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Title: D.M. Ferry & Co's 1900 bulb catalogue
Identifier: CAT31295619 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: D. M. Ferry & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Michigan Detroit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: (Detroit, Mich. ) : D. M. Ferry & 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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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 19 (ILY Of THE VALLEY Well known and universally admired spring flowering plants, equally well adapted to winter flowering, in the parlor or conservatory. The flowers are pure white, bell shaped, freely produced and powerfully fragrant. For pot culture set the buds or pips in well-drained pots or flats having the bot- toms covered with a layer of fibrous moss or peat, then fill them with sandy soil slightly mixed with moss. This will hold the moisture, which is essential to success. Cover the buds to the depth of half an inch, set away in a dark, warm room 700 at least for a week or two, and keep well watered, always using lukewarm water so as not to chill the roots. Many successful growers maintain a temperature of 90° to ioo°,which may be desirable early in the a season, but later w1" plants are grown , pips that have been kept \ v in cold storage, the temperature should . not be above 6o° to J 700. Then bring into the light, and set in a warm, moist place. In four or five weeks the flowers will ap- pear. By repeating this process at inter- vals, a constant suc- cession of bloom is maintained through the whole winter. Care should be taken to keep the pips cool and moist until they are potted. Water should never be syr- inged upon the flow- ers when in bloom, as it will spoil them. Lily of the Valley, when in full flower, can be taken out of the forcing box and planted in pots with- out the slightest check to growth or flowering. To grow them in open ground, select a partly shad- ed situation. Prepare the soil with a mix- ture of leaf mould, sand, and plenty of well-rotted manure, which should be, thoroughly incorpor- ated with the soil two feet deep, surface. No further attention injured by frost. Lily of the Valley cannot be shipped before the middle of October. Success in forcing depends largely upon the quality of the pips. Many of them on the market cannot be made to produce good blooms. We have taken great pains to secure extra fine pips which are sure to give good results. Best Berlin Pips, for forcing or pot culture. 40 cents per dozen; $2.50 per 100, postpaid. By express at purchaser's expense, $18.00 per 1,000. Large Clumps, for outdoor planting. 40 cents each; $4.00 per dozen, postpaid. By express at purchaser's expense, $2.75 per dozen.
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LILY OF THE VALLEY. Set the roots or clumps about two inches below the is required. They are perfectly hardy and are not

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