. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . sivelyused. Liquid manure, when the budsare forming, seems beneficial. Gladioli are not hardy, exceptsome varieties of Lemoinei, and even There should be given space inthese require^ protection in New York ^^^ry garden for a planting ofState. Planting should be deferred until aU danger of frost is past. A well-planned succession in plantingis advisable. The depth to plant is determined by the character ofth
. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . sivelyused. Liquid manure, when the budsare forming, seems beneficial. Gladioli are not hardy, exceptsome varieties of Lemoinei, and even There should be given space inthese require^ protection in New York ^^^ry garden for a planting ofState. Planting should be deferred until aU danger of frost is past. A well-planned succession in plantingis advisable. The depth to plant is determined by the character ofthe soil. In the lightest soil seven or eight inches is not too deep,but in a heavy clay four or five inches would be a sufiicient are two reasons why the bulbs should be planted as deep asthe character of the soil will permit: First, the Gladiolus is moisture-loving, and in deep planting its roots are in the cooler moist soil;secondly, the soil acts as a support, no other support for the stems beingnecessary ordinarily. Conamerciafly, the bulbs, or as they are moreproperly called, the corms, are usuaUy planted in rows, often tworows, about six inches apart, in the 118 GARDEN GUIDE Upon the approach of frost the corms are dug, but the stems arenot removed. They are then stored in an airy placed to dry several weeks the last years exhausted cOrms and the old stemsmay be removed and the stock cleaned. The best storage temperatureis from 40 to 45 deg., and in a rather dry atmosphere. If the cormsbecome heated they start prematurely; if too humid they rot or startinto growth. A shallow tray three or four inches deep insures thecorms against heating. Propagation (1) By seeds. By this method new varieties are obtained, but thestandard varieties, being hybrids, do not come true when started fromseed. (2) By cormels, or spawn (the small, hard-shelled little cormelsborne upon the old ones). These, if planted (preferably in a 3-in. flat)during the Spri
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