Nowhere A Finer Climate - Nowhere A Finer Community
SECTION 1 WO — I’aire One
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One of o u r principal crops is
being overlooked so fa r as home
gardening is concerned. Almost
everyone, when they think of
Croft Lily bulbs, associate them
w ith some m ethod, of com m ercial
forcing, not realizing th at this
can lie well done in alm ost every
home. Not only th a t, the im
pression is th a t they are not
adaptable to outdoor grow th.
Blunt contradictions are that
they can not only be success
fully brought to bloom, on time,
in the ordin ary home but they
also thrive, w ithout undue cod
dling, ev >n into Canada. At the
U S. D epartm en t of A griculture
Exile’ nent S tation, Beltsville.
M aryland, Croft Lilies have been
Thursday. December 8.
them get too w arm . In general,
too much heat will m ake any
plant become "leggy." This e s
pecially applies to indoor grown
lilies which will do quite well
if you have a cool, light place
where the te m p eratu re doesn't
vary much from 60 degrees.
This will assure you of growing
a neatly balanced, s y m e tric d
plant topped by gorgeous crow n
of blooms.
A fter your plant has com
pleted its cycle indoors, you can
lay it on its side, in some con
venient cornel, and let th e bulb
go into dorm ancy to be knocked
<ut and planted out of doors in
the Spring, probably growing
. ¡1 blooming again in the late
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A ccording to an exchang?. a
recent rain in Langlois flooded
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HA RBO R COMMUNITY
CLUB M ET FRIDAY
T he C h n -tm a s m eeting of the
Ilarlio r C m m unity Club w as
held F rid ay afternoon at the
home o! Mi
i . E. Hanacam,
Sr. w ith E rm a Rice, Jessie J u d
kins, Mae Simpson and Mabel
Thompson as the hostesses. A fter
the business m eeting, a gift ex
change and visiting was enjoyed
by the group T h >re w ere tw enty
m em bers pr< sent for th e m eet
ing. w hich was presided over bv
th e president. Ruby H arvey. The
Ja n u a ry m eeting will be held
a t Mrs. H a n e y 's home, the last
F riday of the m onth.
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grown out-of-doors for several F all.
years and th e te m p eratu re s th ere
Growing th e bulbs out of doors
h a \e gone well below zero w ith should be in m ore common p ra c t
out h u rtin g th e bulbs.
ice. Ju st because we have it in
Let us begin w ith a d escrip t our minds th at E aster Lilies
ion of how you m ay grow your flourish only at E aster, we have
own blooms, for E aster, right in been denying ourselves a garden
your own home.
b?auty th at is a most definite
z\bout 180 days before E aster MUST. And it is a much easier
Of you w ant an E a ste r blooming job th an growing them indoors.
plant) select a good firm bulb,
As stated at the beginning.
fully six inches in circum f?rence. Croft E asters a re successfully
T ake a strin g and w rap it. loos grown, w ithout ex tra effort,
ely, a t the bulb’s g rea test diam when? the bulbs go aw ay below
eter. This length will be a guide zero. When grown in th? garden,
to the diam eter of th e porous th e bulbs ought to be set w here
clay pot in which th e bulb is to the w ate r n eith er stands nor
be grown in. Into th e bottom of drips off eaves— a sem i-shaded
this pot, for good drainage, place spot is, of course, best. No spec
an inch or so of pebbles o r brok ial p reparation of the soil is
en pot. P rep are a m ix tu re cf necessary unless one calls o rd
about th nee-quarters of rich in ary garden practice "sp eciar’
garden mould and a q u a rte r of and adds th ereto a dose of bone
peat moss o r w ell ro tte r saw meal and occasional feeding and
dust. Into this, mix thoroughly a w aterin g when th e p lan ts sta rt
level teaspoon of any garden to show sighs of going into the
fertilizer and a tablespoon of lily business. And they can be
steam ed bone meal. The acuracy planted any tim e th e ground
of this m x tu re is not precise but isn’t frozen—even can be held
should bring about the happiest down cellar until Spring, if such
results
is w-anted, but should be plant M
P ut some of the m ix tu re in the out of doors before th e ir sprout
bottom of the pot, on top of the is m uch over an inch long. This
drainage bed. Now. spread out also holds tru e for the E a ste r
the roots of the bulb and set it you may have bloomed indoors,
on top of the soil, filling in w ith and put into dormancy.
the m ixture so th e tip of the
Now, about digging them . No
bulb will be a couple of inches r re d to do th a t for a couple of
below th? surface of the soil. years, when you should find a
You m ay now bang th e pot on whopping bulb whose stem is
some fairly firm su rface to help ju st thick with offspring. G rah
settle the soil and exclude the the paren t bulb firmly, give the
air. DO NOT press t h ' soil from stem a slight tw ist and pull and
the top or you m ay in ju re the it should pop loose from th e
bulb. O th er th an n a tu ra l dam p depths of th.? bulb. You can now-
ness of the potting soil, no w ater strip off the bulbets, which can
should be added.
he planted back not too deep, of
Now, set the pot in a cool, well course—and you're in the Croft
shaded or dark place un til the Lily business. Some of th ? larg
plant shows a couple of inches er ones m a) bloom th e first year
above the soil, then bring it but probably most of them will
out into the full light (not sum not until the second. Anyhow.,
keep well w atered and not too they a re good sw apping stock.
warm. D uring its grow ing p er P lan t back your parent bulb,
iod a modicum of plant food preferably in a new location.
may be given every th ree o r four
A good rule to stick close to
weeks. N ever let th e soil get w ith any bulb outdoors is to
entirely dry. R em em ber th e plant plant it to a depth of about
m ust pump w a te r clea r up to th ree tim es its g reatest d iam eter
the buds and bloom, which are
Anyway, «<> feel sure th a t you
fu rth e i? st from th e roots and w ill get a great deal of pleasure
also th a t w a t e r ev ap o rates <
out of this beautiful fplant. Those
through the pores of th e p o t— who w ork in them th e year
the plant also b reath es through around n?ver cease to 're g a rd
these pores. A little w a te r in a them w ith less th an a rev e re n t
saucer, under th e pot. helps the ial feelings.
G row ers in the
irrigation process and se ttin g the Brookings area, for m any years,
pot outdoors during th e mild, i continue th eir efforts to produce
w arm rain bathes th e leaves and unblemished this strain of hy
m akes h ea lth ier grow th possible. brid lilies They a re proud of
The whole lily family is ac th e ir products, known and grown
customed to growing their best by florists and g ard n ers all over
w-here it is cool and damp, so in N o rth ern America.
growing them in your home, an
important DON'T is letting
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