SPRING FLOWERING BULBS 251 



The Story. 



Write a little story, giving your experience as recorded in 

 the descriptive record. "My Campernelle Jonquil" 

 would be a good title, and some such outline as this may 

 be followed to advantage: 



Planting. Period of root growth. Period of leaf- 

 growth. Buds and blossoms. Flower structure. 



Crocus 



Planting Out-doors. 



1. Crocuses may be planted to advantage along the border 



of the flower garden or in the grass of the lawn, par- 

 ticularly in corners and next to buildings where the 

 grass need not be cut till the crocus leaves have 

 ripened. Plant in September. 



2. Set the bulbs three inches deep and in irregular groups, 



the individual bulbs or corms being rather close to 

 get a mass effect from the flowers. 



3. If in the garden, cover the ground after it freezes with a 



few inches of mulching of some sort. 



4. As soon as the snow goes in spring, remove the covering, 



to give the flowers a chance to shoot up as soon as 

 the frost is out of the ground. 



5. Do not cut off the leaves ; let them grow and die down 



late in spring or early in summer. The plants will 

 then form new corms on top of or at the sides of the 

 old ones. This process will bring the new bulbs so 

 near the surface in three or four years that the corms 

 will need to be dug up and planted deeper. 



