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respectively ; Nos. 5 5 and Nos. 6 6, Hyacinth Grand Maitre, light blue, 

 and single-flowered Arabis, respectively ; Nos. 7 7, Tulip Mon Tresor, 

 yellow ; Nos. 8 8, Aubrietia Crimson King, dark red ; Nos. 9 9, Tulip 

 Rose Gris de Lin, a pale rose ; and Nos. 10 10, Silene pendula compacta 

 or Silene acaulis, both pink-flowered. 



The Soil and the Planting. As it is not desirable that the ground- 

 work plants should be very gross in growth, manures must not be applied 

 to the soil in such a way that their roots will come in direct contact with 

 it long before the flower-buds are formed. The necessary rotted manure 

 must be dug in very early before the bulbs are planted. The surface or 

 groundwork plants must be put in first. Where bulbs are associated 

 with other kinds of plants, it is well to allow them more space than in 



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FIG. 3. Useful Designs for Summer Bedding. 



cases where they alone occupy the beds. The surface plants must be 

 put in far enough apart to allow of due expansion of growth without 

 overcrowding. These should, when in full bloom, form a dense carpet 

 or a compact edging, as the case may be. 



Summer Bedding. The filling of beds or borders with 

 summer-flowering plants is very interesting work. Those 

 who have had considerable experience know quite well that 

 the best effects are obtained when the designs are simple. 

 Complicated designs cannot well be worked out unless the 

 beds are very large and small-growing kinds of plants are 

 used, such as those employed in carpet-bedding. 



The accompanying designs may be easily made by an 

 inexperienced person, and also as easily filled with in- 

 expensive as with the more choice and expensive kinds 

 of plants. 



