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The Anemone also associates perfectly with some of the 

 lesser Daffodils, as, for instance, Narcissus cyclamineus 

 (the Cyclamen-flowered Daffodil), or Narcissus Bulbo- 

 codium (the Hoop Petticoat Daffodil). Then small 

 bulbs may be freely planted beneath the low, tufted 

 carpeting alpines, especially those that do not bloom 

 until early summer ; thus a twofold display is obtained 

 from the same spot. It is just as well to keep them 

 away from all choice alpine flowers, the Silver Saxifrages, 

 Androsaces, little Campanulas, Gentians, and so on ; 

 where, indeed, they would be out of place. There are, 

 usually, plenty of bare spaces on the outskirts of the 

 rockery, beneath the shrubs, on shady banks, and in 

 other more or less rough places, for one has to remember 

 that the bulbs are only used as an adjunct to the 

 rock-garden flowers proper. Some of the chief of the 

 bulbs suited to the rock garden are described in 

 the following notes. Although it is not strictly correct 

 to describe the roots of all those named as bulbs, they 

 may, so far as their treatment and value in the garden 

 are concerned, be grouped together very conveniently. 



Allium. The decorative Alliums, or Onions, are not 

 commonly met with in amateurs' gardens, probably 

 owing to the strong odour that is as characteristic of them 

 as of the edible Onion. Yet a few of them are worth 

 mentioning, notably Allium Moly, about fifteen inches, 

 yellow, May and June ; A. neapolitanum, fifteen inches, 

 white and green, June ; A. ostrowskyanum, one foot, 

 purple, May; and A pedemontanum, eighteen inches, 



