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(Figs. 42). Of tulips you can have stars or ribbons of yellow, white 

 or crimson, or in fact almost any color except true blue. In nar- 

 cissus, yellow, sulfur and white are the colors. The little crocuses 

 come in yellow, blue, white and striped colors, and are in bloom and 

 gone before the large flowers take your attention. Many other 

 bulbs are fine for spring flowering, but as most of them are more 

 diflicult to grow and many of them rather expensive, I do not think 

 we will discuss them now. 



Suppose we want a bed of red, white and blue hyacinths (Figs. 

 42), and make it six feet in diameter. How many bulbs would you 

 want ? Now, hyacinths should be planted six inches apart each 

 way, and the outside row should be at least three inches from the 



43. — Simiile designs for bulb beds. 



edge of the bed. You see you will want a little over one hund»'ed 

 bulbs, which if one person had to buy would cost him or her quite 

 a little ; but if fifty or more boys and girls would club together it 

 would be easy for everyone, especially if, after making out a list of 

 all the bulbs you want, you were to write to one of the dealers in 

 bulbs telling him what you want, and how you expect to enjoy 

 the flowers, asking him to let you have them as cheaply as pos- 

 sible. You will find that he will be glad you are interested in 

 bulb growing, and be surprised how cheaply he will let you have 

 them. 



If you want a bed of tulips, they should be planted four or five 



inches apart instead of six inches, so you will need more bulbs ; but 



they are cheaper than hyacinths. The narcissus bulbs being still 



smaller than tulips, may be planted three inches apart ; and the lit- 



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