20 THE GAKDENEK'S COMPANION 



always advise Daffodils and Crocus having their 

 own special corners in your garden, where the bare 

 ground may be ignored later in the year, or perhaps 

 lightly covered by some annual. 



Tulips will look well in some large groups, and 

 if these are allowed in the borders their place 

 could be marked by some special spreading plant, 

 such as double white Arabis, being planted over 

 them; while clumps of the pretty white Scilla 

 campanulata might mingle with Veronica rupestris, 

 or Pansies. Beds of S. Brigid Anemones may 

 possibly be arranged in a border of the kitchen 

 garden, side by side with Lilies of the Valley, 

 where both may be covered, after flowering, with 

 leaf mould, to keep them cool in the hot sun of July 

 and August. 



Primroses. Primroses and Polyanthus are so 

 welcome in March and April that they should cer- 

 tainly be grown in your garden, but they do not 

 lend themselves to mix well with other perennial 

 plants, and should be given special beds, or borders 

 of their own, where they get a good bit of sun early 

 in the year, but shade from the heat of the summer. 

 Primroses do not grow well under trees, but they 

 are quite happy under bushes, or partly under 



