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The Canadian Horticulturist. 

 DUTCH BULBS. 



'HE frost having put the finishins; touch to the work of the summer 

 season, now is the time to commence for next spring. Get your beds 

 in readiness for everything you intend to plant ; then put in your 

 bulbs without delay. If your plants are not already laid, lay them ; 

 then carry out your designs. 



Tulips, which are the most showy of spring flowers, may be 

 planted now ; it is better they should ; however they can be safely 

 put out next month. Make the soil good and rich, work it deep, then put in 

 your bulbs, six inches apart each way, and 

 cover them with four inches of good soil. 

 Be sure to have a bed of Parrot Tulips, 

 which are, botanically, monstrosities; from 

 the florist's standpoint, sports ; but from 

 the amateur's standpoint, simply gorgeous 

 While Tulips are the most hardy of all 

 bulbs, in this climate, where freezing and 

 thawing alternate so rapidly, and in such 

 a marked degree, it will pay well to mulch 

 the bed sufficiently to prevent this. 



Hyacinths can and should be planted 

 now. Every day's delay detracts from 

 their usefulness and from the pleasure 

 you receive from growing them. Plant in 

 good soil, and cover with four inches of 

 the same. Then mulch so thoroughly that frost cannot reach them- This you 

 must do if you hope to be successful. In selecting, exercise your own taste 

 so far as color is concerned, and also as regards the double and single forms. 

 Buy good bulbs, cheaply if you can, but under no circumstances buy cheap 

 bulbs. For bedding purposes, the second or third size is the best, as they will 

 last longer without breaking up ; but for pots or glasses get the best only. 



Crocuses ?}iust be planted at once, if at all. It is no use to plant them 

 after they commence growing ; they will be sure to dissappoint you if you 

 do. Lift up the sod in places on the lawn and put them in promiscuously ; 

 they will make it cheerful in spring. Plant them in every sunny nook ; they 

 will bring plenty of sunshine with them. If their room is wanted for other 

 things, throw them away after flowering; their one season of beauty will more 

 than repay their cost. 



Crown Imperials should have a place in every garden, and it should be a 

 sunny place, as they are about the first to appear in spring. They are heroic 

 resolutions in leaf and stem as they push themselves out of the ground 

 after the first few days of encouraging growth ; and no amount of frost will 

 check their energies after once starting. But mulch them ; they do not like 

 to sleep through winter in a frozen bed. — American Gardening. 



Fig. 1001.— Parrot Tulip. 



