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A NEW OUTLOOK 



Crocuses are pretty in colonies, and as they are very 

 cheap there is encouragement to plant them in quantity. 

 They look very nice in broad stretches in grass, particu- 

 larly the Golden Yellow, which is almost as cheerful as a 

 break of sunshine on a winter day. 



Crown Imperials 2iVQ well adapted for forming effective 

 clumps in herbaceous 

 borders, as they bear 

 their flowers in a 

 cluster on a tall stem, 

 the brilliant blossoms 

 hanging in a circle. 



Daffodils are a great 

 power. They are the 

 large trumpet-shaped 

 section of the Nar- 

 cissi, They are beauti- 

 ful as colonies in grass, 

 in clumps in herba- 

 ceous borders, in beds, 

 in pots, in vases — 

 everywhere in fact. 

 Bulb-growers tell us 

 that Daffodils are ad- 

 vancing and Hya- 

 cinths declining in public favour. This may be 

 partly due to the greater grace of the Daffodils, and 

 partly to the fact that they increase more readily in 

 British gardens. When they like the soil — and their 

 tastes are pretty catholic— they form offsets freely, which 

 Hyacinths do not do. We have already seen that 

 home-grown Daffodils may be hfted and replanted in 

 July or August. Bought bulbs should be planted in 

 October or November, about double their own depth, in 

 359 



Oct. 

 16-31 



Fig. 83. 



-Planting Daffodils in 

 Grass. 



a. Turf turned back, and bulb put in. 



b. Bulb covered. 



c. Soil filled in. 



d. Positions for other bulbs to form clumps. 



