. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BULBS BULBS 191 do this, then it is not advisable to use manure at ail, for the bulbs are liable to come in contact with it and become diseased. Bone meal alone is then the safest fertilizer to use, and it should be applied lavishly. Most bulbs like rich food if properly applied. Although the embryo flowers wer
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BULBS BULBS 191 do this, then it is not advisable to use manure at ail, for the bulbs are liable to come in contact with it and become diseased. Bone meal alone is then the safest fertilizer to use, and it should be applied lavishly. Most bulbs like rich food if properly applied. Although the embryo flowers were formed within the bulb "the season. 289. The Easter lily throws out feeding roots both belo^v and above the bulb. before, yet their size, luxuriance and brilliancy this season depend largely upon the nutrition the roots receive. Liberal applications of manure water, when the bulbs are in bud, often produce excellent results. The proper depth to plant bulbs varies according to the kinds. It is a common fault to plant them too near the surface. Some kinds, notably the Californian Hum- boldtii and Washingtonianum lilies, do best when 10 to 12 inches deep ; hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, and simi- lar large bulbs from 4 to 6 inches deep ; smaller bulbs somewhat shallower. Hardy bulbs root during the fall and early winter, and if planted too near the surface the freezing, thawing and heaving of the upper crust of soil in mild winters often causes the bulbs to break from their roots, and, in consequence, only inferior flowers are produced. When good, cold weather has set in and a light crust has been frozen on the soil, then cover the bed with leaves, straw, marsh hay or reeds to a depth of from 4 to 6 inches. This protects not only from severe freezing, but from equally injurious unsea- sonable thaws. Do not put the covering on too early, for it might warm the soil so that the bulbs would com- mence to grow and afterwajrd be injured from freezing. Gradually remove the covering
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