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hyacinths and early tulips because they are not permanent enough; 

 also English and Spanish iris. 

 The best, in my opinion, are: 



Crown imperial Early April 



Daffodils Late April 



Poet's narcissus . May 



Darwin tulips May 



Madonna lily June 



Lilium elegans July 



Lilium Henryi Aug. 



Lilium speciosum Sept. 



THE BEST CARPETING PLANTS 



Carpeting plants should do three things: (i) hide every inch 

 of soil; (2) furnish attractive foliage for seven months; (3) bear 

 some interesting flowers. It is possible to carpet the whole of a bed, 

 but there is no point in doing it if the shrubs or perennials in the 

 centre would hide them. Consequently, the edge of the bed is 

 all that needs carpeting. However, it is often a good plan to fill 

 every inch of a bed with small bulbs like crocuses, glory of the 

 snow, or scillas, which bloom in March and April before the bushes 

 put forth their leaves. 



I suspect that tufted pansies or violas will become the most 

 popular plants for covering the ground because they bloom all 

 spring and summer (except for an enforced rest of about ten days) 

 and they have a great range of colours. 



There are fully one hundred hardy perennials suitable for 

 edging and carpeting. Among them are: 



Adonis Amurensis . . March 



Russian violets March 



Iris cristata April 



Iris pumila April 



Golden tuft April-May 



Moss pink April-May 



Arabis albida May 



