The Busy Woman's Garden Book 



abundant room to increase and once planted 

 should not be disturbed until they have become 

 too crowded to bloom well. 



Crocuses are never so lovely as when studding 

 the green of the lawn in early spring and this is 

 the simplest form of planting, it only being 

 necessary to lift a bit of sod with a trowel, slip 

 a crocus bulb underneath and press the sod back 

 above it. Plant them informally, singly, in 

 groups. Scatter them freely about with the hand 

 and bury them where they fall. There is one 

 precaution, however, to be observed in this system 

 of planting — the lawn-mower must be withheld 

 in spring until the crocuses have matured their 

 leaves or there will be no flowers the following 

 spring. 



All spring bulbs profit by a liberal application 

 of old, well-rotted manure but this should be 

 either spaded deep in the beds below where the 

 bulbs will set or used as a top dressing after the 

 soil removed before planting has been replaced 

 and not allowed to come in contact with the 

 bulbs. Manure is not only harmful in itself but 



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