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Title: Autumn catalogue : 1904
Identifier: autumncatalogue119pete_0 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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HYACINTHS. Bold, Isolated Clumps of Tali-growing Bulbous Plants make a brilliant show planted on the lawn in a position not too promi- nent nor too near, the object desired being a large mass of one color, in striking contrast to the surrounding green grass and trees. For effects of this kind only one variety should be used in a bed. Those most suitable are: AlstrcE- meria. Crown Imperials Dielytra, Funkias, Hemerocallis, Liliums, Montbretias, Paeonias, Tritomas, etc. Bulbs Right in the Sod on the Lawn present a pleasing picture when in bloom, in the early spring. They should be planted in a " hit-and- miss " fashion, an irregular group in one place, scattered individuals over there, as one would find wild flowers. Of course, on closely clipped lawns, only very early spring-flowering bulbs can be used, those that flower, ripen and die down before it is. necessary to use a mower. Then the summer surface on the lawn will be as smooth and green as if no sleeping bulbous beauties were beneath it waiting for their awak- ening the next spring. The bulbs may be planted with a dibble when the sod is moist and soft after fall rains, but it is better to cut the sod, turn it back, plant the bulbs and press the sod in place. Suitable sorts are: Aconite (Eranthis), Bulbocodium, Chionodoxa, Crocus, Hepaticas, Grape Hyacinths, Scillas, Snowdrops, Snow flakes (Leucojum). " Naturalizing " Hardy Bulbs in semi-wild, outlying grounds is a happy style of simulating nature. Such bulbs should be used as can be; planted in quantity, from a dozen to a hundred; of a kind in a patch. Fortunately, among bulb- ous plants we have many that are hardy, thrive and increase in such rough, neglected, picturesque places even better than in the prim garden. Those suitable are: Aconite (Eranthis), Dode- catheon. Blood Root, Bulbocodium, Camassia, Chionodoxa, Colchicum, Lily of the Valley, Crocus, Narcissus, Funkias, Hemerocallis, Ery- thronium. Snowdrops, Allium Molly, Hepaticas, Grape Hyacinths, Leucojum (Snowflakes), Lilies, Puschkinia, Scillas, Sternbergia, TriUiums, Tri- tomas, etc. A.RCISSUS PO ETICUS "NATURALIZED." jie°^Remember: ( If you want flowers in your house this winter or In your garden next spring \ You Must Plant Bulbs this Fall!

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