Dreer's garden book seventy-sixth Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914 dreersgardenbook1914henr Year: 1914 120 |ljI|llENRrADREER fflllAOELPHIAM-W/OAROfM^-GRfElOUSEPLAhTSlT Dreer's Superb Tuberous=rooted Begonias. The following cultural notes, by Eben E. Kexford, were written ex- pressly for this book: ' Few plants are better adapted to the summer decoration of the window garden, the veranda and the conservatory than the Tuberous Begonia. It is a constant and prolific bloomer, wonderfully rich and varied in coloring, and so f asy to grow that all persons ought to succeed w
Dreer's garden book seventy-sixth Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914 dreersgardenbook1914henr Year: 1914 120 |ljI|llENRrADREER fflllAOELPHIAM-W/OAROfM^-GRfElOUSEPLAhTSlT Dreer's Superb Tuberous=rooted Begonias. The following cultural notes, by Eben E. Kexford, were written ex- pressly for this book: ' Few plants are better adapted to the summer decoration of the window garden, the veranda and the conservatory than the Tuberous Begonia. It is a constant and prolific bloomer, wonderfully rich and varied in coloring, and so f asy to grow that all persons ought to succeed with it. 'A soil that will grow it to perfection is made up of one part leafmold— or the turfy matter scraped from the bottom of old sod—one part garden loam, and one part sand. Mix these well together, and you have a compost that is friable, porous and well adapted to any plants having fine, fibrous roots. 'When the tubers of these Begonias are procured, spread them out on pans of moss, which should be kejit moist and warm. Here they should be left until sprouts appear. If you have no moss at hand, a piece of an old blanket or carpet will do very well, so long as either are thick enough to retain moisture. It is not absolutely necessary to sprout your tubers in this manner if you can tell which is top or bottom of them, but frequently they look so much alike on both siiles that you cannot be sure which is which until sprouts appear, and it will not do to plant them wrong side up. I would give each tuber a five-inch pot, if grown singly. 1 prefer, however, to u>e three tubers to a seven-inch pot. The effect is stronger, and in every way more satisfactory. Settle the tuber down into the soil to the depth of an inch. Water very cautiously until active growth begins, then increase the amount. Hut at no time during its existence will the plant require more than enough to make—and keep—the soil moist all through.' We would add to the above that they are now used extensivel
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