PLANTING BULBS IN THE YARD 



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CROCUSES 



Crocuses should be planted in September or October. 

 They may be brought to their highest degree of perfec- 

 tion when grown in well-prepared beds and planted to a 

 depth of three inches, two 

 inches apart. A circular 

 bed two or three feet in 

 diameter makes a pretty 

 appearance. In such a 

 bed the rows should be 

 circular, so that different 

 colors may be used in 

 the different rows with 

 good effect. Crocuses are 

 also attractive in border 

 beds that contain peren- 

 nials. School yards that 

 have no beds for plants 

 can be made very inter- 

 esting by planting cro- 

 cuses at random in the 

 lawn, in clumps of a dozen or more. Planted on the 

 sunny side of the building, they will make their appear- 

 ance soon after the spring snows disappear. Some of 

 the winter-blooming varieties may be expected to bloom 

 whenever the ground thaws. 



The only tool needed is a dibble. The holes should be 

 three inches deep and scattered irregularly. Some may 



FIG. 34. Crocuses in the Lawn 



