CHAPTER XII 



SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS 



X>ULBS can be planted at any time in the 

 autumn before the ground freezes; the 

 first week in November is as good a time 

 as any. The cost of Tuhps, Narcissi and 

 Daffodils is not great. They multiply and 

 need not be disturbed for three or four 

 years. 



Snowdrops. The earliest of all flowers to 

 bloom is the Snow^drop. After the long, cold 

 winter, with the melting of the snow and 

 the first suspicion of milder air, these frail 

 beauties send up their graceful bells of white. 

 With what triumph the first one is found 

 and brought to the house, and what a thrill 

 of joy it gives to know that spring will soon 

 be here ! Snowdrops can be planted thickly 

 in the borders and also, like Crocuses, in 



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