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How to Make a Flower Garden 



Bulbs may be introduced with effect along the confines of grounds and 

 m out-of-the-way places, just on the borderland of the cultivated and the 

 uncultivated, m the shade of trees, along winding paths here and there — in 

 such a way as not to mar the natural effect desired in such surroundings. 

 In such places, crocuses, lilies-of -the- valley, narcissi, snowflakes, scillas, 

 trilliums, snowdrops, chionodoxas, hemerocallis, funkias, lilies, etc., blend 

 m perfect harmony with their environments. 



An appropriate and \-ery effective place for planting bulbs is on the 

 I, lawn. Such bulbs as crocuses and 



Scilla amcena, a very early flower- 

 r , w .;' '^^^ ^^g variety, are preeminently 



■ 1 W-n^ilfc^^"' '^^^m adapted for this purpose. They 



A V E^II^^^BKVBl^^^^l ^^^^ ^^^^ when planted in irregular 

 ^^ 1 I^^^P^I^^V^f^./^^^^^H patches here and there, as if they 

 ^ft 1 ^f^^l^BE^Jyj^^^^^B came up naturally — a patch of the 

 ^A \W ' #' ttK S"^^B|^^^^B yellow m one place, the blue in 

 I ^^ W^I-^m^^^^^hI^^^VjIh another, the white in another, and 

 L ^^ '. .jyifk^^^^^^H^HPi^'fl^H again the purple. Chionodoxas, 

 ^k \| ^^B^j^^HHp^^^j^^^^H winter aconite, snowdrops, tri- 



teleias and bulbocodiums are use- 

 ful for this method of planting, 

 and very appropriate. They may 

 be planted with a dibber; or the 

 sod can be removed, the bulbs 

 placed in position, and the sod 

 replaced. They bloom early, and 

 mature before the grass needs cut- 

 ting in spring, so the lawm effect is not marred. 



First in importance among hardy bulbs I should place the hyacinths. 

 Much has been written about putting them in position in the bed and then 

 covering them with soil, putting sand under them, etc., but in actual 

 practice these slow and laborious methods are not essential to success. If, 

 however, the planter prefers to follow the more laborious — and possibly 

 surer — method, then remove five or six inches of the top soil and cover the 

 surface of the soil where the bulbs are to be set with an inch of sand. One 

 advantage of this method is that it enables the planter to accurately place 

 the bulbs in position as to depth and distance apart, so that the effect at 



(Narcissus \'an Sion) Double golden daffodil 



