. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 80 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. various unpleasant ways. Therefore, wlien there comes over the plantation a certain amount of yellowness, and the leaves look as if they would die if they eonld, and are only prevented by reason of the " growing weather^" hesitate no longer, but lift them, and \&y them in lots of a sort in a dry shed, with as nuTch earth about them as adheres naturally, and in the course of a week afterwards clean them by removing leaves and roots, and store in sand. It is a delightful task to raise
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 80 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. various unpleasant ways. Therefore, wlien there comes over the plantation a certain amount of yellowness, and the leaves look as if they would die if they eonld, and are only prevented by reason of the " growing weather^" hesitate no longer, but lift them, and \&y them in lots of a sort in a dry shed, with as nuTch earth about them as adheres naturally, and in the course of a week afterwards clean them by removing leaves and roots, and store in sand. It is a delightful task to raise gladioli from seeds. To obtain the seeds is an easy matter, but artificial fertilisation should be practised to render the work complete. Sow the seed in spring in shallow pans, which should be j^laeed in a moderate heat. When the grass appears, give air cautiously ; and when the season is sufficiently advanced, place them (jut of doors, and let them finish the first season's growth in the seed-pans. Put these away untouched in a dry place for the winter. In the month of March following sift the soil and separate the corms, and plant these in pans, and treat them as descrilied above for the flowering corms. ,\t the end of j\Iay plant them Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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