Your Winter Flower
Garden
JOULDN'T you be glad to
have your living rooms filled
with flowers during the winter months? It can be done
with little trouble and small
cost. It is a simple matter
to make bulbs produce a profusion of flowers.
In reality no flowers are so easy to grow, so
showy, and none succeed so well under varied
circumstances, as spring flowering bulbs.
Bulb Fibre a Complete Substitute
for Soil
Carter's Bulb Fibre is especially prepared
and contains abundant plant food.
The method of growing bulbs in fibre is
comparatively new to this country, but has been
practiced in England for some years. It has
many advantages; among which are the elimination of the unsightly flower pot and dirty soil
and the substituting of the handsome China
Bowl and Clean Fibre.
Directions for Potting Bulbs in Fibre
The Fibre when received is very dry and
should be thoroughly moistened before using.
Fill up the receptacle with Fibre, leveling off
the surface without pressing it down. Then
bury or cover your bulbs so that the top or
crown just shows through the surface. Press
down the Fibre to firm up the bulbs. They
can then be given a thorough watering and
placed in a dark, cool and airy room. You
must keep careful watch over them, so that
they will not suffer from either too little or too
much water.
In a few weeks, or after they show about
two inches of growth, they may be removed
from the dark room or cellar to a position offer-
Your Winter Flower
Garden
JOULDN'T you be glad to
have your living rooms filled
with flowers during the winter months? It can be done
with little trouble and small
cost. It is a simple matter
to make bulbs produce a profusion of flowers.
In reality no flowers are so easy to grow, so
showy, and none succeed so well under varied
circumstances, as spring flowering bulbs.
Bulb Fibre a Complete Substitute
for Soil
Carter's Bulb Fibre is especially prepared
and contains abundant plant food.
The method of growing bulbs in fibre is
comparatively new to this country, but has been
practiced in England for some years. It has
many advantages; among which are the elimination of the unsightly flower pot and dirty soil
and the substituting of the handsome China
Bowl and Clean Fibre.
Directions for Potting Bulbs in Fibre
The Fibre when received is very dry and
should be thoroughly moistened before using.
Fill up the receptacle with Fibre, leveling off
the surface without pressing it down. Then
bury or cover your bulbs so that the top or
crown just shows through the surface. Press
down the Fibre to firm up the bulbs. They
can then be given a thorough watering and
placed in a dark, cool and airy room. You
must keep careful watch over them, so that
they will not suffer from either too little or too
much water.
In a few weeks, or after they show about
two inches of growth, they may be removed
from the dark room or cellar to a position offer-