with the idea that it has to be a bare patch of 

 ground, to be kept clean and tidy. But we can 

 make of that same bare patch a thing of beauty, 

 if we only apply bulbs and bulbous plants. We 

 have of course to prepare the soil a little. We fork 

 lightly, without disturbing the roots of the 

 existing plants and bring some old, not coarse 

 manure, in. We plant now Winter Aconite, Glory 

 of the Snow, Squills, Snowflakes, Fume Wort 

 Grape Hyacinths, Dog's Tooth violets, Narcissus, 

 Lilies (low ones), Anemones, Brodiaeas, 

 Camassias (Quamash in three different kinds) 

 and Star of Bethlehem. The effect next spring 

 will astonish you. Try it, it is worth while. 



Forcing of Bulbs indoors, 



There are few things more appreciated than 

 those self done or made. So is it with children: 

 a self made doll is far more valuable than a 

 bought one, even that the bought one is most 

 perfect. Exactly the same applies to grown-ups, 

 and to grown-up-gardeners particularly. I do not 

 know one hobby so fascinating as gardening. 

 And the gardener is proud of his result. In that 

 result is all his patience (months and months of 

 it, if you please) all his toiling and moiling in 

 all kinds of weather, all his hopes, all his anxiety. 

 In the plant or, flower or fruit he has grown is 

 more than the actual value and that is why his 



result in his own eyes has a far greater value 

 than the same thing, may it be as perfect as 

 possible, bought in a shop. When the weather in 

 Autumn and Winter is so bad that work in the 

 garden is impossible, the attention is drawn to 

 gardening indoors. That is, in most cases, the 

 growing of flowers, raising seedlings etc. Most 

 of this work when there is no greenhouse 

 available will bear results next Spring. But one 

 wants flowers indoors in Wintertime, and for 

 that purpose the bulbs cannot be beaten. In little 

 wooden boxes, in earthenware pots and pans, In 

 vases, in glasses, even on saucers, one can grow 

 them. And nearly everybody can give a helping 

 hand, nearly everybody of the family can have 

 flowers of her or his own. And the costs are 

 comparatively small. There is one ,,but": only 

 with ,,first rate" bulbs one can expect success ! 

 Deal only with a good well established bulb 

 grower, he does not overcharge. Cheap bulbs are 

 always second hand stuff, and although there is 

 a chance that they will turn out well one cannot 

 rely on them. 



One of the most interesting ways of growing 

 hyacinths is to grow them in glasses. It is not 

 only interesting but delightful because every 

 phase of the growth can be followed. One can 

 watch continually the development of the plant. 

 Everybody knows the bulbglasses a conical 

 form with opening in the form of a cup. The cup 



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