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not like them in the lawn. They are likely to interfere with 

 mowing, since if they are to live from year to year, their foli- 

 age should not be cut 

 till it is turning yellow. 



These three may be 

 allowed to remain 

 where they are set. 



Tulips should go in 

 the borders or beds, 

 and if freely planted 

 will make a gorgeous 

 show. The same is 

 true of narcissus, hya- 

 cinth, and lilium can- 

 didum, though none FlG . 17 . _ Sci]la " is one of the earliest spring 



Of these have the flowers. Set the bulbs in the fall. 



glowing colors of the 



tulip. But tulips should be lifted every summer, while the 



others remain where 

 planted. The narcissus 

 may be planted in the 

 long grass, where it will 

 make a fine show in 

 spring, and where its 

 foliage will be ripe by 

 haying time. 



Bulbs set in the grass 

 should be planted as fol- 

 lows : with a trowel or 

 knife lift a flap of the 

 sod, set the bulb in, 

 f col i nt ^ its pointing upward, and 



spring brightness, should be planted in J 



the fall. press the sod back again. 



