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How to Make a Flower Garden 



the same border or bed, because the times of flowering differ, and unless 

 very carefuhy selected and arranged the colours of the flowers will not har- 

 monise well. Before planting, the beds should be given a dressing of fertiliser, 

 then dug and raked very smooth. The bulbs should then be placed regularly 

 all over the bed before they are planted, so that each bulb shall have just so 

 much to develop — hyacinths seven inches apart, and tulips five. They should 



then be carefully planted and the 

 bed left very smooth and even. 

 The flowers of both tulips and 

 hyacinths embrace a good range 

 of colour, and colour designs can 

 be made when planting. Sugges- 

 tions for the same may be found 

 in almost any bulb catalogue. It 

 is important in planting tulips 

 to plant the early-flowering kinds 

 together and the late-flowering 

 kinds by themselves, and not in the 

 same bed. When a bed of tulips 

 is in bloom, every flower should be 

 open at the same time ; also with 

 both hyacinths and tulips, the 

 flowers should all be of an even 

 height, to secure which the bulbs 

 must be planted of an even depth. 



Beds of jonquils and daffo- 

 dils are also very effective, and 

 the bulbs require to be planted the 

 White Hyacinths samc distaucc apart and the same 



depth as hyacinths. Crocuses, scfllas and other small bulbs are more 

 suitable for narrow borders than formal flower beds. They should be 

 planted three inches apart. 



Although fall bulbs are quite hardy, yet sometimes during the winter 

 we have sudden thaws sufficient to excite the bulbs to grow. To prevent 

 this, when planted in beds it is better to give them a light covering of partially 

 decayed leaves or light mulch about two inches deep, but it should not be 

 put on till after the ground is frozen hard, for if placed on before this mice 



