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Title: Horsford's descriptive catalogue of hardy ornamentals herbaceous plants bulbs ferns shrubs and vines
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: F.H. Horsford (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Orchids Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs Horticulture Vermont
Publisher: Charlotte, Vt. : F.H. Horsford
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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prized as this.The species are among thegrandest and most beau-tiful of cultivated bulbs.Their variously coloredflowers, often agreeablyfragrant, are indispensableto a well-selected collec-tion of hardy plants. Aboutall of the species are hardyin well-drained soil. It iswell, however, as a pre-caution against very severefrost, to cover the bulbsin autumn. A few inchesof horse - manure, wellmixed with straw, as itoften is when it comesfresh from the stable,makes a very good cover-ing ; besides, the rains andmelting snows carry thefertilizing strength of thisdown into the soil beforeit is removed in the spring.Thus, it answers a doublepurpose. Occasionallythere is a species thatmight be injured by themanure, but I have foundit an excellent covering forall I have grown. Cocoa-nut fiber is also recom-mended, and pine needles,when available, are verygood. A foot of snow isthe best protection of all,but this cannot be relied on A small plant from Northern California. One of the Lily family.
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L il ia vi. Two or three inches of forest leaves, with a thin layer of swale hay tohold them in place, is also good. Some of the stronger growing kinds are well suited for plantingamong shrubbery. In the cultivation of Lilies, the first and mcst important requirement is gooddrainage. If the soil itself is not suited to the species, it may be easily modified by the use of suchmixtures as sand, peat and leaf-mold, but without the drainage all such are useless. Most Liliesprefer peat, and when this is obtainable, a mixture with loam and leaf-mold is very beneficial. It iswell, however, to have it well composted. Raw peat taken freshly from the bed or bog should beused with caution. It is well not to allow the bulbs to be exposed to the air or light any great lengthof time ; the outside scales of such exposed bulbs wither, which greatly diminishes their strength. Itis, therefore, generally better to obtain bulbs fresh from the nursery, which, if packed immediatelyafter lifting in damp sph

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