. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 20 The Florists^ Review OCTOBEB 9, 1919. that field mice will raise havoc with bulbs, especially tulips, if the soil is open below the winter covering. These rodents are difficult to fight in the win- ter, even when their presence has been FALL PLANTING FOR PEONIES. Proper Time Is Now. The best season for planting the peony is in the fall, after the roots are well ripened. In this latitude, this occurs in most varieties after mid-Sep- tember, and is shown by the foliage becoming colored. Many nurserymen begin digging in August, but a gla
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 20 The Florists^ Review OCTOBEB 9, 1919. that field mice will raise havoc with bulbs, especially tulips, if the soil is open below the winter covering. These rodents are difficult to fight in the win- ter, even when their presence has been FALL PLANTING FOR PEONIES. Proper Time Is Now. The best season for planting the peony is in the fall, after the roots are well ripened. In this latitude, this occurs in most varieties after mid-Sep- tember, and is shown by the foliage becoming colored. Many nurserymen begin digging in August, but a glance at peonies then shows the foliage still quite fresh and green. The roots suffer from shriveling if dug and shipped while the weather is hot. Where fancy blooms are wanted, it will be well to excavate the proposed beds to a depth of two to two and a half feet and fill in with good loam which has been well worked and broken (not sifted) and mixed with three inches of well rotted stable manure. If only new manure is obtainable, it should be mixed well with the soil in bottom of trench up to within about fifteen inches of the surface, and applied lightly as a mulch on the surface after planting. In preparing beds do not put the manure in layers and let it remain so. The manure should be made as fine as possible and thoroughly mixed with the soil—not merely turned over. Care in Soil. Too much manure is often used for the peony's good, with the result that root decay sometimes sets in. Where the ground is fertile it is often wise to use no manure. Should one decide in spring or sum- mer to plant in fall, and only new ma- nure is obtainable, the bed may at once be made, and with a forking over every two weeks, ideal conditions will be had by fall. In the heat of summer, manure quickly disintegrates when handled thus. The object of the above is to give the roots abundant jilant food and yet pre- vent luniy)s of decaying manure from coming into direct contact with them, which migh
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