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THE BEGINNER'S GARDEN BOOK 



Or with a dibber make a hole in the sod, set in the bulb, 



and cover with loam. 



Bulbs in the flower beds should be set more carefully, since 



they should all be at the same depth, so as to bloom together. 



Let the varying kinds of buds make a change from early to 



late. Set the bulbs, 

 if the soil is likely 

 to be wet, on a little 

 bed of sand, dropped 

 into the hole. Holes 

 for small bulbs may be 

 made with a dibber, 

 for larger ones with a 

 trowel. Cover them 

 with twice their own 

 depth of earth. Then 

 when winter comes, and 

 when the surface of the 

 ground has frozen 

 solidly, cover the beds 

 with leaves, old ma- 

 nure, or litter, so as 

 to keep the earth from 



FIG. 19. Tulips come in many forms 



and colors. Plant now in the borders. thawing until spring. 



This setting of bulbs 



is the last planting of the year. It varies with the lati- 

 tude, beginning in the latitude of New York with early 

 October. With every hundred miles south, it should begin 

 a week later; with every hundred miles north, a week 

 earlier. If, however, the garden is on a mountain side, so 

 that the cold strikes in sooner, the planting will have to be 

 earlier. 



And all the time the march of winter continues. We have 



