MAKING AND CARE 



No garden should be without its collection of 

 bulbs. By the use of this class of most bril- 

 liant and beautiful flowers we can extend the 

 season of bloom at least a month, thus brighten- 

 ing and seemingly shortening what would 

 otherwise be a rather dismal, cheerless interval 

 between the going of the snow and the coming 

 of the earlier border-flowers. They like a 

 deep, rich, mellow soil of loam and sand, and 

 this soil also suits most annuals well. They 

 should be planted in the fall. Late September 

 and early October is the best time to do this 

 work, as it can be done leisurely, therefore is 

 likely to be well done. It is also to the advan- 

 tage of the bulbs that it be done before cold 

 weather sets in, as this enables them to become 

 well established before the ground freezes. If 

 planted late, much of this work on their part 

 will have to be done in spring, at a time when 

 all the energies of the plant ought to be con- 

 centrated in the production of flowers. By all 

 means have some Hyacinths and Tulips and 

 Daffodils, with clumps of Crocus and Snow- 

 drop, to usher in the spring before winter seems 

 to have really taken its departure. Bulbs cost 

 but little in dollars and cents, and they require 

 but little attention, but they afford a wonder- 



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