Bulbs: a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers . heir rootsdeep enough to injure the bulbs. As soon as the frost haskilled these, the bed should be cleared, carefully forked(except where the bulbs are), and a coating of fine manuresupplied. It is a good plan to apply weak liquid manure ;and an addition of powdered charcoal to the soil of thebed will give additional brilliancy to the flowers. Powdered bone or horn-scrapings are also excellent ma-nures. The culture of tender bulbs is, in a measure, similarto that of the hardy species. Potted in well-drained pots,they should be gently wat
Bulbs: a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers . heir rootsdeep enough to injure the bulbs. As soon as the frost haskilled these, the bed should be cleared, carefully forked(except where the bulbs are), and a coating of fine manuresupplied. It is a good plan to apply weak liquid manure ;and an addition of powdered charcoal to the soil of thebed will give additional brilliancy to the flowers. Powdered bone or horn-scrapings are also excellent ma-nures. The culture of tender bulbs is, in a measure, similarto that of the hardy species. Potted in well-drained pots,they should be gently watered, and kept in a warm, shadyplace, till they begin to grow; then water should be morefreely given, and they should be placed in full sunlight,and as near the glass as possible, to encourage a thick,sturdy growth. When in bloom, they should be kept cool, that the dura-tion of the flower may be prolonged. 34 GENERAL RULES OF CULTURE. During growth, copious syringing should be given, todestroy the red spider, the great enemy of greenhouse bulbs. ^^,1=4. They should not be allowed to ripen seed. After bloom-ing, the leaves ? should be grown until the tips begin toturn yellow ; when water should be less freely administered,and the plants be gradually dried off. When thus at rest,the pots should be turned on their sides, placed on shelvesunder the greenhouse stage, or in a shed or cellar, and soremain until the season for repotting. Bulbs with ever-green foliage should never be entirely dried of; but thesupply of water should be greatly reduced until the plantsagain show signs of growth.
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