CHAPTER XXV. 



HARDY AND HALF-HARDY GARDEN BULBS. 



Preparation of Ground. Planting-. Protecting. Summer Treatment. 



Tulips. Crown Imperial. Guinea Hen 

 Flower. Anemones and Ranunculus. Col- 

 chicum. Dog- Tooth Violet. The Lily. 

 Preparation of Soil. Species. Tiger Flower. 



Dahlia. Tube Roses. Gladiolus. Am- 

 aryllis. 



THE greater part of the Dutch 

 bulbs, which we have so fully de- 

 scribed in former pages, will, if 

 planted out in the open border, and 

 slightly .covered with manure, endure the 

 winter, and bloom in spring or summer. The 

 species and varieties have already been de- 

 "scribed. Their out-door treatment is very 

 simple. Select a warm, sunny spot in the garden, where 

 good drainage can be secured ; trench this about eighteen 

 inches deep, digging in a liberal quantity of well-rotted 

 cow manure, and enough pure sand to make the soil rather 



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