TULIPS
SHOULD THEY BE LIFTED? The foliage of these has now quite died down and the bulbs can be lifted. Whether it is best to lift every year or not can only bo answered by experiment. In cottage gardens in the north of England it is possible to find clumps of tulips that have not been lifted during the lifetime of the owner; in fact such was the origin of the socalled cottage tulips we grow to-day, but whether soil and climate will allow us to. do the same is quite problematical; in fact so far as experience goes it is not advisable to leave the bulbs in the ground without lifting more than the one season. The bulbs should be lifted and laid in trays to ripen and dry when the bulbs should be clean, small bulbils separated from the larger bulbs, which should be stored in open trays in a cool, well-ventilated shed. When drying them do not leave on the ground in the sun longer than necessary as it is inclined to make the brown skin brittle so that it falls away and leaves the white scales unprotected.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 35, 10 February 1934, Page 13
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191TULIPS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 35, 10 February 1934, Page 13
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