;PAGE 34, WInTBYFREEP1PESS, 'WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4,1990 Li ttie known facts about bulbis and their flowers Did you nottiat .. * dffdis ae b rdait hb time of yerbcu e e r already blomlginthe fi1of Hoiland, as weil, as in greenhouses? As the supply grows in the sprlng, their price becomes more reasonable. Buy them'fresh cut while stillin the bud to watch them unfold at home. Add eut flower crystals (nutrition) ..to make them last longer, and ensure ail the -flowers open up inl addition to potted daffodils and tulips, a variety of other bull, fiowers are widely available in retail outiets today, tSo? Look for crocus, Puschkuuia, gp hyacinth and scilla&. Keep the in a cool spot at home or the office, to make them last longer. e hyalnths .m'ake great eut flowers, as well as superb potted plants? Although the stems are ùsot, they can be attractively arraned in a shallow vase or bowl, alone or in combination with other fiowers -- such as anemones and grape hyaclnths (Muscari) and foliage.' *it is sometimes difficult to teil which end of a corm <such as gladiolus or crocus)is the top and w*hich is the bottom? Since they are offen se symmetrical it is hard to judge, the -safest'thing'to do is plant them on their sides. - erT can easily right. themselves îZegrowing but if planted upside down, they delinitely wil otgrow. SALE~g 2 PRIcE Ask the Dutch* ýFERTILIZER- gardener S I E S Q. How udoan FOR TREES &-EVERGREENS grwr force *b u ad Each spîke Is a rmea:ure easy-to-use dosage theirl noma floweri lng of premium tertiz e. Blues1 r sikes forevrgrens, beo9 orange spikes for fruit tréesgee pîkesfo time? shade trees. Take the guesswork out of fertillzing. A. Ie case actually in even, more eiggrae that thls question supposes, in that some (e.g. tullps, -ýhyaclnths and daffodilsRM) can, la fact, beýforced to .4ê. bloom year-round. ý And ohrs, such as frises, freesias and iles, for example, are 'marketed '12 monthfs of the year. Take the tulip, for example, *whlch* generaily, -flowers -la Cana4*an, gardens in April and MaY. Long before it la planted. la 5SEA&STER LILIES thegerden, the complete fiower is AN EASTER TRADITION.. These dellghtful present in emnbryomic form lin the Easter flowers have 5 or more large, sparkllng bulb. It needs'only a cold period white bloomas.. Add freshness and fragrance Ia you hme prior to the. subsequent high temperatures of spring to cause Ea.' the plant to emerge fr-or the soil. ý1 NYDRANcIEA fwr We cn 1-make this a great gifi 4 Ea prrngs en G UARA*U 14 f à . PLUS MANY, MANY MORE.I FROM PAGE 29 scent. Some of the best are 'Bellona' (single-fiowvered, yollow); " £Christmas Marvel' (uingle, deep pink), 'General de Wet' (single, orange), 'Golden Melody' (single, bright yellow), 'High Society' (single, orange-edged/orange-red), and 1 'Hoangho' (double, sulphur-yellow). Al year round, freesia smel wonderful. Available la yeilow, whlte, cream, reddish, lilac and blue. colora, both single and double varleties are now on the market They are moat abundant from March through May and mosL scarce in Auguat, just when they might be expected to bloom naturaily outdoors One highly scented type je the. tuberose, pobanthes tuberoa miijalisý, offers a delightful scent , p ~ -and somne individuas wlth a keen sense of ameil group Muscari, the grape hyacinth, with its musky frag rance, among the scented fiowers. L'a 'aN .'. -.., - 1 DON-T MISS OUT Il m . ý V-SALE