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In addition to these, are the many bulbous plants 

 which may be relied upon to produce flowers prin- 

 cipally in early spring and summer. These must 

 usually be purchased. Preferably they are almost 

 all planted in the autumn for blossoming the fol- 

 lowing spring, but may be allowed to remain in 

 the ground from year to year as long as they thrive. 

 Among the general favorites of this class are 

 crocus, daffodil, hyacinth, jonquil, narcissus, tulip, 

 crown imperial, glory-of-the-snow, snowdrop, 

 snowflake, and squill. There are also other bulbs 

 and plants usually classed with such by seedsmen 

 which should be planted in the spring and taken 

 up in the autumn for storage where they will not 

 freeze. Among these are gladiolus, tiger flower, 

 zephyr flower, canna, dahlia, elephant's ear, and 

 tuberose. Besides all these there are scores of 

 other plants of the bulbous class from which to 

 select. Among them are the harebells, lilies, be- 

 gonias, lily-of-the-valley, and many other general 

 favorites. 



Now all of these plants mentioned can be grown 

 with far less attention than geraniums, carnations 

 or any other plant moved from the cellar or the 

 house window to the garden and coddled for weeks 

 to induce them to bloom. Not that the writer has 

 anything to say against any house plant. He is a 

 lover of plants in general, but for the busy farmer's 

 wife and daughters who have to make the best use 

 of their time, the writer believes that far more en- 

 joyment can be secured at far less expense both for 

 labor and outlay of money from the plants in the 

 above lists than from any house specimens placed 

 for the summer in a flower bed. 



House specimens should be given a position by 

 themselves where they will be sheltered from the 



