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of sadness, a sort of consciousness of being 
out of the tideway, and in the backwaters 
of life, the flowers fulfil their destiny happily. 
So to return to the bulbs, they should be 
planted where they can be undisturbed, and 
this makes the shrubbery the best place for 
them. If space is given them in front 
of and between the shrubs, they will be at 
the height of their beauty while the leafage 
is still young, and later their yellowing 
leaves will pass unnoticed under the fuller 
growth. It is worth while in setting bulbs, 
to do it carefully, giving them a rich, light 
earth, and setting each one in sand, so that 
nothing harmful can come in contact with 
it. After this they will only need to be 
divided when they become too crowded. 
The new daffodils (Grandees) that I set out 
in the fall came when my stock of sand was 
exhausted, so they went right into earth 
enriched with cow manure. As soon as their 
bloom was over this spring, I dug up the 
bulbs without disturbing their foliage, washed 
them, and reset them in sand. They proved 
