EARLY WINTER FREESIAS
The polting Qf various bulbs for wlpj ter decoration of Ihe living *90™^* to be seen to this month. Jhe lonsspc the season of growth, the better for -Re blooms that later on wiR be producqd* The delicpte beauty apd aweet frp,grance of the freesia8 will not easily be' forgotten by those who haVe grow»i , this bulbous plant in the past and thpir first thought now will be for the sia. Six bulbs in a 6in. pot will giye) a grand display of bloom if staxted in|o new growth now. Leaf mould, f reejy mixed- with good turfy loam, is used *0 fill the pots. which need to be provi(i|ct with the 'usual crock-drainagcs tjia bulbs being inserted to such a "eptn that the' tips just show above tlie sprface. It is worth while to gradc bulbs aeeording to size, though freepia • bulbs • are always surprisingiy smatl when the mass of flowera and foliage produced is eonsidered. Each npfc shoujd contain bulbs. of the same sigs for the sa"ke of uniformity when growth ■ commences. . - • The potting conip]eted,. the pots c§* be heeled in the qpen ground and wpll watered nntil ' the "flower buds appegr, when thpy can be brought inside fpr : house deeoratioh.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 35, 25 February 1937, Page 12
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