BULBS AND THEIR POSSIBILITIES 203 



DUTCH BULBS FOR LATE FLOWERING 



With so many fine Tulips especially adapted for late flowering, 

 those who consider Easter the closing season for bulb stock, as far 

 as the florist is concerned, miss a good deal. Usually a few flats 

 of bulbs come in after that date, such as perhaps have been over- 

 looked outdoors, or were planted very late, but no special effort is 

 made to supply the demand for May and early June. Almost all 

 such stock, whether Tulips or Narcissi, can be handled either out- 

 doors in the open or in frames and can be made to pay well if properly 

 handled. With the help of a frame, glass, and shade sash, you can 

 bring a planting of bulbs into flower several weeks ahead of those 

 left to themselves, or you can hold them back a few days; this to 

 the florist means a better chance to make them pay. It will prove a 

 good investment for any florist to plant some Narcissi or late flower- 

 ing Tulips in beds 5 ft. in diameter outdoors; cover some in early 

 Spring with frames and sashes and so have them come in ahead of 

 those not covered; and have another lot which with temporary 

 frames, shutters or other shading, are protected from the sun and 

 thereby kept back. 



Another way to use late flowering bulbs to advantage is to 

 recommend them for planting in groups along the shrub borders 

 and in the perennial bed. We have seasons when some of the Darwin 

 or Cottage Tulips will bloom as late as June, a time when there is 

 but little in the way of perennials and when what there is of Iris, 

 Columbines, etc., will not be interfered with; the same is true in 

 the shrub border. 



If perchance you have to submit to a customer during Fall 

 a specification and estimate for the planting of such borders, always 

 include the planting of a certain amount of such bulbs. It pays. 



TWELVE DESIRABLE CONIFERS FOR THE FLORIST TO 



GROW ON 



IT TAKES years to grow conifers from seed until you have stock 

 * of any size to sell, but, on the other hand, if you should happen 

 to have suitable land and let your nurseryman supply you each 

 year with a few transplanted seedlings for planting out in rows, 

 before you know it you will have suitable stock for the filling of 

 window boxes. A little later there will be 2-, 3-, and 4-ft. stock to 

 offer, and I don't know to what the average florist located near a 

 city or in a town could possibly devote his land to better advantage. 

 This is especially so in the case of the young man who, in a growing 

 neighborhood, has a chance to purchase a few building lots, maybe 

 located a little outside of town; lots which can be bought cheap. 

 If he were to plant these with nothing but Norway Spruce, it would 

 be well worth while and would bring good returns in a short time. 



