A ae : ‘
a a emer BOOK Wines ‘ittle or scarcely any soll for
“THURSDAY AUG. 8, 1957 |their roots. Such plants can
be made to feel more at home
if mulched with a Mayer of
fine stone chips. Sandstone
chips are lUked by these
Plants, but limestone chips
will also prove beneficial to
them.

Two stone-loying plants are
Lewisia tweedyi and Saxi
{{rag® aizoom. Other saxi-

about Makes a satisfactory house
pia ee oo tant pulbous "irises ‘profer a
ig!

recognized by the Usht sandy soil, but willl do nox them ahrive.  Anoth

een Sn a ae They Uke full sun ana £04 peaateesow these pls
i , 200d drainage ashe te orecaney

pein flies tae aeuie DIVIDE PRIMROSES FOR eae wall. The ‘ ENG
teri, or Japanese irises, and andy
“ey Siberitin irises, Iris Siber-

| and also the Pumila or
dwarf varieties which are so
useful for edgings or for the p
rockery. Fr
But we also have the bulb- ;
ous irises, Known botanically

to c

as Xiphions, which are easy 244° transptant them

¢o grow, Any home garden safety

can have these lovely orchid: pi. clumps shoul

like blooms of bulbous iris. @ dirt shaken off the!

They grow, like tulips, from » and then the «clumps |‘ dice

Fall-planted bulbs. Soaked: ina’ pall of water, af: dianthus alpinu
The bulbs can be planted tor which the crowns can s certain of
in August or September The easily be pulled ar One jincluding -C
reason for planting them at jarge clump can often be divi. {2°
this time is that they begin ded into 9 or 12 small plants. | es best, as
growth at once. The bulbs Each separated plant should Most natural
should ‘be Pienie four sheila’ have a crown and plenty aes should be
deep. They produce grass-like roots. :
fellegs) about a foot high./ Replant the division in en-|
Later mulch the bulbs well: riched soil, making sure that |
especially if the Winter tem: the crown is level with the
peratures drop very low. ‘surface of the soil. Keep the
Two of the most popular of plants shaded for five or six |
the bulbous irises are known days and see that they do not
as Reticulata and Spanish jack water. Primroses which
varieties. Other popular ones have been divided and re-
are the Dutch and English. planted will be helped if
The flowers of each of these given a little protection over
varieties are exquisitely grace- the first Winter. This can be
ful in form and colour. They a light covering of straw. To|

fragas and lewisias require |
the same diet of stones ta|

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are often seen in florist shop keep it from matting down
windows for cut flower pur- over the crowns of the plants
i and smothering them. place |

‘A good start, son...keep it going!”|

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Reticulata is the smallest the straw on top of a frame- oy fe mht re gee the a
type and the earliest to work of twigs or small o —— o* rSE
bloom. It flowers in March, branches strewn about the Ge tee on se
at the same time as the crocus bed. ‘ | ? SO ¢ .
and snowdrops. CARE OF ROCK PLANTS | jo 2 Whenever . a I baked .

The Dutch. Spanish and IN THE ALPINE GARDEN | i z° 3 a 4 .
English bulbous ivises re Success with a rock garden| 1 aid you find time » + everything weeks ago...*
the next ones to come ints depends upon . 1 Hi 1 1
bloom: the Dutch are the frst cor 1 1 1 spat is 1
a ere ‘ to do all | 4 kept it fresh in i
two weeks later the S-y bitat. A th bs b ies 9 ’ % ?
variety shows its flow of alpine . 4s baking ¢ e . - free U ?
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The English variet~ t PosN oor a og
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