240 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



FLORICULTURE, ORNAMENTAL GARDENING AND 



FORESTRY. 



SOME BULBS WHICH SHOULD BE PLANTED IN THE FALL. 



Chapin Brothers, Lincoln, Neb. 



Bulbs of one kind or another should be grown by all lovers of 

 early spring flowers. Here are planis for every place and purpose — 

 beautiful for the formal beds and borders and especially attractive for 

 the wild spots of our lawns. 



For several reasons bulbs are the most popular of any spring 

 flowers. They have so much latent beauty stored in them, and require 

 so little skill from the amateur gardener. Then, too, coming as they 

 do so soon after a long winter, they seem especially symbols of spring. 



Snowdrops, crocus and scillias even bloom while the late snow is 

 on the ground. Not having to forage for food in the spring (the flower 

 having formed the previous year and being within the bulb) they are 

 ready to flower at the first sign of spring. 



The above mentioned bulbs may be planted in beds or in borders, 

 or anicng the grass in the open lawn. The soil of Nebraska is especially 

 suitable for bulbs as they do best in a soil which is rather light and 

 loamy. Too sandy soil may be helped by having well rotted manure 

 well spaded in, but this fertilizer must be spaded in sufficiently to pre- 

 vent it from coming in contact with the bulbs. 



Early tulips such as "Yellow Prince," "Cottage Maid," "La Reine," 

 "Duchess de Parma," "Tom Moore," "Artus," and many others should 

 be planted in solid beds only, in order to get the best results. 



We, however, recommend especially the late tulips for ouc-of- 

 doors planting. These varieties are as gorgeous as the early ones, 

 perhaps even more so. In addition to this, they have the advantage 

 of blooming about the last of May when all danger of frost is over. 

 The stems of me later varieties are usually longer, varying from 

 about 18 to 24 inches. Then, too, the flowers last longer, and the 

 bulbs as a whole have more vitality and do not require replanting as 

 soon. Indeed, we have had some bulbs in the ground for six or seven 

 years, and each year fine flowers are produced. The later tulips are 

 more showy in a border than in a formal bed, and should be planted 

 in that way if the best results are to be obtained. 



Among the best of the standard varieties are: Gesneriana Major 

 (scarlet), Gesneriana Lutea (yellow). Golden Crown (Golden yellow 

 striped with red) Picotee I pink), Ida (white). Gala Beauty ( Vermil- 

 lion striped with yellow), also Parrots and Darwins. 



Among spring flowering bulbous plants, the narcissus family, 

 which includes daffodils and jonquils is one of the most important 

 and of world wide popularity. They may be grown in garden beds 

 among hardy plants in herbaceous borders or "naturalized" — that 

 is grown as if wild in outlying portions of the lawn or grounds. They 

 thrive in ordinary garden soil but grow and flower most luxuriantly in; 



