering the pots must be filled with roots before the top starts to grow, and to do this they must be plunged in some cool place; too much warmth excites the top into growth before there are sufficient roots to nourish it. The most satisfactory method is to plunge the pots in the earth an inch or more below the surface, right out in the garden. Select a sheltered position, high enough so that water from rains will not settle and remain stagnant around the pots. When the weather gets cold enough to freeze the ground place three or four inches of leaves, straw or other refuse over the soil where the pots are plunged. Bulbs should be sufficiently rooted in about eight or ten weeks after potting to have the pots lifted and brought in the house for flowering, though some kinds require a longer period. But to be sure that the roots have developed proper! v place the hand over the top of the pot, turn it upside down and tap the pot slightly, when the bali of earth will slip out of the pot; if the roots are plainly showing all around the earth the bulb is well rooted ; place back in the pot and remove to the house for flowering whenever desired. They should then be grown on in the house in a temperature of from sixty to seventy degrees, and should then bloom in from six to eight weeks from the time they are brought in after rooting. By taking in a few pots at inter- vals of two weeks or more, a succession of bloom may be had throughout the win- ter. Do not allow the plants to suffer for want of water, and if some of Hender- son's Plant Fertilizer or Manure water is added once a week it will be beneficial. -GARDEN CULTURE OF HARDY BULBS- To secure really fine flowers outdoor planting should be done early in the fall, though, generally speaking, from October to the middle of November is the most desirable time. Most bulbs succeed in any well-drained, good garden soil, which, however, should be dug at least eighteen inches deep. Hardy bulbs throw out their roots during the fall and winter—they usually root deeply; therefore the bulbs should be planted from three to four inches below the surface, so as to be as free as possible from the upper crust of the soil, which heaves considerably, caused by alternate freezing and thawing, thus causing bulbs planted too near the surface to break from their roots. A little sand placed below and around the bulbs permits the water to drain off in heavy soils. Beds should be in a sunny position, if possible, and protected during winter by a coating of rotted manure. The bulbs may be taken up and dried off as soon as the leaves acquire a yellow color; the beds will be vacant in time for the ordinary bedding plants. If it is found necessary to remove the bulbs immediately after flowering they should be carefully taken up, the leaves and roots damaged as little as possible, and "heeled in" in some slightly shaded place until the foliage is quite withered and the bulbs thoroughly ripened, when they may be taken up, cleaned, and stored in a cold, dry shed or cellar until wanted for the next fall's planting. ^BULBS FOR GEOMETRICAL BEDS AND RIBBON BORDERS.€*«€««* Most showy and satisfactory effects are produced by planting the various colored Tulips, Hyacinths, etc., that grow about the same height and flower at the same time, in hues, each of one color, or in masses or geometrical designs, care being taken to arrange the various colors so the contrasts will be harmonious. We subjoin a few of the sorts usually used : HYACINTHS (single varieties are preferred, as tliey produce better spikes).—Finks: Gertrude, Norma, Gigantea. Beds: Robert Steiger, Veron- ica. Whites : Baroness von Thuyll, Grand Vedette,Voltaire. Light Blues: Charles Dickens, Czar Peter, La Peyrouse. Dark Blues: Baron von Thuyll, Marie. SINGLE TULIPS.—Crimsons: Artus, Belle Alliance. Crimson King. Pottebakker Scarlet, Ver- milion Brilliant. Rose and Pinks: Cottage Maid, Rosa Mundi Hu.vckman. Yellows: Canary Bird, Chry- "5 solora, Pottebakker Yellow. Yellow Prince. Whites: Queen Victoria. L'lnjniaculee, Pottebakker White. Clarets: Wouverman, Vander Neer. Variegated: Kaiser-Kroon,Golden Standard, Grand Due (le Russie.
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GEOMETRICAL BED OF EARLY TULIPS.

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