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CONTINUITY OF BLOOM 



IT is possible to arrange the scheme of plant- 

 ing so as to have a number of gorgeous blooming 

 plants or flowering shrubs on our lawns and in 

 our gardens continually from very early spring 

 until after snow flies in the very late fall, and 

 how very much better to have something in bloom 

 all the while, rather than to have a plethora of 

 bloom for a little time, and the balance of the time 

 nothing. 



Because of the general wish for a continuity of 

 bloom I am here going to suggest not all, but some 

 of the worthwhile things you may plant to assure 

 yourself of flowers from March until well in No- 

 vember without a break. 



The blooming season begins of course with the 

 bulbs that have been planted in the fall. First 

 the lowly crocus and the pure white snowdrops 

 come into bloom very early, often before the last 

 of the snow has gone, and these are succeeded in 

 April by the early tulips, the hyacinths and daffo- 

 dils ; succeeded in May by the tall, graceful Dar- 

 win tulips, so useful both for outside displays and 

 for cutting. 



Next in order, sometimes before March is past, 

 surely in April, the Bush Honeysuckles come into 



