SHRUBS, VINES, PLANTS AND BULBS 



HYACINTHUS CANDICANS (Cape Hyacinth). 

 3 to 5 feet. Plant the bulb in bed or border 

 in early spring. Blooms in July and August. 

 A beautiful white summer-flowering bulb, 

 with tall spikes of drooping hyacinth-like 

 flowers. Quite invaluable. The bulbs are 

 hardy and should remain in the ground in 

 winter. 



ISMENE CALATHINA (Peruvian Daffodil). 

 lj/2 to 2 feet. Plant the bulbs in the open 

 beds in spring. Blooms in August. A little- 

 known, but beautiful summer-blooming bulb. 

 It has great, queer, white, lily-shaped flowers; 

 very interesting and attractive. The bulbs 

 should be stored in winter. 



KOCHIA (Standing Cypress). 1 to 3 feet. 

 Sow the seed in spring and transplant into 

 rows about a foot apart. A pyramidal-shaped 

 plant with fine, feathery foliage that in sum- 

 mer is a light, delicate green; later the whole 

 plant becomes a brilliant red. Very good for 

 a little hedge around the seed-bed or the 

 vegetable garden. 



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