. The school garden book. School gardens. SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS 207 The gladiolus is one of the best summer flowering bulbs for planting in the border garden or in unoccupied corners along a fence or hedge row. The bulbs, which in their structure are like those of the crocus, and so are called corms, are inexpensive, and the plants thrive with the simplest treatment. The bulbs can be planted as early in spring as the ground is in good condition to work. They should be set three or four inches deep and will do better in loamy rather than clayey soil. There should be a succession of plantings e
. The school garden book. School gardens. SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS 207 The gladiolus is one of the best summer flowering bulbs for planting in the border garden or in unoccupied corners along a fence or hedge row. The bulbs, which in their structure are like those of the crocus, and so are called corms, are inexpensive, and the plants thrive with the simplest treatment. The bulbs can be planted as early in spring as the ground is in good condition to work. They should be set three or four inches deep and will do better in loamy rather than clayey soil. There should be a succession of plantings every two weeks until the first of July; this will give a long period of flowering and will enable one to have a splendid display of blos- soms from early in summer until late in autumn. The large attractive blossoms of the gladiolus are borne closely crowded in long spikes and the lowest flowers develop first. If the spikes are cut when they are just coming into blossom and placed in water in-doors, the flowers will continue to come out for many days, yielding a lasting and very interesting display. The tuberose is one of those plants which were formerly much more popular than they are to-day; but it is well worth while to grow a few specimens in order to become familiar with the attractive blossoms. The bulbs require a rather warm temperature for their development, so that it is not worth while to plant them until the ground is warm and the. 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 Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947; Emerson, Philip, 1865-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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