The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-26

Here are a few suggestions from a
famous gardener that may assist some
one who Is troubled about her garden.
He says: Everyone is fond of the
beautiful spring blooming bulbs, and
all will desire to have at least a few
of them to brighten the garden and
front-yard as soon as the snow goes
away in the early spring. These are
the first garden flowers which greet us
after the garden has lain under It's
bed of snow all through the dreary
winter. and in order to have them at
all they must be planted in the fall OF
the year. This is so because they will
not give good blooms unless they have
first grown a fine large mass of fbrous
roots, and to do this they must have
time to grow them before hard freez-
ing stops growth, on the approach of
winter. If the bulbs are to be planted
in beds or borders in which bedding
plants have been grown during the
past summer. there will, more than
likely, have been manure added when
the soil was prepared in the spring,
and the resultant cultivation will leave
the soil in good condition for bulbs.
In such cases, ave the soil dug as soon
as possible, and allow 1t to lie open to
he Il and air for several days with
out raking. When ready to set the
bulbs, rake 1t roughly and lust the sur
face with fine bone-meal, and a dust
ing of air-slaked lime, to insure against
acidity of the soil, and 1t will be ready
for use. When new beds are to be
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depth of two feet, saving all the stones
and rubbish to beu sed as drainage ma
terial, which may consist of stones,
bricks, Cinders or other material rub
Dish, broken to the size of railroad
ballast, which should be put in the bot
tom of the excavation to a depth of
three to four inches, and on this. he
soil is placed. The bulbs are planted ar
a depth varying with their dialneters,
excepting that the tulips II narcissi
will do better and stand upright If
planted deeper than others in proper
ton. The planting should be done by
making a wide hole the required depth,
setting the bulb with the base down,
and covering with the required guam
tity of soil. Where there is a design to
be outlined in bulbs, such as crosses,
top three inches of soil is left off, the
soil leveled and the bulbs placed to
make the figures, II all covered with
the remainder of the soil. The bulbs
should not be pressed down in plant
ing, as that makes the soil hard under
them and they are liable to heave out
of the soil. When all are planted, the
top of the soil is carefully watered I'M
til thoroughly soaked which settles the
bulbs and prevents heaving. The soil
for the bulbs which it is desired to pot
UP for winter blooming. indoors, may
be the same as that given above. The
pots should be of n size to take the
bulbs according to your intended
scheme of blooming. Many persons use
e~arthenWare pans, similar to pots, In
which are planted from o to twelve
bulbs, while others like the effect of a
single bulb in one pot. For the latter
purpose use a four-inch pot for a
flrst-size narclssus, or d%affodil. and d
three-inch n for first-size tulip.
In IL receptacle, 1t is best to use
pans, as they, are more shallow and. bet
ter proportioned to the plants when in
bloom"