SPRING FLOWERING BULBS 261 



Drawings for Booklets. 



1. Bulb. 



2. Leaf crown when brought from basement. 



3. Plant in blossom. 



The Story. 



From your record write a little story telling of your ex- 

 perience with these bulbs. Select "My Roman Hya- 

 cinth," or some similar phrase, for your title. Use 

 your drawings to illustrate your story.' 



Trumpet Daffodils and Medium-crowned Narcissi 



Planting Out-doors. 



1. Set the bulbs along the border of the flower garden at 



least six inches deep and six inches or more apart. 

 Plant as soon as bulbs are received — in September, if 

 possible — always before the middle of October. 



2. After the ground freezes, cover with a few inches of 



mulching of some sort. 



3. When the snow goes, remove part of the mulching, and 



late in March or early in April remove what is left. 



4. As the flower-buds appear, cut such as you wish to use 



in-doors, and let them expand in water in vases or 

 flower- jars. They will generally be more perfect 

 than if exposed to wind and sun outside. 



Planting In-doors in Earth. 



1. Plant the bulbs soon after they are received, setting in 

 paper pots or in pottery bulb pans. Adapt the bulbs 

 to the size of the pot; one rather small bulb may be 

 placed in a three-inch paper pot; three bulbs, some- 



