SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS 



tiply.) Every three years all Tulips are dug 

 up in the autumn, after the Salvias have 

 died ; the bed is then made very rich, and the 

 Tulips reset. There are generally more than 

 enough to refill the bed. The same treat- 

 ment is pursued in the Canna bed, only 

 here the Tulips are double white. 



Tuhps will bloom from April twentieth 

 until the last of May, if both the very early 

 as well as the late kinds are planted. The 

 late varieties are the Parrot and Gesneriana, 

 which latter grow two feet high and are 

 very showy. 



I have been constantly surprised to find 

 that many good gardeners take up all bulbs 

 when througli flowering in the spring, store 

 through the summer and replant in the 

 autumn. This is not only unnecessary, but 

 it is better for the bulbs to remain in the 

 ground as nature intended. Mine have always 

 been so treated and have been successful. 



In planting bulbs in newly prepared soil, 

 great care must be taken that they do not 



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