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lighted with the beauty of bulbs in the grass will yet 

 grow the same bulbs in beds or borders on the old 

 regimental system, and they do this, probably, be- 

 cause they think it saves trouble to the gardener. 

 It is so easy to fill a bed with Tulips in the autumn 

 and then to lift them when they have gone out of 

 flower to make room for summer bedding. But it is 

 just as easy to combine them with plants such as 

 Pansies, Forget-me-nots, the double Arabis, and 

 many early flowering annuals, which may be removed 

 at the same time to make room for the summer bed- 

 ding. In the herbaceous border, however, the prob- 

 lem of the right use of bulbs is less easy; and yet 

 it is not very difficult. True, there are many bulbs 

 which are best lifted as soon as they die down, and 

 there are others which resent disturbance at the very 

 time when the border may need to be dug over. But 

 both these difficulties may be overcome with a little 

 contrivance and foresight. Take, for instance, the 

 case of bulbs such as Tulips and Hyacinths, which 

 usually should be lifted at least every other year. 

 These may be planted in considerable masses among 

 carpeting plants or in clumps of eight or ten sur- 

 rounded with plants that will contrast with them; 

 and they may be taken up without difficulty when 

 they have died down, and without injuring the plants 

 about them. The arrangement in clumps is best 

 suited to the taller May flowering Tulips and to other 

 tall bulbs such as the Camassias, Gladioli, English 

 and Spanish Irises, Crown Imperial Lilies, most of 



