Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-13

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Others shoiild hateCs some moderately dry
earth placed around them, Gladioluses,
i keep we'll In any dry closet free from
4 frost Tuberoseslhust be kept In q warnI,
\ dry place, such as q kitche1 pantry, for
cola DESTROYS the center Of the bulb, and
so prevents their blooming next year /,
Tiger flowers are bestpreserved IN paper
bags hung In o warm dry uplaoe; any
ddmpness causes them to rot or mold.
| 1smenes, pancratiufhs, amarylises, and
other suniinerlblo Blooming bulbs df similar
character should be treated In the same
way as tuberoses, p 8. W --.- -'..' ~.
Hyacinths, tulips, and, other hardy
/ bulbs should bepanted, whether out Of
doore or in pots for winter blooming, as
soon sas possible, as they make roots free
lyl at this season, and bloom much better
than when the planting is delayed until
later. When planted in spots,, bury tho
pots In the ground, and cover them with
two or three inches Of darth,i and so let
them remain for month or six weeks;
they root very freely when thus treated.
| If this is not convenient then placethem
In cool, dark part of the cellar for the ,
same time, and water them moderately.
Tender roses, as soon as the regular
winter frosts set in, should be laid down
and covered with, .sods. OF, soil, Some
persons prune them right back to within
| two or three inches of the ground, and
! then cover them with q large forkful of
stable manure, or one or two shovelfuls
of earth. This is removed in the early
spring, and the plant then makes strong
shoots, bearing an abundance of flowers.
This pruning back cannot, of course, be
done with budded roses. is.
Beds of heTbaceous plants should be
! lightly forked over, and have a dressing
of manure. 1t is better, in all flower
garden and fruit-garden operations, to
apply the manure in the autumn, as then
it decays during the winter. Its solu-
BILE parts are washed into the soil by
the rain, and the plants are thus ena-
bled to obtain fertilizing matter as soon
as their growth commences in the spring.
Lawns should also be top-dressed with
manure at this season for the same rea-
son.
Where the flower. beds have been used
for bedding out plants it has a good ef-,
fect~to throw the earth in them into
ridges "a foot or more high, as this .eX- %
poses a greater surface to the action of
the frost and air, which pulverizes the
sell and renders it of better condition for
the grown OF plants next season, ana
destroys quantities of insect larve. The
vegetable garden should always be thus
! treated Aat "l
Half-hardy shrubs, such as hydrangeas,
should be carefully strawed up. 1t is
not SO much necessary to defend them
from the cold as it is to prevent the de-
structive action of successive freezngs
and thawings. Hence a thickness of an
inch or two is as good as one of three
or four inches. Always take care that
the straw where it touches the ground is
well earthed up, so as to prevent its
working loose. Dol. trre -aa atft.I@ Gi-.
Anyshalf hardy herbaceous plant can
be protected by filling a good-sized
tlower-pot or empty box with leaves aud
inverting it over the crown of the plant,
which is the part generally destroyed
by the alternate freezing and thawing.-
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