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other ideas here advanced can be applied in almost any yard by 

 people of moderate means. 



SHRUBBERY EFFECTS WITH BULBS 



It is even possible to adapt the wild 'gardening idea to any 

 yard that is large enough for a border of shrubbery. For instance, 

 grow among your bushes narcissi and all the March blooming bulbs 

 named above. Have only one kind of daffodil between any two 

 shrubs. Plant large clumps. 



Then you will enjoy a flower show in your shrubbery border 

 before the bushes put forth their leaves. That is a time of year 

 when the heart craves flowers, and this is one of nature's com- 

 binations shrubs and bulbs. Neither interferes with the other. 

 Both are permanent. 



RHODODENDRON AND LILY EFFECTS 



Another English idea about bulbs that can be applied in any 

 yard large enough for a bed of rhododendrons is to grow lilies in the 

 same bed. This combination enables city dwellers to have gor- 

 geous colour about their houses for three months after the rho- 

 dodendrons have ceased to bloom. The first cost is heavy, but 

 maintenance costs little. The beds need to be dug only once. 

 Every year thereafter a mulch should be added, but there is 

 practically no other care. 



FORMAL BEDS OF BULBS 



I must confess that formal bedding is one of many subjects 

 beyond my ken. I take little interest in methods which involve 

 forcing and throwing away bulbs or digging them every spring, 

 curing them in summer, and replanting in the fall. So I will 

 merely mention what is done by Lord Northcliffe at Sutton Place 



