The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



tulips is to plant them as a border to beds of per- 

 ennials or shrubs, setting them in single, double 

 or triple rows, along the edge and leaving them 

 to ripen and increase from year to year; in this 

 way one gets the greatest good at the least ex- 

 penditure of time and space. When they are 

 planted in beds by themselves it is customary to 

 lift them when through blooming and to heel 

 them in in some out-of-the-way spot until the tops 

 have died when they may be lifted and stored in 

 paper bags until time to plant out again in the 

 fall. This leaves the beds free for summer an- 

 nuals or bedding plants. If it is not desired to 

 lift them, then one may sow seed of some annual 

 of light root growth such as the myostis or forget- 

 me-not, the schizanthus, pansy, verbena, or phlox 

 Drumondii, as these plants will not interfere with 

 the maturing of the bulbs and the protection af- 

 forded them from the heat of summer will be of 

 benefit. 



The soil for any variety of bulbs should be rich, 

 mellow and thoroughly well drained and it is 



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