IN THE GARDEN BORDER 25 



ducing small plants which may be grown three 

 inches apart. Some full sized bulbs of other 

 groups attain a circumference of six to eight 

 inches, and make plants sometimes two feet 

 high and of correspondingly large girth. 

 These should be planted six to ten inches 

 apart. 



In light soils, plant deeper than in heavy 

 soils. If planting only for the next spring's 

 effect, with the intention of supplanting the 

 daffodils with summer flowering plants, closer 

 planting can be done than if the bulbs are to 

 remain undisturbed for several years. 



In my own garden, with average soil, I 

 cover the bulb with a depth of soil fully equal- 

 ling its largest circumference. This places 

 the base of the great majority of bulbs (the 

 poeticus, the trumpets, the incomparabilis va- 

 rieties) about four inches below the surface 

 of the ground. In lighter soils, this would be 

 increased one-half. Deep planting is always 

 safer, especially in cold, exposed localities; but 

 deeply planted bulbs flower later than shal- 

 lower planted ones. On the other hand, late 

 flowers are often larger and have better sub- 

 stance than earlier flowers of the same variety. 



