called the Iris the ,,Poor man's Orchid". The 

 Dutch Iris is the first-comer, and flowers in June. 

 Next comes the Spanish and last of all the Eng- 

 lish Iris. It is only in time that one wins it from 

 the other, not in brilliancy or beauty of form, 

 they are all beauties, adorned with the most 

 delightful colours. We do not grow the Iris for 

 the beauty of the plant as a whole, we grown it 

 mainly for the flower. As cut-flower the Iris is 

 priceless. 



Scilla campanulata. 



(8O per sq. yards). 



Blue Bells are extremely well suited to cover 

 bare soil under shrubs, standard roses etc. Still, 

 those who use Blue Bells as a bedding plant 

 only, will enjoy the result. Blue Bells flower in 

 May very profusely. They can be had in white, 

 blue and pink. The foliage is a deep green and 

 above it the elegant trusses of flowers show very 

 prettily. 



Blue Bells are planted in Autumn about 2 

 inches deep and may remain in the same bed for 

 several years, just as the Crocus. Planted in a 

 bed, they have to be thinned out occasionally. 



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Bulbs for the border. 



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One can not imagine a modern garden without 



a border. One has learned to appreciate the 

 freedom and the restriction, the elegant lines and 

 the natural grouping of plants. Very often bor- 

 ders are made to screen off or to hide ugly or 

 monotonous environments of a garden, fences, 

 walls, sheds, outhouses etc. Formerly one used 

 ivy, or for that purpose evergreen shrubs or 

 coniferae but even with some variety in colour, 

 the eye met only green in different shades. The 

 adding of flowers made of that same screen a 

 thing of beauty, it became an intrinsic part of 

 the garden. And now-a-days ? A border wants 

 at least the same attention as any other part of 

 the garden, and we study every year very care- 

 fully how to improve it, how to make in an har- 

 monious way the necessary changes. Fine 

 material for a border are bulbs. The flowers give 

 a brilliancy to the whole just then when colours 

 are badly wanted, at a time when the border is 

 nearly empty, or just starting. There are people 

 who object to planting bulbs in a border, because 

 of the bare patches left when the flowering is 

 over. It is just here, where the judicious gardener 

 steps in. He knows where to plant bulbs that 

 have not to be lifted after flowering. He will 

 plant them among the perennials. When the 

 latter start growing the bulbs are high up and 

 when the bulbs are finished the perennials cover 

 with their foliage the withering leaves of the 

 bulbs. Bulbs and Hyacinths have to be lifted. 



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