212 G^ RDENING BY M YSELF. 



No one knows but those who have been too 

 poor to buy one hyacinth, what even one 

 hyacinth can do. 



Therefore, for every reason, take the best 

 care of your bulbs. Save even the little off- 

 sets. Well planted and cared for, they will 

 make fine flowering roots in a year cr two, 

 and may yield a good deal even before that. 

 I have got much pleasure from them in this 

 way: If mixed in among the full grown 

 bulbs, they would look insignificant ; there- 

 fore I plant them by themselves, as they 

 come, with not much arranging, but in good 

 soil and at proper distances. And they 

 make a sort of small world by themselves. 

 Little spikes and Uttle bulbs, but the clear- 

 est, fairest colours ; not looking much like 

 hyacinths, nor much like anything else, un- 

 less a fairy garden. Planted so, you may 

 fill a bed with them, or let them be one of 

 the features in a large bed, — a lovely little 

 variety, a cluster of baby blooms. Or 

 they will make a pretty edging to a bor- 

 der. Only give them all care, treat them 



